Blog - Page 28 of 232 - Crafty Nester

Every Monday afternoon, the kids do a craft after school…sometimes it’s a kit that they put together, or something I plan out, but their very favorite crafts are when I lay out “creating invitations.”I usually tell them to make something with a theme, and then I sit back and watch them. I observe what they…

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ~ Ezekiel 36:26

Today she is five.She insists she is not a baby, but a big girl now.She wants to do all the things her older sister can do.She is sure she should be able to stay up later now.She loves her family.She is full of life and sass and silliness.She is amazing and strong and brave.She is…

How appropriate that the anniversary of our tiny P’s heart transplant should fall on Thanksgiving…we are so grateful that our baby was given this heart, this hope for a full life.We are celebrating two years today. Our tiny P is vibrant and sassy and so full of life because of the gift she was given…

I’m so thankful for these four people I get to spend my life loving… happy Thanksgiving!

Without the organ donor there is no story, no hope, no transplant. But when there is an organ donor, life springs from death, sorrow turns to hope, and a terrible loss becomes a gift. ~ UNOS

Â I’ve been absolutely terrified every second of my life. And I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. ~ Georgia O’Keefe

Our tiny P had her latest heart cath this week, on Tuesday…her twelfth heart cath! She also had her heart biopsy. Her two year heart biopsy…our girl is getting ready to celebrate two years post heart transplant! Tiny P is an old pro at these heart cath procedures now, and everything goes fairly smoothly. She…