Choosing Joy Over Comparison

Anna Boldra Hello Friend! I am so thankful we found each other.  Before I share a little about myself, I wanted to make sure you have your drink of choice in your hand. Coffee, tea, Water, Mountain Dew...whatever you choose, get it and hurry back! Cheers, you’re back!  Oh my goodness...Where in the world do I start? Ha! I have no desire to word vomit all over you. So I have selected a couple experiences where comparison has tried to take a hold of my joy. There’s been so many challenges and triumphs in the 30 years of my life! My testimony started when I was born. I believe this is true for everyone. Every year on my birthday my father calls me and shares with me the story of my birth.  He says to me, “Anna do you remember when you were born? You wiggled your head out and looked around the room. Gave the midwife and myself a huge smile and then decided it was okay to make your grand entrance! To this day your smile will light up a room.”   To this day when I’m feelin...

Hello! I am a mother to three amazing, creative, curious children who all have some form of Albinism. Each one of them a blessing in their own way.  I stay at home full time to raise these world changers.  Today I want to share with you about the decision we were faced with, our oldest starting Kindergarten in the fall. He loves everything to do with school! He thoroughly enjoyed two years of preschool, and he attended the elementary school just down the street from our house in Omaha, Nebraska. All of the faculty and staff that handled his IEP (Individualized Education Plan) were better than we could ask for. Knowing the amazing people at school have the best interest for Peyton made the decision to homeschool a difficult one, however after a lot of prayer and research our family decided to homeschool this year. Peyton will start and finish kindergarten at home. Last month we got the email entailing the back to school guidelines. As I was reading over them I was feeling dishe...