Praying for Children, Part 3

Larry and I have three daughters ranging in age from almost 18 to 12. It’s exciting, humbling and often overwhelming to recognize the many ways each of them is gifted by God. Even Carly who is severely “disabled” with Angelman Syndrome is profoundly...

Praying for Children, Part 2

While Larry and I are regrouping from Carly’s hospitalization last week, we are so thankful for praying friends and the assurances that we have from God’s Word. He is ever faithful to comfort and encourage us through friends but our most perfect, available...

Praying for Children, Part 1

Since our family has been struggling with health issues including Carly’s hospitalization last week, neither Larry nor I have been able to post here. Nothing too serious and she’s on the mend. It has been, however, a time for a lot of prayer and reminders...

Carly Update: We Humbly Request Your Prayers

This is a very difficult update for me to write. We are desperate for your prayers.[NOTE: Ordinarily, we would post something of such a personal nature only on Carly’s Care Page. But I felt prompted to share this update and our need for prayer more publicly at...

HOW A MOTHER PRAYS

The most agonizing moments of my experience as a mother have been those times when my youngest daughter, Carly, has been in pain — a pain she can’t explain to me and a kind of pain that I may never be able to make go away. For all the things Larry and I have tried to...

Are We DONE Yet?

It’s a typical family meal. Larry and I find our plates half full when our teenagers are already excusing themselves and taking their dishes to the dishwasher. He and I look at each other with unspoken wonder while rhetorically thinking, “Are we done...