Exciting News!

Kolby found out a few days ago that two of his poems were accepted for publication in a Christian literary journal called Relief.  This will be his first published work (other than Wheaton’s literary magazine that he published in while he was there for school) and I think this means he is officially a poet now!  It has a good ring to it, doesn’t it?  Poet. 

I’m sure this will be the start of many publications for Kolby, and Relief is a great launching point.  Several of his Wheaton professors published in it at the beginning of their careers.  We don’t know what issue his poems will appear in, but I’ll keep you posted, and you’ll be able to purchase the book on Amazon.com if you want a copy.  A lot of his poems are either about the Bible or about baseball (how shocking, right?!?), and these two are the former.  One reflects on the story of Cain and Abel and the other on Abraham and Isaac.  The Abraham and Isaac one is one of my favorite poems he’s ever written, and I’m so excited to see it in print!  Apparently I wasn’t the only person that thought it was a great piece.

So proud of you, honey :)  I always knew you could do it.

While we're on the subject of exciting news, Jessica gave birth to her precious baby girl this morning at 9:22am!  Her name is Emersyn Jo and she weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great! Jess and I have been friends for over 10 years and she is the first of my best friends to have a baby.  It was so crazy talking to her yesterday knowing that baby EJ was coming today.  I just couldn't get over the fact that it was the last time I'd talk to her before her life and all her priorities completely changed.  I had the same strange feeling when I said goodbye to Kolby after our rehearsal dinner, knowing that the next time we saw each other I would be walking down the aisle and our whole lives would be different.  Congrats to Jess and Steven--- parenthood will be a big change, but I bet it'll be a wonderful one! :)