For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 Oh sweet friends! What a journey my heart and faith have been on the last six years…..actually I take that back, probably for the […]
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109 Miles, 109 baskets, 109 families given an immeasurable gift!
We are here! We have made the huge trip out west to soak in this area and slow our heart rates but we have also made this trip for you! Josh Dortenzo and Joe Tice (and probably a Dortenzo kiddo or two along the way) will be biking 109 miles of the Mickelson Trail in […]
The world keeps on moving…
Tomorrow is March 13th. The day our world changed forever. Our beautiful, tiny, precious first born girl entered this world. She entered this world without ever taking one breath of air, fully silent and fully still. And yet she captured our hearts, she had captured them months before as we anticipated her arrival but that day […]
Unpacking grief as school begins..
I have spent a lot of time in prayer and in thought the last few weeks. Not gonna lie, its been a mess of a few weeks and God and I have been spending a lot of time together. I have been weepy, on edge, in a fog…. I have spent time “unpacking” why my […]
Always remember, the harder the storm rages, the brighter your rainbow will be.
First comes the storm, and then the brightest rainbow… Our best friends found out they were expecting in January 2015. Less than 2 weeks later, we let them know that we had some news of our own. We were due only 3 weeks apart! They hadn’t been trying, but we had. They announced on Facebook […]
Finding Peace in a Broken World
We were pregnant! We’d been married for almost two years and after about 5 months of trying, we were pregnant! We COULD NOT WAIT for our little one to be here and make our home a family of 3 (plus our pup Juno). I heard all the horror stories of miscarriages the first trimester, and […]
“I want to give God the glory for all the good He does in our lives.”
I have struggled with the decision to share this or not. But I want to give God the glory for all the good He does in our lives. Last year on my birthday, I sat in a waiting room waiting for a second ultrasound to confirm what we already knew; we had lost our second […]
Only a moment she stayed, but what an imprint she left on our hearts…
When asked, most people wouldn’t say the same date for their best and worst day of their life. But if you asked my wife Laura or I, we would both tell you the same thing, April 30, 2014. That is the date that our beautiful daughter Avery Marie was born at 5:52 p.m. It was […]
“There is a Calm After the Storm”
There is calm after the storm. Or at least this is what I’ve found after going through a miscarriage. I never had any way to explain what it’s like to live through losing a child, but looking back at the storm I lived through, I now see the calm….and I’m finally starting to feel it. […]
“We do not want you to ever forget them”
Our journey started back in 2010. We found out we were expecting about 5 months after we got married. We were so excited but became heartbroken at our first appointment when we found out we had miscarried. I got pregnant a few months later and again went to our first appointment to find we lost […]
Fearfully and Wonderfully made!
“I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, Psalm 139:14” …Those were the words written inside a card, reminding me that no matter what the outcome, our son would be born perfect according to the plan of our Heavenly Father. My story begins in December 2007, when I found out that I […]
One soars while the other is learning to walk…
My name is Christina Foster, this is my infant lost story. In January of 2014 my husband Coby and I found out we were expecting what we thought was one child conceived naturally. At the end of January I was having a lot of stomach discomfort and was seen by OB for an ultrasound which is […]
