Violet

The whole thing is nuts!

I mean it, n-u-t-s, NUTS!

For close to 10 months this little person is developing and moving and hiccuping and growing and learning how to exist and it all happens inside another person.

I have witnessed the miracle of life, all 10 months.

As the one without a person growing inside of you, you feel so helpless at times, and all you can do is watch as the events unfold before you. It is truly like a roller coaster.

You see things in your wife that make her even more amazing to you.

You see her patience and care with every step in the icy winter, every thought built around protecting this little one.

You see her sigh from aches and pains but decidedly set her face forward and continue to walk towards the culmination of it all.

You see her courage and bravery in the most intense moments of her life.

Then there is this little person all of a sudden on the outside when hours before it was on the inside.

(Like I said, nuts!)

Then this person is in your arms, you are stunned and dazed and amazed.

For every reason in the world you just sit there and cry.

Really it seems like the only response to it all.

It's hard to remember to breathe.

She's here.

It's so bright she cant really open her eyes yet, but you are dying to see them.

Your love is so much bigger than you thought possible.

You understand God in a new and different way.


And you feel a bit closer to Him, honestly.

Now here in our life, and hopefully in yours, is our little Violet Renee.

'I can see clearly now...' well at least clearer than before

Vision has always been difficult for me. I never felt like I had a very good grasp on it. My friend Eric always seemed to have vision, but it never clicked with me. I was always more of a practical, 'carry out the vision' guy. But we need vision in life at times don't we? Seems like we do.
Recently, I was rapidly approaching a crux of life, graduation. If I ever needed vision, it was now. So some time ago I began to pray for vision, whatever that might mean. Maybe the visions were always there and I needed the eyes to see them. Either way, it had previously escaped me. But recently I began to listen more intently to the voices of people around me, voices I love and respect. Slowly I started to see some things fit together in front of me. I was able to look back down the road that I have traveled and see some purpose to it and something bigger happening. I don't see it all yet, and that's OK, but I think I see enough to keep walking and trusting in what lies beyond what I can see.
To Be a Bridge-this is the foundation of the vision
Connecting, (whatever that is) people, things, ideas, lives, my family.
The challenge with vision is that you can see a bit of where you are going, but you still have to maneuver the path to it.