Circle of Life

BANG!!

"What was that?!" Chris asked

"It sounded like someone threw something at our window." I said as I got up to inspect our dinning room window. After a quick glance, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

"Hmmmm, I guess not...."

A while later we were sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch and noticed a magpie sitting in the middle of our backyard. He's busy, plucking away at something......GROSS!!- he is actually eating another bird! Right there in the middle of our yard! There he was plucking out all the feathers and then off he flew, carrying his dinner with him.....

After he flew away I sent Chris out to make sure there weren't any leftovers, after all that is where our kids go out to play :(

So, out he goes. He checks out the spot and nope we don't have to worry. He decides to check out the rest of the backyard. When he gets closer to our dinning room window, he notices feathers stuck to it.....and laying beneath is another dead bird! Poor little birds flew straight into our window!!! ( so we really weren't hallucinating when we heard that loud BANG!)

Chris thinks it's because from the outside you can see straight through that window all the way to the outside in the front. Poor birdies didn't know there was actually a window there.

Chris came back in to figure out what to do with the poor bird, meanwhile Mr. Magpie came back for his second course. He was circling around the spot where our little friend lay...... and before we knew it, off he flew with the second little birdie.

I guess one good thing came out of it....now Chris doesn't need to worry about disposing the body.

Yuck!!

I suppose it's all part of the circle of life.....however I do prefer to watch the circle of life on the Lion King rather than in my own backyard!

Healing......what do I believe??

Does God will for everyone to be healed and the reason we are not is our lack of faith?.....or is it that we live in a fallen world and so disease and sickness are just a part of life and God will use all situations to bring us closer to him?

In light of our family situation, dealing with Chris' stomach I feel torn between the two. I WANT to believe that God wants to heal all disease....but then where does that leave us? Does that mean we don't have enough faith??....or is it that God is using Chris' struggle to refine and mold us into the children he has called us to be?? I suppose in this moment I am just relying on daily strength from God to help our family.

Does this mean God wants Chris to be sick- no, I don't believe that.
Does this mean I will stop praying for Chris' healing- no, I can't stop asking....

I'm not sure where to go from here except to draw closer to God through all this. I mean I've seen people healed before my very eyes. I know that it is possible and so I struggle with the fact that Chris remains sick. This is one part of Christianity that I wish I could figure out and have all the answers.....

Zzzzzz

Sleep is important......

I realize that this is not the most profound statement, however having a newborn really does remind you of this fact. I really don't know how I'm functioning......

What's in a Name?

Naming a baby is hard work!

Our little one's name was particularly difficult. In fact for the first few moments of her life we didn't know what we were going to call her. Chris knew her name right from the first time we stumbled upon it, but I needed a little convincing. I really did love the name right away and thought that it had the most amazing meaning, but I was a little hesitant because it was such a unique name and I was worried about how it would be received. It didn't take long after having her and seeing how beautiful and unique she really was (she had the most amazing head of dark hair) to agree that the name definitely suited her.


What I love most about her name is the many different meanings. Scholars say that it is the most difficult Hebrew word to translate. It is found in the book of Habakkuk 3 times and the book of Psalms 71 times. Most scholars believe that it is the word for musical interlude and believe it to mean "to pause and reflect." Some believe it is another word for "Amen", while others believe it means simply "forever".

As a musician Chris believes it to mean something far more beautiful than any of these other meanings. He thinks it means "there are no words". When you are feeling particular emotion whether it's happiness, sadness, praise, anxiousness, joy.....and you can not get out what you are feeling, all you can do is play your instrument as an extension of those emotions. "when words are not enough".

I really can't describe what it feels like to have my husband so proud of his little girls name......I am more in love with him every time I think of her name and how she came to have it:)

Welcome Baby!

We are so pleased to introduce our new little angel......Selah Grace.


Selah was on born on Monday May 26th at 9:05pm. Weighing in at 6lbs 2oz, and measuring 18 3/4 inches.


After a VERY long and difficult pregnancy I am so happy to report that the labor was actually a lot more pleasant than I could ever imagine......all I can say is that the doctors really should be giving women an epidural as soon as they walk through the door.


I can't believe the difference with having no pain while contracting! Our nurse said that I would likely laugh this little one out! I can honestly say that this labor was by far the easiest and most enjoyable. I even got to see her head coming out!


Wow! What an experience!! Your Daddy and I are so glad you're finally here!!