{Our updated family of 10 photograph L-R: Leia (5), Lucia (9), Gillian & Loyal (2.5 weeks), Abby & Lavender (3), Lacey (13), Lazarus (1.5) Lyla (11) Lovelyn (7)} Earlier today, Lucia and Lovelyn picked this lovely small gathering of wild Autumn flowers. I just love the colors… In a recent midwife […]
“My father was an expert with rocking chairs. He said he used to solve all his problems in one. But you have to know how to rock. Suppose you’re tired and worried about a problem. Well, then you rock …like you’re on a ship, away from everything… …rolling soft and smooth over the open sea. […]
“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” ~Aristotle Right now, the house is still. Outside, the world remains dark for this mild October morning. I am sitting in the dimly lit, quiet kitchen of our home, holding my baby son wrapped up in my […]
“When God lays a new-born babe in the arms of a mother, he says to her heart, “Take this child and nurse it for me and I will give you your wages.” The answer of maternal love should be, ‘Oh God, you have put your noblest workmanship into my hands. I accept the precious […]
Abby and I are so pleased to let you all know … our sweet baby BOY has arrived … straight, fresh from Heaven, smelling all delicious and lovely and completely adored by his big family … Loyal Albert Kenneth is here, snuggled warmly in my lap, sighing sweet little sighs of joy … a piece […]
