Encourage Yourself

My heart rejoices in the promise of a bright and fulfilling future for my children and my family.  My heart leaps at the goodness and love extended toward to us.  Internal struggles and sadness are overwritten with hope and faith.  ...

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Mission of Love ~ Revealed

A little over a week ago, the hearts of many rose to an occasion coordinated by a dear friend for #TeamBolton.  Below is the excerpt from her posting and my original blog post about our Super Hero Big Brother Donor Gift.
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Bittersweet Days

 We took the children 'to visit' my Dads grave site on the 4th of July.  Jalen and Mireya were young when my father died, but they have great memories of the time they spent with him.  I was several weeks pregnant with Makinley at ...

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Basketball and Bullies

Jalen's new favorite past time is basketball.  From early rise to late in the evening you can likely find Jalen outside shooting baskets or playing a game with friends.  During our last library visit, Jalen checked out several basketball ...

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Give Me Strength

Over the course of this year I've received many messages, posts and texts about the measure of strength we've exhibited throughout this journey.  Ironically I wake up most days asking the Lord for strength because I don't 'feel' strong.  ...

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Mission of Love

I made a confession in a previous post that I would do what I could to get Jalen the Ipad he's been asking for. It's a big gift for a little boy, but the gift he is giving his sister is priceless. My dear friend wants to #makeithappen for Jalen. ...

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July 6th

New Birthday Celebration - 1 year ago

Today marks the One Year Anniversary of Mireya's bone marrow transplant.  Her 'new' birthday medically speaking.  Celebrating this day is bittersweet as we are preparing to repeat the transplant ...

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