Boys Will Be Joys Blog Posts

  • On Your 25th Birthday…

    On Your 25th Birthday…

    I wrote this as a Facebook post to Isaac six years ago today. As he awaits the arrival of his baby girl, this seems most appropriate. My prayer for him is that baby Eleanora provides even a fraction of the joy to him and Cora that he has provided us. “Today is Isaac Rennert’s 19th Read more

  • My Big Break

    This picture… This picture has wrecked me this morning. When I looked at my memories, I saw this picture, and it became so real to me that a part of my life is ending tomorrow. Jono will be graduating on Friday, and that means my career as a mom of school-aged children is over. Being Read more

  • Mother’s Day

    Mother’s Day

    In honor and anticipation of Mother’s Day, I’m going to share a memory that we came upon last week. I took some time off of work last week in an attempt to get my life together. We all know that is never fully attainable, but we made a good dent in it by trying to Read more

  • The Pain of Benevolence

    The Pain of Benevolence

    Over the last several weeks, I spent a lot of time away from the clinic, because we were preparing for a very important fundraiser for our organization. This week, I jumped right back into the action and remembered why we do what we do. A lot happens at the clinic. Obviously, we provide medical care, Read more

  • Rennert Adventures

    Rennert Adventures

    Me: I still think it’s crazy that we can just drive 25 minutes and we’re in Dallas. For context, I had to meet someone in Dallas for a FB marketplace purchase. So, we took a trip to Jimmy’s Food Store. They have unique groceries, Italian beef and meatball subs. On the way home… Me: I Read more

  • A Terribly Wonderful Week

    I was anticipating a difficult week at work on Monday. I already knew that our van, which is vital to our work, was out of commission. I also knew that some difficult converstions needed to take place and some difficult decisions needed to be made. I spent my week buried in my computer working on Read more