Happy Birthday To Us On Hannah’s Birthday

Today is the new Mrs. Jordan Dodson’s birthday. But really, it’s all of us in her new family who are receiving birthday blessings because she is now a part of us.

So for Hannah because she is loved and valued and wished the happiest of birthdays, here are 10 of the (many) reasons I think the world of her: 

What You Don’t Know Will Hurt Them

This is a guest post by my young adult son, Dylan Dodson, author of the book True Grief, True Pain and a True God.

Let me start by saying I am not a parent. I don’t even have children.

And especially Peter

I love this Easter excerpt from No Wonder They Call Him the Savior by Max Lucado:

Look in Mark, chapter 16. Read the first five verses about the women’s surprise when they find the stone moved to the side.

My Baby Is Getting Married

He asked which night I wanted him to come home for dinner this week so that he could give me one last dinner with just him and me and his youngest brother. And he didn’t know it, but his thoughtfulness made me cry. 

I Wish. . .

I like wisdom. I don’t like pain. I wish the best wisdom didn’t come from pain. I wish the deepest wisdom didn’t come from the deepest pain. (But I’ve lived and learned that it does.)

Notably Quotable – Week ending 01/26/13

This week:

“One of fear’s favorite things to tell you is that today is forever.

When Love Asks

Sometimes love asks you to do something you don’t want to do.

And you struggle with that.