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...
by Veronica | Mar 5, 2014 | Export, LivingOpenHanded
We went to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo yesterday with some friends, it was the first time for Littlest, and I hadn’t gone in three or so years. We loved seeing the newly remodeled exhibits, and listening to what their plans are for expansion and renovation in the...
by Veronica | Mar 3, 2014 | Deep Thoughts, Export, LivingOpenHanded
So, Disney’s Frozen won Best Animated Film and Best Original Song (for Let It Go) last night at the Oscars. Let It Go also won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. I love the movie, and feel like it’s such a positive thing for so many reasons, but then...
by Veronica | Jun 28, 2013 | Export, LivingOpenHanded
I have been busy. Busy with caring for Littlest. Busy with schooling Oldest and Quietest on the work they got behind in during the Crazy Fall of Hospital Living. Busy with trying to plug into “real-life” people and situations that challenge and convict me....
by Veronica | May 11, 2013 | Export, LivingOpenHanded
Littlest is turning two tomorrow. That is just…. a miracle. Something that makes my breath catch and my eyes sting with tears. This event is something that many would not have expected us to celebrate; I think many would have expected us to be mourning. By all...
by Veronica | Feb 28, 2013 | Export, Living
I am a romantic. I always have been. Being a mother, I look down the imaginary road to my children’s futures, and I see my kids developing friendships, going through relationships, finding “the one” and falling in love, marrying and having kiddos....
