May 31st was a BIG day…our book was released to the world and we decided to CELEBRATE! Dear friends who prayed for Bennett in the NICU, his teachers/ therapists, our publishing team, friends and family ALL GATHERED to celebrate Bennett’s life- a night we will NEVER forget! We will also never forget that it wasContinue reading “Book Release Party & Book Signing”
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THREE WEEKS UNTIL RELEASE DAY!
Things are hopping around here! There is a lot to share about what’s been going on with our book’s pre-release copies + media that is happening leading up to May 31st. As of now, we have nearly sold out of the first 400 pre-copies that arrived at our home in April. If you have notContinue reading “THREE WEEKS UNTIL RELEASE DAY!”
Tennessee “pre-launch” for our book
Our spring break was VERY late this year. Needless to say we were ready for a change of scenery, so we headed south the Thursday before Easter and were eager to get to Nashville. We had a few “pre-order” book launch events scheduled for the week after Easter that we were really looking forward to…butContinue reading “Tennessee “pre-launch” for our book”
Pre-Orders are shipping
Thank you SO VERY MUCH to everyone who pre-ordered and believed in this book before, during, and right after the book went to print. The support and love we have received during our book creation process is something we will never, ever forget. Supply chain and printing delays were interesting challenges as we worked towardsContinue reading “Pre-Orders are shipping”
Seasons Change
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” -Ecclesiastes 3:1 On a recent walk with Reagan at the park behind our house, we saw the above purple flower sprouted up amidst an area of dirt, mulch, sparse grass & weeds. It looked so out of place, yet so beautiful.Continue reading “Seasons Change”
Long weekends are SO good
A three-day-weekend turned into a four-day-weekend due to Reagan’s dental work requiring sedation (see her loopy pic below) and Jackson’s extra day off of school. Bennett, our homebody, LOVED his extra day at home- along with field trips off to cheer for his siblings (at multiple basketball games). Because Reagan was born with a cleftContinue reading “Long weekends are SO good”
Happy New Year to you
Fresh starts are so nice, aren’t they? A blank canvas. A wide open road. Fresh starts are something I actually long for. Maybe it is because I grew up in the same area from Kindergarten through 12th grade? We were not a military family who moved every three years…but growing up in the Washington, D.C.Continue reading “Happy New Year to you”
Bennett Mitchell Speck
Bennett is 14 years old. Fifteen years ago we had just found out we were pregnant with him. That is BANANAS. When given the opportunity to write a book by partnering with Ballast Books towards the end of 2020, we were THRILLED and flabbergasted. Our country was nine months into the Covid-19 nightmare, there wasContinue reading “Bennett Mitchell Speck”