Building Out and Up

Hope Box Outreach in 2020

In 2019 we were able to gather 16 boxes in Zechariah’s honor and have worked on distributing those over the past year. We had the mixed emotion fortune to support the Kaiser hospital were Brianna spent most of September as we awaited Ezra’s arrival. During that time they had a number of pregnancies that didContinue reading “Hope Box Outreach in 2020”

Two years….from my mama heart

Two years…It’s been two years since I delivered our sleeping baby. Two years since I held him in my arms, prayed over him, cried until the tears wouldn’t come, kissed his beautiful face, and asked God all the “whys” Two years ago my life was forever changed. The way I love my husband, the wayContinue reading “Two years….from my mama heart”

Feeling Forgotten

Sitting on the couch in the cold, sterile delivery room I felt overwhelmingly alone. Brianna was there on the hospital bed connected to a host of machines tracking her vital signs and flooding her with pitocin and narcotics. Nurses came and went checking on us and her progress. I sat intermittently texting my friend and pastor. Then we received the Hope Box.

2020 Hope Box Gathering

On October 26, 2018 at a routine prenatal appointment we found out that our sweet Zechariah’s heart stopped beating. On Monday, October 29th we were admitted to the hospital and induced at 19.5 weeks. We gave birth to our perfect angel baby. Ten fingers, ten toes, 8.5 inches long and 5.5 ounces. He was perfect,Continue reading “2020 Hope Box Gathering”