by Veronica | Sep 17, 2014 | Export, Living
Ten years ago {yesterday} J asked me to marry him. Actually, he asked me to marry him in April way back in 2004, but Sept. 17 was the 10th anniversary of him giving me the smallest, most amazing gift anyone has ever given me—a diamond ring that said I was his {and he...
by Veronica | Apr 9, 2014 | Beauty, Export, Living
J’s grandmother Beatrice quietly went home to be with Jesus on April third. She fought a long battle with cancer, and we are grateful she went home peacefully without too much pain. She was happily close to her three daughters, adored her twenty-one...
by Veronica | Apr 8, 2014 | Beauty, Export, Living, Music, Quietness, Raising Children
I will run, I will run this race, And I will do it all for love. Your love compels me forward, Your love controls my heart, And I just can’t, I cannot get away. So I will fight this good fight of faith, And I will do it all for love. You are my great reward,...
by Veronica | Apr 5, 2014 | Export, Living
So, the last four Aprils/Mays have been unusually difficult. In 2010, I was suffering from debilitating pain, and ended up having vascular surgery that May to address the problems. Then in 2011, we were counting down the days until Littlest’s birth, and I...
by Veronica | Mar 26, 2014 | Export, LivingOpenHanded
In August, Joel’s second youngest sister Em moved in with us. She came out to mostly “help” (that amazing nebulously defined term that can mean anything) us (me especially) catch up on the sleep deprivation, overcome the stress load, and to...
