If you’ve been reading my blog for long, you know that I have been doing my best to increase my abilities and strengthen my body. But if you know much about spinal cord issues, you know that spinal cords don’t really heal. The intense protection they have from everything outside them also means that they don’t really regenerate or recover from injuries. About a month…
Category: Family Life
An Update on Us
Well, spring is starting to come to Idaho at long last! We had a lovely winter, one we won’t forget. It was full of memories and surrounded by family. In November, we had the honor of adding another member to the extended Rich clan, as Mark’s youngest brother got married. The kids were as cute as can be, all dressed up and thrilled to be…
Our Messianic Sukkot Celebration
Tonight begins the week-long festival of Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles). This is a festival of praise, joy, and celebration with themes including God providing for his children in the wilderness, God dwelling with us, and for Believers, the birth of Yeshua. It’s closely follows the more somber and introspective holidays of the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), the Ten Days of Awe, and Yom…
Six Months of No Blogging
It has been six months since my last entry here! What happened to me? Well, to make a long story short, I decided that living life took priority over writing, and that my kids needed me more than my blog. I know I never wrote frequently, but I always felt like I *should* be writing more – and I struggled with guilt over it. Dumb,…
2013 Year in Review
What a fun year 2013 has been! We traveled a LOT the first half of this year. In February, we traveled to Wisconsin (33 straight driving hours in a minivan with 4 kids!) to be with my family and celebrate the life of my grandfather, who passed away. In April, I took our little crew on our first trip without Mark. We went to Washington…
Anchor Points
Life has been rather chaotic around here lately. I would love to say that things are smooth and I have adjusted to life with five children, but the reality is that life with a newborn is rarely ever smooth! There are constant bumps in the road, and every time you start to get into a groove, something major changes and you have to readjust all…
The Lord Establishes Our Steps
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:9 Many of you all know that deep in Mark and my heart has always been the desire to build a healthy, vibrant, Messianic community here in the Boise area. In that vein, we built a website to get our name out, hoping that others would find us who were also…
Three Months Later…
It’s been over three months now since my precious son was born. These months have been hard, but absolutely amazing! My son has truly been a gift to me. He is such a delight. I wanted to write a post specifically to follow up on our choice to end this chapter of growing the size of our family. (Please read the first part of our…
Why Choose Motherhood?
As a young woman, I never personally questioned whether or not I wanted children. I looked forward to marriage and motherhood with an excited longing, even in my teen years. Thankfully, this desire was balanced with a pretty high standard for what I was looking for in a husband, so I didn’t rush into mothering just for the sake of it, but I digress… Lately…
Introducing Our New Addition!
I’m currently laying in bed next to our beautiful little baby boy, Micah Jonathan. He was born last night, and now I’m going to write my final birth story. **Warning, following is the birth story of our little Micah. There is some typical birth-style graphic content.** Well, first of all, our birth journey – like all journeys – didn’t start here. It started 9 months…