Rappelling 17 Stories for my Son

Rappelling 17 Stories for my Son

Rappelling down a 17-story building in my forties was NEVER on my bucket list. I was perusing social media one day and a friend of mine, who is in the middle of the battle of her life with her son, posted that she would be rappelling down a building in honor of her son. What? What does that mean? I clicked on the link and found shatterproof.org.

Shatterproof is a national organization committed to protecting children from addiction to alcohol or other drugs and ending the stigma and suffering of those affected by the disease.

Through my epic two year battle with my son, the stigma from addiction is what affected me the most, down to the center of my core. The lives behind those addicts matter, God loves them deeply just as much as you or me. Based on our personal experiences we had through addiction and recovery, I want to bring more awareness and change to the uneducated.

Chile

Chile

I'm back! I just spent 10 days in Chile on a life changing connections trip with my church. I don't even know where to start, there is so much goodness and God moved in such mighty ways with the people of Valpraiso. We took a red eye flight that landed in Santiago in the morning and we hit the ground running as far as work went. There is a coastal town about 3 hours north of us that was devastated by fire and wiped out many homes. Our purpose for the first half of the trip was to love on 2 families and help them rebuild while building relationships with the locals. I wasn't sure what to expect at the job site, I actually thought it was a staging area when we arrived or maybe temporary housing. This part of Valpraiso is very poor and the construction of homes is basically made up of plywood, corrugated tin roofs and styrofoam for insulation. Way different than in the US.

Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch

Hahaha, Finally! Biggs is tall enough to look over the balcony to see what's going on, on the other side. For the longest time he would hear noises out front, run upstairs, go through the screen on the screen door {he made his own doggie door by plowing through it for us} only to find that he wasn't tall enough to see over yet. {Whomp. Whomp.} But today was the day!! He did it!! Biggs looks so fierce and so proud up there.

Upside Down

Upside Down

Now that Biggs is getting older, more of his personality is starting to shine through. I love it! I would classify him as a free-spirited, happy-go-lucky, fun-loving dog with a crazy streak. I mean crazy in a good way though. He loves to join any of the family members on their bed, in fact, once he's on he'll take it over. Here I caught him taking a nap on my daughters bed making himself completely comfortable as if it were his own. See, crazy! Who sleeps like this?

No More Firewood

Man, the life of this boxer!! I came home today to Biggs chewing on the firewood! Are you serious? What could possibly be the attraction to a log with a lot of slivers in it? Wouldn't you like to chew on the actual chew toys we bought you? Anyway, it's kind of cute, but I hope this puppy phase of chewing ends soon. =]

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