Love wins... Before I step into my normal blog routine of catching up on what's going on with the Boyen Bunch, I have to admit I've avoiding writing this post. I wasn't sure how I could acknowledge what happened in Orlando in a way that shows my love and support? Jonas was the only child who really watched/listened to the news in the background (while he colored and worked in a dinosaur activity book.) There was one interview he made me rewind to listen to, (the news was on much of the morning Sunday, while we went about normal home things.) In the interview, a man who was at the club was recalling what had went on that night. The details were horrible and frightening, but what Jonas tuned into was one detail, one comment. I can't quote it exactly, but more or less what the man said was "If we can love our dog's like they are humans and part of our family, why can't we love any individual we want?" That was such a simple way to put it out ther...
Somedays I feel like I've done it all. To look at me, you might say "now that's an ordinary mom". Dig a little deeper and you'll find I've led a pretty interesting life, done some pretty extraordinary things, especially once I became a mother of four wonderful, extremely different children! Unique personalities and needs, all wonderful, trying and glorious at the same time!