Remembering Kent
Even though it's been two years since Kent went to his eternal home in Heaven, my heart is still grieving. In remembering him, this partial entry by Lettie Cowman, a widow herself, in her classic...
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Valentine's Day
I keep this note in my Bible. A close friend of many years mailed it to me last year in remembrance of Kent. It was postmarked February 13th, the day he died the prior year, but was received on...
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The Boys & Their Fort
The boys have been working on this fort for awhile now. A few of the logs were already there. Now that J can drive the Ranger, they used the bed of it to move some of the logs there and they pulled,...
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N lost his first tooth!
N lost his first tooth at school this morning! He lost his first tooth sooner than both of his brothers.
View ArticleWrestling
I was surprised when all three of the boys wanted to wrestle this year. I didn't know anything about the sport and was apprehensive about it but let them try it anyway. N excelled at it, E had fun with...
View ArticleBuilding Project
I'm God's building project! I heard this in reference to Ephesians 2:10 at church this morning and it really hit home. God isn't remodeling. He's still building from the blueprint. His handiwork just...
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Spring is here!
The first day of spring brought weather nice enough for the boys to shoot hoops in our driveway.After baseball, basketball is the boys' favorite sport. J was a starter for his school's 3rd and 4th...
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The Sentimental Swing Set
The swing set that Kent built (the weekend before our trial with cancer started) traveled well from Indiana to Nebraska and the boys are still getting a lot of use out of it.
View ArticleRiverdance
We enjoyed the traditional Irish stepdancing of Riverdance tonight. I saw it at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago in February 1999 and it was just as good last night as it was back then.
View ArticleGolden Dragon Acrobats
We saw the Golden Dragon Acrobats tonight which is China's premiere acrobatic touring company. Their performance also includes contortionists and jugglers.It was an amazing show!
View ArticleLeave it all with Him!
Leave it all quietly with Him: failures, fears, foes and future!This quote from today's entry in LB Cowman's Springs in the Valley says it all, doesn't it? How encouraging!
View ArticleA Life Interrupted
Sometimes, I feel like my life has been interrupted, so I went to Priscilla Shirer's Life Interrupted Simulcast this weekend. Her message is based on the Prophet Jonah, because she says, like him, we...
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The Brevity of Life
Today would've been Kent's 41st birthday, so we went to the cemetery where we reminisced about his life. His head marker is always a good place to start, because the pictures on it capture his life so...
View ArticleGrandparents' Day
Today was Grandparents' Day at the boys' school. The hallways were busy with grandparents accompanying their grandchildren to their classrooms, the lunch room and the playground. What a fun day!
View ArticleNovoTTF-100A FDA Approved
The FDA approved the NovoTTF-100A today. This is Novocure's head device that uses alternating electric fields that enter the brain through electrodes to kill cancer cells. Kent was one of the 237...
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Huskers' Red-White Spring Game
J and N went to the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium for the first time today for the Huskers' annual red-white spring scrimmage game. They even went on the field during half-time! It was a...
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E the Artist
E's artwork, Who is nocturnal?, is on display at the Museum of Nebraska Art's Student Art Show this week.
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Easter
He is risen! On the first Easter morning many years ago, Christ defeated death through His resurrection and ascension into Heaven to the right hand of God. Through this, we're reconciled with God and...
View ArticleSpring Music Concert
The spring music concert at the boys' school was tonight. This quote was at the bottom of the program:GE hires a lot of engineers. We want young people who can do more than add a string of numbers and...
View ArticleField Day
It was Field Day at the boys' school today. A lot of parents gathered on the football field to watch their children participate in four events. J, E and N did well in their events. In fact, I continue...
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