What a truly amazing time this has been, these last nine weeks! So overflowing with wonderful things, I’ve had scarcely any time to write! But now it’s Sunday night, January 3rd, my houseful is asleep, and I’m awake and feeling at last like I might be able to squeak out a little blog post. Michigan[…]
These times! These times have been among the most incredible times of my life so far! Three weeks ago my own daughter gave birth to her own daughter! The wet, tiny, wiggling thing I once pulled to my heart through effort and pain and waters and blood and wails that filled the room, reached down[…]
Fifteen days in Michigan, and what a time it’s been so far! I feel like I’m having a dream, and can scarcely believe I’ve been here only two weeks. I want to write a nice blog post, but my ability to think and write are swirling madly amidst the miles, the homecomings, the gatherings, the[…]
Evangeline Heidi Simmons 6 pounds, 7.5 ounces, 20.5 inches long Born to Hannah Evangeline and Jesse Simmons 9:12 Monday morning, November 9th, 2015 She came in her veil, was received by the gentle hands of her daddy, and is the most peaceful baby I’ve ever seen. My first grandchild, born 23 years and 11 months[…]
Saturday, October 31st, at 7:17 in the morning I turned away from the glowing pink range of mountains fringing my home and into a glorious sunrise, starting out upon a twenty-one hour, 1200 mile journey eastward to wait upon my daughter, as she and her husband wait upon the child ever growing within her swelling[…]