February 22nd, 2007
It’s hard to believe Greg and I have been married 10 years today! He wrote me a really sweet note and in the note highlighted the major events that have taken place over the past 10 years. Looking at the list, it’s hard to believe that we have had 4 children, moved 7 times, traveled to 40 of the 50 states and so much more. God has definitely blessed us and has helped us endure many trials. I am so thankful for Greg and his sacrifical love for me and the children that God has given to us to raise as His own. 2-22-97 to 2-22-07 has been an adventure and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. So many people, family and friends, have come along side us and have helped through the good, bad and ugly…to you I say THANK YOU!
My gift to Greg isn’t much, but I thought it would be fun to see pictures of us from the past 10 years and display them in our home for a while. We have a coffee table with a glass cover and I have placed about 25 pictures there of the 2 of us through the years. I guess there’s one that goes back to 1990 when Greg escorted me to my Senior Prom. After I put all the pictures under the glass I glanced over them and came to a crazy realization. There’s only one picture of the 2 of us since we’ve had kids! I guess once you have kids, you stop taking pictures of yourself, haha!
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February 9th, 2007
Perhaps it’s because I just had a baby 2 weeks ago. Perhaps it’s because my parents just left yesterday after being here for 2 weeks to help us with the boys and everything else around here. Perhaps it’s because I had a girl. Perhaps my hormones are still out of whack. Lots of reasons could be to blame…but I need to stop watching Oprah! I don’t have the opportunity to watch it that much, but the past 2 out of 3 episodes that I have watched have made me bawl! And for those of you that know me, know that I’m not one to bawl unless it’s something major. Today’s show was a special report from Lisa Ling about the fishing children of Ghana and how she rescued some of them. A tearjerker for most, but for me, being super emotional right now – it probably wasn’t the best use of my time this morning since I had already been crying since I got out of bed:) If you missed the show, I would recommend watching it. I believe you can go to her website and either catch the whole show or see parts of it. Amazing reminder that there are bigger things in the world that need big time attention because of the injustice that many are suffering all over the world. A testimony to this mom of 4 in suburban Chicago, Illinois that I need to be thankful but also an encouragment to persevere in the job that I’ve been given to raise these 4 kids and to help them show love to others.
I am still going to take a break from Oprah until my hormones get back to normal…I wonder how long that will take? 
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