5 Reflections from Church Camp Inclusion

As promised and as I most usually do, I want to share reflections from church camp last week. Primarily I’m going to share the week in pictures but a few points. Rachel is fully included with her church group and […]

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Changing Perceptions One Church Camp at a Time

We are headed off to Centrifuge Church Camp this morning.  We love church camp and I have lots to tell you about when we get back – church camp and a job, too! Today, I am just going to re-post […]

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Rachel’s New York City Sweet 16 Adventure

My last blog was 16 things I love about Rachel because we were off to NYC to celebrate her Sweet 16 and celebrate we did.  We joke that Rachel leads a Forrest Gump type life. One of our friends says […]

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Baby Rachel’s Sweet 16; 16 Things I Love

Rachel is celebrating her Sweet 16 in NYC.  “Wicked,” “The Lion King,” and much more on the schedule. It really does seem like just yesterday we were anticipating her birth.We had a prenatal diagnosis and she looked healthy on her […]

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Rachel & Her Razorback

This weekend we were able to travel to our beloved Fayetteville, Arkansas to watch our Hogs in the College World Series Super Regionals. If you know baseball or college sports, you will understand that this is a big deal. If […]

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Rachel’s Grade A Freshman Year

Rachel’s grades came a few days ago. I already knew her grades because I follow online. However, there is something powerful and more real about feeling and touching the actual grade report. Rachel takes great pride in her school work […]

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Lifelong Friends in Different Packages

Happy Birthday Ben and Oksana!  Ben is Rachel’s first friend. I shared his sister Olivia’s valedictorian speech last week (Don’t Compromise.) She talked about Ben. As I have mentioned once or twice, Rachel and Ben met at the ripe old […]

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