Bill FortenberrySep 14, 20223 minto, fromMAY 2018 - He inspires me. I'm sitting here at my keyboard fighting back the tears as I listen to the mellow, slightly sad, somewhat...
Bill FortenberrySep 12, 20222 minone magical eveningOCTOBER 2016 - It was a magical evening. From the warm, incandescent light washing the back yard in a golden glow, to the gathering of 50...
Bill FortenberrySep 12, 20223 minbegging your indulgenceOCTOBER 2016 - There are clear lights strung across our back yard and hay bales flanking a spotlighted focal point. Apple cider will soon...
Bill FortenberryAug 26, 20223 minturns out he was talking all timeMAY 2016 - Turns out He was talking to us all the time. A year ago, we were praying for a God-sized miracle to get Ethan to Belmont...
Bill FortenberryAug 25, 20224 minhard times with the good, good fatherUPDATE: Nearly seven years ago, it felt like the rug had been pulled out from beneath us. I was never 100 percent certain that God was...
Bill FortenberryAug 20, 20223 minstill learning, still trusting my fatherJANUARY 2016 - Four months and 15 days ago we moved E into his dorm at Belmont University. It was a momentous and extraordinary day....
Bill FortenberryAug 13, 20223 minautumn's wise wordsAUGUST 2015 - It's been a long, teary, quiet week since we dropped our boy at college. The herd of boys, young men really, who have...
Bill FortenberryAug 13, 20225 minmove-in day: lesson in faithfulnessAUGUST 2016 - We drove the 200 or so miles and pulled in front of Belmont Mansion where a chipper young coed with copper hair took E's...
Bill FortenberryAug 13, 20222 minthe last breakfastAUGUST 2015 - It didn't hit me until I was in the middle of my summer Saturday routine. Walking back and forth, cutting horizontal...
Bill FortenberryAug 12, 20228 minwhy i believe God will provide - he is faithfulUpdate, AUGUST 2022: This blog post, now seven years old, was written at a time when I wanted my words to express what I hoped for, but...