Heidi Bruder

Wow, I have a lot of updates to post about some very cool ways God has provided, my pregnancy (have I mentioned we are having a girl?!) and just some everyday Bruder updates.  For now, just a quick funny story…
Noah was running around the house tonight dancing and singing his heart out.
Me:  Noah, what are [...]

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Ok, in defense of my son and Simon, I needed to write a follow up to yesterday’s “Little Joe” posting.  When the boys came upstairs a bit later, I asked them if they had found the story of Little Joe.  Noah said, “No.  We could only find the one where he was thrown into the [...]

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Noah had his good buddy Simon over to play today.  A little bit ago, I meandered downstairs to see what the boys were up to.  They were sitting on Noah’s bed intently pouring over his children’s Bible.  Here is our conversation as it transpired.
Me:  Hey guys.  How’s it going?
Simon:  Good.
Noah:  I’m trying to find the [...]

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October 26th. Happy 4th Birthday Noah! Wow, it is impossible to believe that you are already 4 years old! (I’m stuck by how quickly time passes. More and more, I wish I had a pause button to push on life.)
Noah, I’m so proud of who you are. You are [...]

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October 15th.  Wow, it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around the reality of my baby being 1 year old today!  Time goes so quickly.  I think it has sped up with the addition of Levi to our family.  There are so many days that I wish I could press “pause.”
Today was a day [...]

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My Grandma came home from Montana today!  She has been there for nearly 5 months, caring for an ailing friend.  What a joyful reunion we had at the airport today!  The great-grandkids were ecstatic to see her and it was obvious the feelings were mutual.  What a festive homecoming!!!  It is SO to have her [...]

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I am a journaler.  I love to journal.  I enjoy being able to look back and see how the Lord has answered prayers and led me through difficult times.  I was looking back over my journals tonight and I saw one that caught my eye.  On Thanksgiving Day 2007, I was asked to share a [...]

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Two years ago this past weekend, we found out that we lost a baby. We named this child Glory Baby. On the one-year anniversary of Glory Baby’s death, a dear friend gave me a book entitled Grieving the Child I Never Knew. I was deeply touched by by the book, but mostly by [...]

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