birthdays, the alien within, and a hammock…oh happy day.

Happy birthday Luke, Nancy, Julie and Bailey!!!
We love you guys all so very much!
Luke, thanks for being ‘home’ to us, here.
We have seen you grow in a thousand different amazing ways this past year and just when I think, you couldn’t possibly dream bigger or love harder, you do…and we believe [...]

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the sparkles in our week

1. sleeping in this morning
2. windows open wide
3. rain on the radar; the sky full of sunshine
4. the smell of freshly cut grass
5. discovering our house has in ground sprinklers
6. kyle’s new leaf blower (the thrills of home ownership)
7. movie night at ryan and tara’s
8. popcorn and [...]

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enough.

This passage wont make sense to many…and yet I post it anyway because this blog has proven to be an archive of my life/our life, as a couple. So I type this out in hopes that I’ll remember what I learned this week; how I hoped; why I cried; and what, really, is enough. [...]

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the life of a slug

I’ve watched three movies this afternoon, alone. THREE OF THEM. that’s six consecutive hours of my life, wasted forever, that I will never get back. And really, I slept through parts of all of them. ugh…I feel like this lazy slug who literally walks into the house, plops on the couch [...]

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happy birthday Cassandra! and welcome to the world baby litscher!!

even though it’s a few minutes past 12…which officially means your birthday has come and gone, I just want you to know you’ve been celebrated all day today. :) Most amazing 16 year old I’ve ever known. truly. It’s been such a blessing to get to know you-and there’s tons to [...]

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always dreaming. :)

I have a confession to make.
I’ve been lingering on the King College website, dreaming a little about a master’s degree program.
After completing two bachelors degrees over the course of 7 ridiculously long years, it’s no secret that when I walked out of my last final, I was completely saturated of all things college. [...]

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how to love

This week I watched as one of our doctor’s wrapped his arms around one of our patient’s. They stood in one place: she looked almost child-like with her head on his chest-his cheek resting on top of her head. Tears of grief poured from her eyes as he silently swayed her back and [...]

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