goodbye, September
It was a short pregnancy, and because of our history it is not too hard to find our way back to the familiar and beloved signposts of God’s sovereign wisdom, love, and mercy.
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James, Dora, & Carolina
the score
Achievement test scores aren’t the measure of a kid’s life, or worth, or strength, or soul.
brother friend
Abby: (notices Percy scoot around the corner into the next room) He’s off.
John: (absently) Yeah?
A: He eats paper.
J: Oh. (hurries after Percy)
something old, something new
Happy New Year from the House of Gjertsen! This year, the holidays were all joy.
pure joy
So yesterday was my 24-week ultrasound and I was straining to see the gestational age as the tech drew her little ovals around the head and stomach.
Halloween scenes
Valor got really pumped about Halloween this year. We walked around the neighborhood the week before to see the “Halloween scenes,” as Valor calls them, on people’s porches. I thought seeing the “scary” things in the daytime would help prepare him for the night of trick-or-treating.