Some days I just give up.
Phil found out that the band Hairball is coming to Omaha in May. Yes, there’s a band called Hairball.
We’re thinking Mercy has to go.
The Square in Council Bluffs
March 1st, 2016 by Aubri
After walking through the Union Pacific Train Museum we spent a while in the lovely square in Council Bluffs. It was such a nice day to be outside. Spring is definitely in the air.
Trains
March 1st, 2016 by Aubri
Saturday the kids perked up after being sick and since the girls had been out of school and we hadn’t done much for fun we headed “all the way to Iowa” as Lily said, to the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, just across the river from us.
Fertility In A Fallen World – Andrea’s Story
February 29th, 2016 by Aubri
I asked if anyone would be willing to discuss a topic that isn’t easy and share the story of their fertility journey. I have had a very good response from many of you and I’m honored to finally begin presenting some of the stories that have graciously been provided by some wonderful women.
In this series women with different experiences will share the pain and blessings that the gift of fertility carries with it, in the hope of bringing out God’s grace and promise to those couples struggling to welcome this gift when it is not known how it will turn out in a sinful world.
Whether the result be a healthy child, a child who goes almost immediately to be with Christ, or there is no gift of life, all women of child-bearing age wrestle with this cross and the unforeseen works of God that are to come.
While we might envy God’s work in another woman or couple, Christ alone designs the cross appropriately for each. To desire to please God in this sinful world will entail suffering. But there is comfort in knowing we are not alone. There is value in hearing each other stories, that while our paths are different, it is still a struggle of faith, which all God’s children share.
And it is a great comfort to know that God’s love is not found in how many children we are given or have taken from us, but in the saving sacrifice of Christ on the cross and in His glorious resurrection.
This is Andrea’s story.
I was born into a family of 2 children. In a way this did affect my decision on how many children I wanted to have. My sister and I were 6 years apart and I was lonely when I was little and always wanted more siblings. We had very few cousins as well.
There was not really a time in my girlhood or teen years that I was taught anything about marriage and children. I’m pretty sure that my mom and I would talk about things here and there but no sit downs, etc. Just in passing.
At the time my husband and I decided to marry we did want children but the number was undefined.
My parents would have preferred us to wait because we were 18 and 20 when we got married. My in-laws were all for children right away. In the little bit of premarital counseling we received, we touched on the topic of children but since we both wanted children and were on the same page, we didn’t focus on it much.
