We recently celebrated Addisyn’s very first birthday. What an occasion! She had a candy themed birthday party. It truly was Addisyn’s ONE-derland, complete with a huge mural crafted for her by her great uncle Carlos, candy tables and displays everywhere and the house filled with her friends and family to make precious memories with. Such a blessed day. To think the last year has went by so quickly is almost unfathomable. The night before I put her to bed for the final time as a “baby”, knowing that when she woke in the morning she would be a “toddler” by society’s standards was admittedly both heartbreaking and exciting. She is turning…

I met a neighbor of mine today. Not a new neighbor, in fact my husband and I walk past her house only a few doors down several times weekly. Before today, we’ve just smiled and waved and kept on about our business. But this morning, I met my neighbor in the most unfashionable way. I met my neighbor at 5 a.m. as I handed her a pair of shoes for her bare feet as we watched her house burn. It was then that I hugged this person and prayed with her and her husband, it was then that I met these neighbors. Afterwards, I retreated to the crowd of neighbors who gathered and watched…