Sick days… with a baby who still feels better than she did when she was in heart failure. She doesn’t know whether to lay down or go play, poor thing! Hematology clinic. She’s SO good at hospital visits! Upper body ultrasound to check the clots we were hoping would be gone with the anticoagulants she’s…

Faith is taking the first step, even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

One of my biggest worries as a mama to a heart kid, is having them get sick… I have seen so many heart babies get sick with a cold and end up in the hospital for weeks and weeks, and every heart mama knows that something insignificant for a healthy child could mean days or…

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life, and most importantly, cookies. ~ Rudy Giuliani 

Morning hair…don’t care. Reading with daddy. Because when it’s library day, why wouldn’t you check out a dictionary? This girl… Christmas crafting… Little guy in a big chair… Practicing her salute. We love each other… Our favorite marine… Soldier face, which looks just like mad face. First tooth lost…naturally, not at the dentist. Little soldier…

Last year, we spent Christmas in the hospital, where our tiny P was inpatient…and we were happy, and together, and thrilled with how well our girl was doing. We thought she looked so great, and she DID, considering how she looked just six weeks before this. But this year, not only were we home with…

All is well, all is well Angels and men rejoiceFor tonight, darkness fellInto the dawn of Love’s lightSing alleluiaAll is well, all is wellLet there be peace on earthChrist has come, go and tellThat He is in the mangerSing alleluia~ Michael W Smith