Don't lose Faith

Well it has been awhile since I have updated. I am actually hoping to update quite a bit of my blog over the next couple of weeks. Our schedule has shifted again so once more we are in adjustment mode. We have battled a virus as well and this seems to wipe out my motivation to do much of anything in the evenings! But on a more exciting note, John bought me a new camera for my birthday...so I have been experimenting with it. It has been a fun and frustrating experience so far. I am thinking I will read the "manual" (aka book) this weekend so that we can get properly aquainted. I took photos one day and was excited to blog them...but even the upload to the computer is different and I was not able to figure out what I was doing wrong. So I opted to walk away from the computer and head back to a trilogy I have been reading by Francine Rivers. But, do not lose faith I still love to blog and intend to pick up the pace starting this weekend. I hope everyone has been doing well and I hope to update and post soon. Until then!

Happy Birthday Scott!

Today, Scott and I celebrated our birthdays. We have done this our whole lives because they are only five days apart. This year it was different for me because of how I see my brother. In the past year my brother has exhibited more love, and strength and kindness in the walk he walks than I ever thought possible. Many times as I have viewed his life from the outside I have been angry for him, or sad for him, or at times maybe even doubting. But through it all he has shown a quiet strength that could only be given by the Lord. For this I am so thankful. I have learned so much from my brother this year. Now granted, I am really seeing these things by God's grace; however, he has used my brother to show me a true picture of what love is even in some of the most difficult times. So Happy Birthday Scott and thanks for being a wonderful example to your older sis.

Birthday time with my brother!

Celebrating our birthdays together