Inspirations for Faith and Family

I woke up again by 6:30am on Sunday, third day of vacation.  Vacations I thought were supposed to be a time to sleep in...oh well more time to write.  The sun was shining the day before and the light came in brighter throughout bedroom window.  That morning I could hear the rain and snow falling out of the grey sky.  We survived our first full day at the cabin and I must admit the mountain redeemed itself!  We took the four wheeler out for a spin after a while of figuring out how to get it started.  They hadn't been used all winter.  We realized pretty quick we did not come adequately dressed for such adventures.  None of our clothes were good for wet muddy trails on the four wheeler.  We realized how much we have become city people over the last couple years, we didn't even own clothes we could get dirty!  Luckily we found some clothing in the cabin that instantly transformed us from city slickers into mountain man and mountain woman! ...

We had to figure out how to get the generator running and get the gas turned on before it got dark. Okay, "we" isn't exactly accurate, Joshua did everything, but I was moral support.  He was able to accomplish all this without burning his eyebrows off which he was told was a possibility if he got to close to the pilot for the water heater.  I really didn't need to know about that as it just added to my anxiety about being stuck up on that mountain.  When everything was done for the night and we had something to eat we were able to just sit in the stillness and look out the a-frame window at the mountain peaks next door.  We got to talking about how much life has changed since we met. I will never forget during one of our break-ups before we were engaged (yes we had a couple of them) Joshua bought me a book called "Jesus + Nothing=Everything" by Tullian Tchividjian.    He had bought me a second copy and invited me to read it with him.  At the time I w...

My husband and I decided to go on vacation to Colorado to celebrate our anniversary and also to have what people have been calling the "babymoon" (a last vacation before kids).  A family friend owns a cabin in Marble that let us stay at for free.  To be completely honest we were excited to get a way, but a little nervous that we would be bored and have nothing to do.  Little did we know we were in for a wild adventure. The view from above our cabin May 16, 2015 We are definitely not in Kansas anymore!  I just about had a heart attack driving up that muddy mountain in our front wheel drive sporty Hyundai accent.  The bottom of the mountain filled us with ease and confidence but as we continued our incline up, I started getting nervous.  We passed several other cabins and houses that would have made a great vacation spot but no, our cabin had to be second from the very top.  It was raining a bit and that made the top of the mountain extra muddy. ...