As the kids and I drove home the other night, we pulled up on a fender bender almost immediately after it happened. I slowed down, put my flashers on, and watched the two cars pull off into the shoulder. I glanced at both drivers as we crawled by them, and all seemed...
Earlier this week, I had dinner with two of my closest friends at their house. They’d booked their dining options for an upcoming trip to Disneyland that same day, so we talked a lot about their trip and all the excitement. These friends know that Emily and I...
This evening I had the opportunity to share part of Emily’s story with a group of people who work at Tennessee Donor Services. It’s now the second time I’ve been invited to share Emily with others since I signed up as a volunteer with the...
Last week was Emily’s birthday. To say the date hit me hard is an understatement to say the least, and it at least partially explains the lengthy absence in blogging. If I’m honest, I started dreading her birthday coming around all the way back in June. In...
Since I didn’t start my current job until January, none of my coworkers ever had the chance to meet Emily. Today during lunch, one of them asked if I’d be willing to share a bit about her and how we ended up together with all of them. I absolutely love...
I spent the majority of last week in a state of constant panic. No matter what I did, I couldn’t shake the anxiety in my body and my mind. Friday ended up being a mad dash from beginning to end, as I ran through the airports in Nashville and Denver, only to...
I have had the most amazing weekend with my children and my parents in Georgia. Yesterday, we spent several hours out on Tybee Island at North Beach. It was fun, it was sunny, and it was just soothing. As I watched my oldest child swim in the ocean and my youngest...
Today my family gathered at my parents’ house for a Memorial Day cookout. It’s become somewhat of a tradition: my grandparents come down, my brothers and I (plus our families) all make the drive out there, and we just spend the day together. Although I...
The morning of April 12 started out like most of my mornings have looked since I’d started sleeping in the bedroom again two weeks prior. I woke up around 6:00am, made my bed, then started my way down the stairs to the middle floor of my three-story townhouse....
I’ve decided that Facebook memories are both a blessing and a curse. Most of the time, I love looking back at them because they are usually filled with adorable pictures and videos of the kids or funny stories from my college years that I forgot about. However,...
