sing like wildflowers

My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.

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Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!

Category: Faith journey

  • A collective sigh of relief

    The weekend was harsh with our family. Ellis had ups and downs with nausea that happened abruptly throughout the days. The nagging fear that we might end up going to the hospital took a chokehold on all of us. We’ve been through this many times, but it’s never easy to make the decision to go.…

  • Discharged & home now

    Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts, prayers, concerns, and encouragements! It’s been heck of a ride with another bout of cyclic vomiting, which has a debilitating effect on Ellis. Her symptoms started brewing Saturday night, but we were able to avoid a full-blown episode till Wednesday. She developed a cough too and assumed it…

  • The same story continues with the pneumonia bug, Ellis’ throw ups with a plot twist

    Hi all, I haven’t been active nor consistent on my blog for the past couple of weeks. We were starting to enjoy the full recovery of Elliot’s pneumonia last week, but then I got awfully sick with a throbbing headache, phlegmy coughs, and a body ache. Without hesitation, I went the the doctor the next…

  • Day 10 of pneumonia

    Hi all, Elliot was last in the hospital when I wrote my last post, and he was discharged on Friday afternoon. The first day the doctor told us that it was bronchitis but that diagnosis changed to pneumonia after rechecking his x-ray and symptoms. I apologize that I didn’t get to update afterwards…it’s been a…

  • First time for everything: cyclic vomiting episode. Only a 1 night stay at the hospital

    We’re happy to be home from the hospital! Ellis was discharged late last night, which is surprising since her episodes and recovery can go for days. Doctors didn’t say anything about discharge all day, so we assumed we were going to leave Friday. But her condition was stable all day since morning, meaning she didn’t…