crying over a whitman's sampler

walking through target i rounded the corner and smack in front of me was the valentine display. i spotted a whitman's sampler and immediately teared up. my father-in-law bought me one every year for 14 years. it just hurt my heart that i have not gotten one in two years. sometimes the strangest things make me miss him.

it would have been her second birthday also...

yesterday was m2's second birthday... we are celebrating on saturday with family. it was a happy day and we feel blessed to have this "surprise" in our lives daily. however, i was thinking of this family throughout the day. christa wells is a songwriter friend of my sister (check out her website here) who was asked by todd and angie smith to co-write a song for their baby girl who was not going to be able to survive outside of the womb for more than a few hours. the following is a video of that song. (btw, todd sings with selah and the song is available on their latest cd which is fantastic).