After quite a year, our beloved Ladybug passed away on January 18, 2020. She had gone missing when we last visited my parents in AL for my grandfather’s funeral late March 2019. After about a month, we found out that she had been picked up by some well meaning people driving on Hwy 431 the day she went missing and eventually ended up in FL with a Boston Terrier rescue group. After scanning her for a microchip, the rescue group found out she had an owner and was able to get up with my mom. We were thrilled to find out she was alive, but unfortunately, she was not well.…

When my husband first asked me what I thought about the possibility of living in Israel, I was terrified because Israel is in an area of the world that is constantly in turmoil. I was also very excited because Israel is the Holy Land, and what Christian has not thought or dreamed about visiting there? However, visiting is the key word here, not in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever live there! My husband and I had discussed living overseas at some point during his military career, and this opportunity would likely be the only time we’d get a chance to do it. So, he applied and…

As a Type 1 diabetic, pregnancy can be a very scary time because the outcome can be devastating if not managed appropriately.  I found out that I had diabetes after my first pregnancy when I was 30 years old.  It was first thought that I had gestational diabetes, so I was being managed with diet and oral medication when I really should have been on insulin all along.  During that pregnancy we also found out that our child (a son) had a heart condition called transposition of the great arteries.  This condition would require that he have surgery immediately after being born to correct the position of the arteries in…