I am driving tomorrow early morning to Muskegon, Michigan... to attend the funeral of one of my childhood friends' little boy Nicholas. He was only 6 years old. When he was 7 months old, he was taken to his home day care provider, and a tragedy happened. The babysitter shook him so hard he sustained massive brain damage. Whatever fussing and/or ( Read more... )

My son turned 15 today... major big deal at our house today. What a great kid. He baked a bunch of cookies today and shared them with his German class. He also found out he shares his birthday with one of his favorite teachers, Mr. McMeel. That's something special, and I only found out because this teacher e-mailed me today to tell me exactly ( Read more... )

Wow... what a weekend!! I had the best time. We took our kids to see the Broadway musical "Wicked" and it was just awesome. Really, there are not words good enough to describe it... it was THAT good. The sets, the costumes, the music... just everything. Then there was the emotion behind it, and you were made to understand the character of the ( Read more... )

Congrats to my daughter Kaitlyn for performing her heart out in her middle school's production of Oklahoma this past weekend. She sang and danced, and just had a blast. I cried like a good and sappy mom should. I was so proud. I'm proud at everything my kids do, but this was one to push me a slight bit over the edge... lol ( Read more... )

What an eventful day on Friday. At 9:15am, I get a call from the high school nurse telling me that my son Eric was hit by a car. I'm like, WHAT??? She explains it all to me so I calm down, I call my husband home from work to watch my day care kids, and I bust-a-move to the high school to retrieve my boy. We hightail it to the hospital for tests ( Read more... )

I WANT TO WISH MY STEPSON JOHN A VERY HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. MAY YOUR SPECIAL DAY BRING WITH IT INNER PEACE, HAPPINESS, SUCCESS, AMBITION, AND MOST OF ALL... LOVE.

I LOVE YOU DEARLY, JOHN... AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, AS IF YOU WERE MY OWN.

YOUR STEPMOM,
JULIE

Well, you can all call me "Grace" now... I've officially changed my name ( Read more... )

It's a secular holiday, just as many of the most important ones have become in our culture in the recent past, and as unfortunate as that is, it's still nice to be thought about. Even if it takes a small reminder such as a holiday like this, it's still nice ( Read more... )

Had a fun weekend entertaining company from Michigan. She's more than just company though... she's family. It's so great to be able to be supportive of each other through he bad times, and rejoice together through the good times ( Read more... )

Tough day ahead. Had to write an e-mail to a ministry team at church voicing my opinions on a certain matter. Yes, I am part of that team... so my thoughts and feelings ought to at least be heard. Whether or not they will, I don't know. I just know in my heart that I did the right thing by doing right by God and doing the right thing ( Read more... )