She's HOW OLD?!?!??!?!?!

It seems like only yesterday that we were welcoming a 4th member to our little family. I can still feel the all day "morning" sickness and can remember how crazy her entrance to the world was. I cannot believe that it's been 4 whole years since this sweet face entered this crazy family:

'Tis the Season {to be Honest & Messy}

It's the holidays. That brings a multitude of emotions to the table, depending on your circumstances. But one thing, I have found, is pretty consistent: Our ability to put on a smile simply because it is the holidays, regardless of the storm that's brewing underneath.

We pretend we have it all together. We pretend our circumstances are better than they really are because we all want that great time of celebration just like we see in the movies and on TV.

If you know me, you know I'm not a fan of this...especially as of late. I'm pretty much over pretending and want to encourage others to create a culture of honesty and transparency. A culture where the perfect Christmas means a bunch of broken people coming together and being filled with joy because of what their brokenness means, instead of pretending to be filled with joy in spite of it.

What a better time of year to celebrate how messed up we all are? The whole point of the Christmas celebration is that a Savior had to come save our messed up lives, so why not embrace that?

The Life of a Bus Person

Let me lead off with the warning that this is not Beth writing this... it is Randal, and I write from a different perspective and side of my heart and head.  In knowing that please know that I do not write on here very often, so if my entry is not your cup of Earl Grey, then I apologize and my wife will return to the regular blogging.  With that said enjoy.........