Chad and I first met Logan and Hallee when they arrived on our front door, just days after they became engaged. We sat in our living room and listened to the story of their beginning. High school. A school dance. An unexpected love. A love that has endured across time, across miles. We listened as...
Every family brings with them their own dynamic, their own relationships, their own story that they have been living for their entire lives. Often, I don’t know who I’m going to meet. The butterflies are always there. The questions, will they be outgoing? Laid back? Nervous? Shy? Will we connect? Every session I have I...
Sometime, in the months after my Mom died, (because my life is divided into two segments–before my Mom died and after.) Chad and I had a lengthy conversation about gift-giving and our children. The conversation happened in the weeks leading up to Christmas. We had two kids at the time. One had just turned 5,...
As I drove into the “J” Family’s driveway I looked up to see Mom sitting in a chair putting the final touches on a sweet little girls hair. I got out of my car and was greeted with the joyful chatter of a young boy who was eager to show me his most awesome sunglasses....
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