by Hannah Lucero | May 19, 2021 | Devotions
May 12th was Emery’s birthday. He is 13, a newly-minted teenager. This is a special day for us, in part because we weren’t always sure that he would survive and be able to celebrate it. Emery has Down Syndrome, and one of the typical characteristics of DS is a short...
by Hannah Lucero | May 17, 2021 | Devotions
In elementary school math adding and subtracting simple fractions is typically introduced in fourth grade. By fifth grade students begin learning how to add and subtract fractions with different denominators. This is done by using equivalent fractions and by finding...
by Hannah Lucero | May 15, 2021 | Devotions
A couple months back the doorbell rang. Unexpectedly. Which, in turn set the weiners to barking. These days that’s pretty expected. I answered the front door to find an overdressed young man with a huge smile that was holding a clipboard. He asked, “Are you the Man...
by Hannah Lucero | May 14, 2021 | Devotions
Poor health forced him to drop out of a military college, ending his hopes of an Army career. His fiancée died in a drowning accident the day before their wedding. Subsequent plans for marriage were again dashed when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness....
by Hannah Lucero | May 13, 2021 | Devotions
It’s a question popular with skeptics: How could a loving God allow [fill in the blank] to happen? And in doing so God gets blamed for all sorts of evil. All sorts of calamity. But what if that were actually the truth of the matter? What if—in His wisdom—God actually...
