I Have Been Quiet

I am around. I am thinking. I am cleaning. I am making it through the first week of school. When the summer comes, I have a schedule and we did really good about sticking to it. I did indulge in the kiddos more than I had planned to (that sounds bad) but it was perfect.…

Ricker Update – July 18th

Here is an update from Kim about Brison:  Update on Brison 7/18/17  Yesterday morning I received an email from the oncologist at Devos that Brison's MRI was not good news and showed progression. There is more visible small spots and the larger tumors in his brain and spine have grown by 1-1.5mm. There was no…

The One Way To Finish Is To Keep Going

So I have been doing some training for our business. Really the tips have been amazing and I have been working on implementing them. However now I am on week three or four maybe and questioning where I am heading. Which is something they said would probably happen.  When you are making something and creating…

Ricker Family Update

If you pray or send good vibes or whatever it is you do, this family could use an extra boost. I spoke about the local family whose son, Brison was diagnosed with brain cancer last January here. They were at the time in the process of finding out if their other son, Preston had cancer as…

Simple, Little, Easy Reminders

I have a smart phone. It has a Bible app on it. It has Pinterest on it. It has Chrome on it. Still I am a person who still loves paper. Paper books. Paper to-do lists. Paper to doodle on. Paper notes from church. Paper notes from Bible study. Paper calender. Sticky notes frame my…

God’s Promises

The Bible is full of His promises! Have you ever looked at it and really understood His Word? Recently I'm truly starting to understand what it all means. I am getting that when I ask for forgiveness it's as if it never happened in Gods eyes. He is not a human in the flesh. Jesus…

It Takes a Village

I belong to an amazing church. While I know most people feel the same way, our church is very community involved.  We do a lot of programs for children, bible studies, out of country support and I think one of our most important things is our Community Recovery.  Everyone has some kind of problem but…

I Believe

I know not everyone believes in God. I know this because we live in a fallen world. There is evil in the world. There is heartache. I have a child who used to believe and doesn't anymore. I have a child who believed, didn't believe and now believes again. I grew up Catholic, never really…

My Life Is Not My Own

God knows my heart. God knows my fears. God knows my joys. God knows my sadness. God knows my biggest fear. My life is not my own. I have decided to follow Jesus and to have a relationship with the Trinity. That means that my life is not my own. One problem I have is…