Tulips and Rembrandts

Two years ago we were delighted to meet Sarah from Freshblend Media , when she took our family pictures. When they heard about Ava's dia...

Our nephew, Jonas (pronounced "YOnas") Kallenberger was born today, after only 27 weeks and two days--such a short time--with his ...

The sun comes up It's a new day dawning It's time to sing your song again Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me Let me b...

...and Happy Birthday America!

I told Matt after the fact, that the day of Ava's service felt more like a wedding than a memorial. While I was dreading the act of sayi...

On Sunday, we marked a month since Ava passed away. The day was full of travel and goodbyes to our loved ones in Memphis, and yet the long d...

A week ago, Hannah fell down a few steps in our home, and then recovered so fully that we cancelled an appointment for an x-ray that afterno...

This weekend we took our first road trip in two years. We joined my parents at a family reunion in Memphis, where I spent many childhood sum...

After following Jesus, marrying this man was the best decision I ever made. Happy Anniversary Love.

I should be comfortable with the paradox by now. It is, after all, the theme of this blog, and our journey over the past six years. Promise ...

It is hard to measure the impact of a single life, especially one as brief as Ava's.  Yet, as I sat among friends and family at her  b...

The day after Ava's service, Matt and his brothers drove their Mom the funeral services for Great-grandpa Jost in Kansas. My mom stayed ...

Since Ava's service, for the most part,  I’ve felt like someone has placed a cork in me. I haven’t been able to cry, I can't really...

Thank you to everyone who prayed for us yesterday, who sent encouraging emails or texts, who came to celebrate Ava's short life and let ...

Thank you all for your incredible outpouring of love and support. We've been inundated with messages, emails, phone calls, and cards. Ev...

Ava's memorial service will be held on Monday, June 4th at 10:00am at our home church, The Journey , in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Tower...

(taken Jan 1, 2012) This morning at 5:45am, our sweet Ava went to celebrate her first birthday in Heaven. We were able to hold her ...

We were elated to gaze into Ava's eyes at her birthday party on Sunday. We were thrilled to watch the Cardinals game with our sweet Bean...

On Monday night, after saying goodbye to Grandma and Auntie Tia, we took Ava to her very first Cardinal Baseball game! Isn't she the cut...

We are full to overflowing with thankfulness that this day...a celebration of a year of miracles...happened. It really happened. It took a s...