For the Love of Ben

It is fall in Michigan. Fall brings with it a lot of change. The days get shorter. The temperature gets cooler. The leaves change color. Just as fall brings lots of change each year, life brings lots of change as well. Change is a constant in life. Nothing really stays the same for very long. […]

Many of us probably always wished to be part of the popular group as we were growing up. We wanted to be part of the in crowd. Part of the “club”. But there is a club that no one signs up for. A club that no one that qualifies for wants to be a part […]

School has been back in session in our district for 4 weeks now. With the start of school comes a return to a routine. Soccer is in full swing and Sabin is also playing football this year. I will be a busy mom this fall! Last year on Labor Day weekend I convinced Ben that […]

A storm blew through the area the other day. On the weather radar there was quite a bit of yellow and red which means it was a pretty strong storm. The winds were very strong. As the storm blew through, I stood and watched out the window just outside my office. I watched the trees […]

Today would have been my 23rd wedding anniversary. The vows Ben and I exchanged on that day almost 23 years ago said “until death do us part”. When we stood there in that church, there was no thought that Ben would be gone so soon. If someone had told us on our wedding day that […]

Time passes so quickly. In the blink of an eye the newborn you brought home from the hospital is celebrating his first birthday. In another blink of an eye and that child is off to kindergarten. Some stages seem like they last forever but years down the road you look back and realize how quickly […]

Sunday marked 9 months since Ben’s death. In those 9 months so many things have changed. Change is inevitable. Life doesn’t ever stay the same for very long. As much as we want things to stay the same, they can’t and they don’t. We have an expectation that certain things will change over time. Children […]

Quite often when Ben and I would go somewhere I would try to find a rock or two to bring back home with us. This was especially true when we would go to Pleasant Valley Bible Camp. Ben always humored me in my collection of rocks. Though I suspect he thought I was a bit […]

Have you ever thought about the future and suddenly had a glimpse of what your future might look like? That is what happened to me Sunday afternoon. I had dropped Sabin off at Calvin University for a soccer camp. I came home and laid on the couch and took a nap. When I woke up, […]

One of the goals I set for myself this year is to read through the entire Bible in 2022. Sadly I haven’t done that since I was in college when it was required as part of my classes. I have been able to keep up with it and when I have fallen behind a few […]