Category: Ronin

Consider the lilies

How much of my life have I spent buried under worry? According to the Oxford dictionary, worry is defined as follows: wor·ry /ˈwərē/ – (verb) give way to anxiety or unease;...

He’s finally home

Early in the evening on Monday – after spending 136 days in the NICU – we were finally able to bring our baby home!! From late Sunday afternoon through Monday...

Mid-October update

These last few months have been both the l o n g e s t and shortest of my life. Ronin has now been in the NICU for 18 weeks....

Gratitude & prayer journal: 9/7/2023

September 7, 2023; 8:07am I’m grateful for Ronin. He has been a blessing from the very beginning, and this whole journey – including my wearing pregnancy, our discovery of his...

Prayer request

We need prayers for Ronin. Ronin had been doing really well for the last few weeks; growing to 7 pounds, completely off pain meds, and needing very little oxygen support....

NICU Update: 70 days down, ? to go

Ngl, these last several weeks have been ex-haauss-ting! I’ve been doing my best not to overload myself – not to put any undue pressures on myself. Inevitably, however, right now...

Reverence and revelation

In both my Bible study and in these recent weeks, the Lord has been teaching me lessons on reverence and revelation. Here’s what I mean by these words: reverence (n)...

Slowly, steadily, daily

Ronin has been slowly and steadily recovering since the stent was put in his heart (two weeks ago). Although that procedure literally saved his life and made his heart rate and...