Full of Joy

At the end of August life felt a little bleak. We were thrilled with Chuck’s new Youth Director position at our church, but bills can’t be paid with one Part-Time job. There was always this tension of excitement for how God had opened such a massive door of opportunity for us, but also feelings of disappointment and discouragement. We kept wondering why He had only provided a part-time situation. One Sunday I was chatting with a friend and she asked how the job search was going. I told her Chuck needed a job, “like two weeks ago”. She then asked if he would be interested in being her long-term sub when she went out on maternity leave. It would be a middle school math position, and was a very attractive option for him. That was the Sunday before Labor Day. The following Thursday, after interviews and observations, Chuck was offered the job! We could hardly believe it. God hand-made these two part-time jobs to coincide beautifully with each other. Chuck can teach math in the morning, an...

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Five years old is a pretty big milestone. We've made it through the newborn, infancy, toddler, and pretty much the preschool phase. It makes me so happy to see what a thoughtful, encouraging, generous, kind, passionate, sweet, strong, and courageous boy you are. God has blessed you with the gifts of thoughtfulness, creativity, problem-solving, bravery, and loyalty. Your heart has a joy from the Lord- you giggle all the time and it feels like magic in my heart, every time I hear your laughter. You have grown leaps and bounds these past five years. I have watched you attack your struggles head on, and conquer through the power of Jesus. I'm just so proud of you- for just exactly who you are. You represent healing in our family, just like your name means. You love your little sister so well. Though you are not twins, we get asked a lot if you guys are. I think it's because you two are constantly connected- either by hugging, wrestling, playing, laughing, or just plain being i...