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 leaving this here.  maybe your week is busy like mine, maybe it's heavy and hard, maybe it's light and easy breezy...whatever the case, i'm betting this will grip you as it did me.  

saw it first as a featured guest spot on Ann Voskamp's blog.  soooo powerful.  

first i read it, then i listened to her crazy audition on AGT, and then i read her blog in it's entirety.  

raw and real.  super inspiring.  take it in...

prayers for Jane whenever i think of her...

one

 sweet baby C had a birthday.  officially one year old.  there aren't even words to express our thoughts and dreams and emotions all connected to this dear boy.  our whole family is smitten.  it was so much fun celebrating him on this particular day.  we have so many great pictures, but here are just a few...

dear child, may your future hold warmth, endless love and stability, and of course, amazing "forvever" developments...

however it unfolds, we will love you always...

back in action

 

the Sea-doos have been getting lots of use already this spring.  and this year Hudson has his license to drive them.  so much fun.  it's pretty simple.  time spent on the water is refreshing, carefree, and beautiful.  thankful for these memories with Jeff and the kids.

"wait on you"

this week was tough.  honestly, it just was.  and this song was the Sunday reminder i needed to button up all the heavy emotions that i carried.  lots of repetition in the lyrics, which probably is exactly what my thick head needed to get the point across.  i remembered afresh the verse i memorized as a kid "they that wait on the Lord will renew their strength..." it makes perfect sense, and has been true over and over and over in my life.  on this Sunday, however, i needed the reminder.  

"Wait on You" by Maverick City Music and Elevation Worship

i'm gonna keep waiting for God's purposes and plans to unfold, in my life and all around me too. why?  because "i've tasted your goodness, i'll trust in your promise..." God has been so faithful to me, to us, and He holds the future and whatever lies ahead.  pretty simple.  one step, one moment, one day...pressing on and handing it over.  

can anyone else relate?  maybe your load feels heavy as well and this song will speak 

to you as it did to me.  hoping so...

i'm gonna wait on you...