Carrie Wigal

I’ve noticed a change in flavor over the past three months on this blog. Originally my intent was to write about “all that matters to me” and I introduced six categories: faith/religion, family, friends, home, politics & work. I thought I’d be addressing mostly family-related issues with a bit of work mingled in, since I’m [...]

I finally did it… I moved my 2-1/2 year old out of our bedroom and into his recently-turned-4 year old sister’s room. It’s only temporary though. When we finish remodeling a bedroom for our 12 year old, and he moves out of his current room, then the two younger ones can have their own rooms. [...]

We’ve been attending Fluvanna Baptist Church for over six months now and we love it. I’ve grown up visiting this church since this is where my aunt & uncle have been attending for almost 2 decades, so there’s more history here than just the past six months. In fact, my cousin is buried here. So [...]

One of my family members wrote me tonight about her church experiences. I’m guessing she read something on my blog and wrote me in response to something I said. She wrote: “I believe in God and I believe that Jesus was crucified so that we could all be saved, and I give thanks before most [...]

We just finished watching Walt Disney’s Meet the Robinsons this evening. What a cleverly imaginative movie! Family Film Night used to be a regular tradition when we were living in Tulsa a few years back, but since we’ve been popping out babies left and right the last few years, the ritual sort of subsided. Well, [...]

I just a did a quick search on the origins of Halloween and found some interesting information. The modern holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain. The Festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture… Traditionally, the festival was a [...]

The kids are back in school…well in my case the kid is back in school. Only this year we’re having to drive him to & fro every day…twenty minutes each way. Needless to say, that swallows up a good portion of our day…what we used to save in “commuting” back and forth to work is [...]

The much awaited birth of my son happened this past week…finally! What a blessing. Beautiful, healthy and whole…we’re so humbled. With a few false alarms, the actual event came close to taking place in our van! We live about 40 minutes from the hospital and I was initially told to call the doctor when my [...]

Well, here it is…less than two weeks before my baby is due. Up until now, I’ve been doing pretty well physically. Except this morning it was a different story. I gave Lauren & Michael a bath…actually I gave Lauren a bath first and Ty gave Michael one while I cut Lauren’s hair. What a butcher [...]

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. -Proverbs 17:6 (NIV) In church today, the pastor pointed out that Proverbs is a book written by a father to his son. Something I kind have forgotten. When I was younger my Dad taught me to read a chapter [...]