I was looking out the window toward our backyard one day recently, when I noticed movement near the door to our garden shed. I thought at first that it was just the groundhog again, the one that lives under the shed. But when I looked more closely, I could see some different colors and knew [...]

Yesterday, the staff at the library where I work had a baby shower for Brinley. We had a great time. Michele and I feel somewhat overwhelmed by the kindness of people around us here at Taylor. Every night this week, someone has made dinner for us. In addition to that, last night our next door [...]

The other day, when Michele and I were on our way to a doctor’s visit for Brinley, we listened to a radio program on which Anne Graham Lotz was speaking. It was a recording of her speaking at the funeral of a little girl who had died when only six months old. She spoke about [...]

I’m reading a great book that my mother-in-law bought me at Border’s this weekend. It’s entitled Looking for Alaska and is written by Peter Jenkins (of A Walk Across America fame). I’m thoroughly enjoying it, with its stories of adventure, danger, and beauty in a place I’ve always wanted to visit. The bear stories are [...]

I have some rare quiet time to myself this morning, having woken up earlier than usual on a Saturday morning. Outside, there is a touch of fog and it is an overcast day. The leaves on some of the trees in our yard are just starting to color up a bit. As I look out [...]

It’s a beautiful, fall day here in Indiana. Michele and I agree that this area is very pretty in the fall, with the narrow country roads, abundant trees, and the corn and soybeans waiting to be harvested. There is a lot of undeveloped land here, and that means that there is wide variety of wildlife. [...]

Today has been rather exhausting. I should be more specific…Today AND last night were exhausting! Brinley was pretty fussy last night, and Tristan clambered into our bed during the wee hours of the morning, so between the two of them, Michele and I didn’t get much sleep. Michele decided to ask the home healthcare nurse [...]

What an interesting past week! First of all, our little girl, Brinley Grace, was born on Friday, October 4, at 4:53p. She weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz. and is 20 inches long. Michele was induced three weeks early because her doctor discovered some irregularities in Brinley’s heart during a routine exam on Wednesday of last [...]