Visual Trademark - A Blog By CJ Mills

A great mentor, and even greater friend, sent me the below, summarized prayer by Teresa of Avila. He used this prayer while going through his own life storm….
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
Everything passes.
Patience gains all.
God alone is enough.
I don’t know about you, but the above seems hard on any normal day, let [...]

Yesterday was met with some bad news.  Some of Asher’s test results (as outlined here) came back negative.  The part that I’m having a hard time dealing with is not knowing if the negative results are really something to worry about or not.  The doc now wants to run a more detailed test to see [...]

My wife is not one to be in front of a crowd.  Even through a blog, she still remains shy; however, since she was the one in the front row of this circus today, I asked that she give you all a run down of what happened today.
Asher’s temperature dropped from 98.2 to 97.4 in [...]

I’ll try to give you all a better run down of what happened between yesterday’s post and this one, but for now, I’ll gt straight to the point - Asher ain’t coming home (always wanted to use that word in a post).
Only a few hours away from being officially released (after we stayed overnight in [...]

Life is not easy. As I look back on the last five years of my life, I realize I’ve had it pretty good. Great wife, house, daughter, job, etc. Still, I found myself complaining about the circumstance surrounding Asher’s birth with no reservation. Conversely, I personally know others who, in my [...]

The last few days have been hell. I’d consider myself a fairly flexible guy, but Asher’s early entrance took it to a whole new level. I know have a greater appreciation for what my cousin, Chris, and his wife went through with both of their kids.
The reality of the situation didn’t hit me [...]

After a terrible night of sleep, I have made it back to the condo with Jadyn and Andy where we are trying to give Andrea a few hours of peace and quiet. At this point, we don’t know a whole lot more than we did yesterday. Asher is in Charleston where he is [...]

Today was the first outdoor car wash at our house. Since I live so close to work, I don't really have time to unplug from work like most do. When the weather is nice, I'm able to unplug while working outside. The past few months have not granted me that pleasure. [...]

Have you ever had one of those weeks where your heads feels like it is continually growing and that your neck may snap?  Well, that was this week for me.  What a freaking stressful week - but now it is over and my little girl is trying to pull me away from my computer so [...]

Tonight we had to make a quick shopping trip before we leave for Disney. This was the first shopping trip I’ve been on with Jadyn in a long time. It was crazy! People who take their kids shopping with them are nuts. She was all over the place. The [...]