Pierce’s eeg came back with the best possible news. Zero seizures. No abnormalities were seen in the area that that previously started all of the seizures. There’s one small spot in the back of his brain that slows for a fraction of a second occasionally but it was not concerning and did not cause any […]

I’m sitting in a dark hospital room with Pierce, waiting for his 24 hour EEG to be over. To my knowledge, he was seizure free for the duration but I’ll learn more later this morning. Wednesday night, as I was packing to come, Blaine was out working on my little Civic to do some maintenance […]

Eden and Kevin, a fellow corrections officer at the prison where Eden works, have been dating for a bit. After a few serious conversations with Blaine and I, Kevin asked for Eden’s hand and was given our blessing. They are making plans to marry this October. Kevin loves Jesus, loves Eden, and has eaten dinner […]

A year and a day ago, Pierce had a seizure that Eden witnessed in his sleep, quickly followed by two more next to me in my bed, and a fourth in the hospital. An ambulance ride to a children’s hospital 90 miles away followed. An MRI, EEG, and many meds were next. Our move to […]

A couple weeks ago, I started looking for a part time job. I’m really struggling with working full time, and dispatching is messy business. Really messy. So much stress. Coworkers aren’t always easy to be around… it’s all around just hard. Rough environment. I applied to drive a school bus. The first place to ask […]

The kids and I went for a walk/bike ride on the local trail the other day. Creed is getting really fast on his little pedaless bike. I love how quickly they can learn to ride this way. I totally recommend those! Now if he’d learn that the face he makes when told to smile isn’t […]

The younger eight kids and I are in South Dakota for a week. Liberty lives here, so we’re only missing Eden. My sister and her five are here too. Our week together is coming to a close. It’s a pretty sad house today. Gaga ball has been the game of the week, followed by Annie-over. […]

I started making lists to use my time at home wisely. I have more projects than time these days, and accomplish only the minimum on days when I have to work both until 5am and again at 5pm. These past “weekends” (not actually weekends necessarily, but my days off at any rate) I finished a […]