The Budding Fig Tree

     The roads iced over. The change happened within a matter of a half-hour.  A regular day turned snow-day.  Then, it melted enough.     ...

Sunday, all day will pass. Then, Monday afternoon, sometime, I will get to talk to Caleb. I feel this weirdness. I can't define the w...

There are three houses with a space set up for the children and me to stay. The majority of our necessities are in one, my in-law's, in...

"The narrow way is fits and starts. It's running and walking and sometimes waiting. It's mountains and valleys and darkness and...

Caleb has been in-residence at a facility for 81 days.  It will be 12 weeks on Monday, and 3 months on the 13th!!! He was home for the week...

Today was the first day, in two weeks, that I haven't been in torment all day from my longing to have Caleb home for Christmas. It was a...

We visited Caleb on Thanksgiving day. It was the first time the children had seen him in almost seven weeks... It was more than difficult t...