This Life I Live

[...] My uncle Leo came to visit my mother just before Easter. There were 12 kids in their family, and he's her [...]

[...] On Fathers day last June, after eleven years of marriage, my wife Joey and I found out that we were going to have a baby. We were elated (and nervous, and hopeful, all [...]

[...] Christmas isn't my wife Joey's favorite holiday, nor is Thanksgiving, or Valentines day or any of the other most popular [...]

[...] Today was the day to get the birthing tub ready to go. I had never even heard of a birthing tub, but with Joey's discovery of midwives and home birth, I've learned lots of new things... [...]

[...] a big fire! Well, I jumped in my truck and took off. When I got there, Miss Joan and Hopie were arm in arm in the front yard. Hopie was covered in ash and grinning ear to ear.. [...]

[...] hurting that cancer can bring, Uncle Leo only brings love and joy with him...that and a set of golf clubs. [...]

[...] n honor of Indy's half-birthday, I put together some of my favorite video clips of her so far and put them to music... [...]

I can't believe that it's been two years since our daughter Heidi's wedding day. They got married on May 26, 2012. She wanted to have it here at the f [...]

[...] share (like my trip in May to the Amish with my sister Marcy and the day I spent making homemade strawberry jam with Joey), it didn't seem right to post stories like that right now.... not with the [...]

[...] Our sweet baby daughter Indy was born yesterday, and in a way, I feel as though a new life was born in me also. She [...]

It's been almost a month since my last post. And though I had planned, and even written, some fun entries to share (like my trip in May to the Amish w [...]