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i’ll miss this place

By admin, 19th August 2012

“ian, i’m really sad about leaving our house. are you?”

“yes, but a good sad.”

“what do you mean?”

“sad that we’re leaving but hopeful about the future.”

memories, memories, memories here – parties and a new life together and three roommates over two years and lots of laughing. one final farewell post and photo to come, but for now, trying to follow my husband’s lead and keep hopeful of the future.

thank you, for praying

i&l

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emptier

By admin, 12th August 2012

our house is getting emptier, ready to move. my family spent the whole weekend with us, packing boxes, cleaning under beds, putting up the original curtains and light fixtures, doing laundry. they’re such a gift to us.

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a good little surprise

By admin, 31st July 2012

after a somewhat stressful weekend, learning about the melanoma and dealing with unexpected flooding in our area, we had a great surprise treat. our roommate who moved out just one month ago was driving through the area on her way back from a weekend trip and was easily convinced that afternoon to stop in and spend the night with us, like the old days. it was simply wonderful. a great sister to us. i wish tonight was last night again.

we also got to skype with bethi and kbob and hang out with these little ones.

and jen got to love on this little dear.

blessed by our family.

i&l

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what do i expect, from vacation?

By admin, 14th July 2012

this week we head off to the lake for vacation with Ian’s extended family. it is an incredible place, with amazing family and tons of memories.

leading up to the lake, I’m praying for godly expectations. It may be super relaxing, or it may stretch me as we care for Ian. There are guaranteed to be tons of laughs and growth of our souls. but more than a tan and experimenting with our new juicer, I want to be looking forward to knowing God more. sitting on the kayak, floating on a tube with Ian, or just talking to our family, I want to clearly see God in it.

happy vacation season.

love
i&l

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another bittersweet goodbye, for now

By admin, 26th June 2012

these two faces are soon to be very missed, as they travel across the country to a new home in a much sunnier state. our little brother and my dear friend, who became my sister, will leave a huge gap in our lives when they board the plane with just their suitcases and hopes.

their story is beautiful – settling far away to help beth’s health and caleb committing his life to helping her in any way that he needs to. and even in its beauty, we are so sad to see them part.

caleb is with us 40 hours a week, a constant servant who is also incredibly gifted in his music. of caleb, ian says he is faithful to his church, his wife and his brothers. caleb has been an incredible caregiver to ian, helping him to do things that neither of them want to do, but doing it without complaint.

bethi is a dear fellow sufferer. she has lived in pain for too many years and without description, understands our bad days and the days that could be better. she is the sister that can just be with me, without needing to talk or host. she carries with her a beautiful gift of capturing life in her photography. she knows her God. she also has a lot of sass, which erupts at the best times.

most of our memories from the first two years of our marriage are with these two. dinners on red chairs in our dining room. laying around on the patio. movies. gigs. making fun of caleb. laughing at ian being ridiculous. and that doesn’t even count the whole lifetime that ian has spent with these two.

we will miss them, more than words.

thank you, bethi and kbob, for loving us well.

love

i&l

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Confession

By admin, 25th June 2012

If you’ve followed our blog for more than two weeks, you’ll notice that we are horrible at posting on the weekends. I think it’s because weekends tend to feel like the time that life really happens – the unexpected and the mundane.

We’re thankful that weekends seem to always mean family and often friends. Laundry sometimes makes its way in there. And we try to shut our brains off.

So don’t give up hope on us:) I have a few new posts rolling around in my head for the week. Let’s hope they make it to the laptop.

Just a few highlight pics. Thank you, always

I&L

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Why Do I Go To Work?

By admin, 16th May 2012

She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. – Proverbs 31:13

One of the hardest parts of my days is waking up while Ian is still asleep, entirely covered by our white down comforter. The birds are chirping outside, telling me to get back into bed and hold my best friend’s hand. But I can’t. I have to get his meds ready, get our lunches ready, leave notes for our caregivers, and leave at 7:00 a.m. to not be late.

And the kiss good-bye is the saddest. My heart is to be home, finishing the laundry, cleaning (I would probably get over that really fast), decorating, making a meal to deliver to someone, planning a menu, raising babies. I wish that I could still be in bed as Ian gets ready for work. But instead each morning so far, Lord willing, I have given him that kiss good-bye, and try to remind myself that I’m going to work for two main reasons – because I love God and I love my husband.

It would be easy as a young wife to think that it’s wrong for me to work. Not because anyone has ever said it or even implied, but because when given the option, many of my girlfriends have chosen to stay home with their babies or until babies arrive. It can be a lonely feeling facing a career when few other women that I interact with each day are at work 40 hours a week, or in a corporate environment at that.

I love my job and the provision it has been. But I wouldn’t choose a career, I don’t think. I did choose to marry Ian, though. And so even on the days that are the hardest to leave, there has to be joy knowing that I’m doing the work that God has called me to. Maybe someday I will stay home and raise babies, or work from home. But for now, I have to continue to fight to be thankful and remind myself that for me to walk out Proverbs 31 means high heels and a corporate title.