The excitement of new beginnings...

Sitting at the computer, looking out the window seeing the clean beauty of yet another spring snowfall, I am filled with excitement and yet some trepidation at the future. The dear Cubs have their opening game Monday. Can they possibly beat the now 100 year drought at a championship and become winners? I believe!

And this weekend Katie moves out of 921 to her own apartment. Her job is going really well. The kids and I went over there on Easter Sunday and it was amazing to see nurse Katie dealing with the needs of 97 developmentally disabled adults...all the time introducing Denver, Maya and Isaiah to the patients with a huge smile. Her apartment is five minutes away from her job, how neat is that? Though Pete and I are going to miss the daily contact with her and the babies, this represents enormous strides in Katie's life. I believe!

For our entire family, with Pete's parents with health issues and many others also struggling with both mental and physical ailments; for our friends in various places in the grief cycle; for our church going through some hard stuff, I believe! I believe He is with us in every facet of our lives.

And though I don't post as much about missing Laurie, it is still a palpable, raw ache. And is Laurie's life still impacting others? I believe!