Susan Dieter-Robinson

Keeping My Promise

We needed to make a plan. I had been wanting to take them for a while but with the family budget, activities and life it seemed we could never get it planned. When Anna was born I remember daydreaming about this adventure (along with so many others we would take together) ~ knowing her eyesContinue reading “Keeping My Promise”

Class 8 at Kiambogo Primary School

We arrived and within minutes most of our team had axes and were intrenched in removing the concrete floor from the classroom. The plan was to remove the old flooring, to pour concrete and then lay tile. We were there to assist a group of local men ~ we were there to connect and bless this little schoolContinue reading “Class 8 at Kiambogo Primary School”

Happiness Journal

These photos make me happy!

Waiting Patiently

“Abigail, come on, it’s time to go.” I’m sure Miss Anna was a little impatient with her sister as she waited for her to get done in the hospital. I like to think that as the doctors, nurses and the transplant team found matches and prepared Abigail for her surgery, Anna waited for her sisterContinue reading “Waiting Patiently”

New Toy

I heard him wrestling something in the other room. Curious, I quietly snuck in to see what he was doing. This is what I found and I thought it was so appropriate that, of all the pillows he decided to chew on, it was this one. I smiled and then took his new toy away. NextContinue reading “New Toy”

Embrace

I woke this morning with thoughts on this day last year. I was sitting in the hospital listening to a machine that was keeping Abigail breathing, missing both of my girls terribly and fully aware of the reality that both of them were in Heaven. That day I had a choice. I could run and hide from thisContinue reading “Embrace”