This summer I challenged my oldest daughter, Mika, to read Lord of the Flies. I knew it’d be an ambitious read for an 11-year-old, but I wanted to introduce her...
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)...
The last few days have been a whirlwind. I haven’t had much sleep so the details are a little blurry, but I wanted to keep everyone updated with the latest...
While I was living at the hospital, I designed a knit baby blanket based on this verse: "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's...
First off, the amazing news! Another echocardiogram was done within the first few hours of Ronin’s birth. A cardiologist spoke with us yesterday, and now their team is confident that...
Good timing is something I’ve always been fairly attuned to. When I’m playing the piano, I can hear good timing in how the keys are struck. In my athletic career,...
Over the last few days I’ve been watching Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954), the Japanese film that inspired The Magnificent Seven. I’m not much of a movie person, but with...
It’s been 37 days since my hospital stay started. So crazy to think about. Before this, the longest I’d ever been away from home was probably three days, max. Dallas...
Hi! I'm Hayley. I met my husband while driving 80mph on a southern California freeway, and for years life kept moving in the fast lane. Chasing, racing, rushing. But in 2021, God intervened. Through His prompting we've slowed down, moved to the country, and have been growing so much closer to Him. This is our family's story of what He's been doing in our lives ever since.