Family Identity
Last night we had our first pre-marriage/family counseling session with our Pastor and his wife. Phil and I are both blessed to have this couple in our lives. They have a lot of insight into my family which means they have a lot of helpful advice to share with us.I was reminded last week that we have only known Steve and Wendy for six years now but Steve has baptized our adopted children, performed Eric's and my twentieth anniversary renewal of vows, conducted Eric's memorial, and now will be officiating as I marry Phil. We hope (and pray) that he has the privilege of baptizing a baby or two of ours as well! And, then there are our children's weddings to officiate a

Busy, Busy, Busy
I do hope to be back to blogging soon. Right now I have...Wedding Invitations to send outReformation outfits to sewHouse to runWedding plans to work onPiano to teachChildren to teachHelp Phil moveand the list goes on.Soon...very soon life will slow down. At least I hope so!~Heather

I Will Never Leave You...
nor forsake you...These words are found in Deuteronomy 31:8. Here is the whole verse..."And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."As I was walking the other day I had a moment of fear enter my heart. I had a feeling I would deal with fear at some point. The thought that caused the fear was "what if I lose Phil as well!". I very well could. I am not promised that I will never suffer again just because I endured this present suffering. In my weakness I cried out to Him and told Him that I'm just not sure I could say good-bye to another husband. The next m

The Climb
O-kay, so I am sitting in traffic this afternoon listening to the CD that Miss M had inserted into the car stereo. Tears just start streaming down my face because of the song that was playing...the same one that is at this moment playing on my blog. I am almost ashamed to admit that my cheeks were stained with tears because of a Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) song! But, the lyrics are beautiful and actually follow closely with my own climb.The ClimbSongwriters: Alexander, J; Mabe, JI can almost see itThat dream I am dreamingBut there's a voice inside my head saying"You'll never reach it"

A New Family
Recently we had family photos taken. Phil and I both understood the magnitude of this occasion. As an example, I just started bawling when I saw the proofs of the beautiful photos taken. Seeing with my eyes a picture that included Phil and not Eric was just plain crazy! For Phil it was just plain crazy