Chapter 38 - Kitchen Table Prayer
The alarm jangles and I open my eyes. Five-fifteen—still dark. But I am slowly adjusting to the day shift at MMC hospital. I dress...
Chapter 37 - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
During these months my security is in Jesus, but sometimes I question him. “Why am I going through this pain, Lord? I gave my life to...
Chapter 36 - Rocking Chairs & Christmas
I am so comforted to have Nick with me in our small home. He toddles around smiling and energetic, pulls on my leather boots, climbs into...
Chapter 35 - A Small Home
My friend Dawn and her husband offer to care for Nick for a few weeks until I decide where to live. Mom Smith has muscular dystrophy, and...
Chapter 34 - Walking in the Dark
I choose to stay near Mom and Dad Smith for the month apart, but I want my own place. So, Zach and I scout around and find a small...
Chapter 33 - The Photograph
We finally repack our suitcases, say goodbye to church friends, and drive to Grandma and Grandpa Hofer’s in St. Paul. Zachary is going to...
Chapter 32 - Entering the Whirlwind
I awake early the morning we are to leave on vacation. Pulling on a warm robe I slip into the kitchen nook and open my Bible. The...
Chapter 31 - Christmas in the Parsonage
Our weekly routine resumes--Sunday services, Zach’s remodeling of the upstairs parsonage, my evening hospital shifts, and our care of...
Chapter 28 - Fresh Life (skipped chapter)
Into this gray winter wilderness life slowly begins to spring forth. First, I find out I am pregnant. In a few weeks with severe nausea I...
Chapter 29 & 30 - Birthing Laughter
Dave and Tony stay a few weeks after we return from Explo ’72. They hang out with young people, invite them to church, do spiritual...
