It’s been a few silent months around the old blogosphere while we got things sorted out with Baby Jase. As of today, he’s officially the newest member of Team Sublett! We weren’t sure how things were going to work out. We actually headed to the courthouse today expecting a hearing Read more…
Everybody has those days. I’ve had a couple lately. Every once in a while I need to find the reset button, re-gain a little focus and perspective.
Hard to believe that it’s been 19 years since Kim and I became parents. Kim was at Back to School night (she was an elementary school teacher) when her water broke. Her sister had to change out of the Clifford the Big Red Dog costume to drive her to the hospital! I Read more…
Both my parents and Kim’s parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries this year. My parents hit the mark back in July (we’ll celebrate at Thanksgiving) while Kim’s folks reach the milestone tomorrow. Kim’s parents’ friends threw them a big shindig down in Florida this past spring, but since most of the Read more…
My positivity was tested today. We got a sunny afternoon, and the grass was in need of a trim. I like cutting the grass. Because so much of my job is difficult to measure (how do you gauge discipleship and spiritual growth?) I find that I enjoy things that give me Read more…
Positivity. I have it. I don’t know if it’s always been present. If so, it lay dormant for a good portion of my adult life. But listening to some folks dripping with negativity today, I realized that I am generally a positive person. I wanted to counter every negative thing spoken. Read more…
I made the trek to Danville today to be with some friends who are spending a couple of days in the hospital there. A few months ago they got the news that the baby they were expecting wasn’t going to live. He hung on all the way through birth, passing Read more…
We’ve been meeting at Harvest Fields all summer for XStream (Calvary’s youth group.) We meet behind the Barn, beside the pond. There’s a fire pit, and we hang around there most nights until well-past dark. And almost every week there are folks who take a swim in one of the ponds Read more…
Like most of our friends and family, we took the customary “First Day of School” pics today. But for the first time in a long time, Levi was conspicuously absent. He and Charlie and Jase opted to sleep in this morning rather than turn up for the photo session. So Read more…
Something wonderful happened for us about this time of night 3 years ago. Charlie came into the world just after 11pm, a squirming, squealing little red man. And Team Sublett has been blessed beyond belief through him. We honestly thought we were done with babies. 2 adoptions of older kids had gone Read more…