Special Day

We made it. My 100th post.

I have very much enjoyed this blog and the opportunity it gives me to record and remember my life in a fun and creative way. A big "thank you" to my sweet friend Kim for inspiring me to enter the blogging world (and for helping me in the process). I am also grateful for my old friends who have supported and encouraged me through this crazy time and for the new friends I have made on the journey.

I enjoy sharing pictures and stories of our family on this blog. And it has been very therapeutic to share the present while remembering the past.

But today is special for another reason.

Today is Robbie's birthday.

He would be 4. I have tried to write this next sentence about a hundred times, but I just can't find the words to express how I feel. So, I've decided to share a little treasure.

On Saturday, January 13, 2007, my husband sat down with Robbie at the breakfast table and pulled out the video camera. We were so proud of all the "tricks" he had mastered and thought he was definitely a genius! Little did we know that three days later, Robbie would be in heaven. I still find it hard to watch these videos. He's right there, yet it has been so long since I have been with him. But this video also reminds me that our God is not only sovereign, but He is Love -- prompting my husband to capture this video which would become priceless!

*Remember to mute the music at the bottom of the blog*



Robbie, I miss your big blue eyes and rosy cheeks. I miss your fat feet and your funny expressions. I miss hearing your sweet voice and touching your soft skin. As your "dadoo" used to tell you, we love you lots and lots like tater tots.

And I could not conclude my 100th post without giving you a glimpse of our Joy.



Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
I Peter 1:3-9


Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.

II Cor. 9:15