by Mike Costanzo | Apr 21, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Time for another Naomi Grace update! There is some bad news, but some really good news as well: The bad news (which really isn’t news to us) is that further DNA testing has revealed that Naomi does indeed have “full” Trisomy 18. There are 2 other...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 22, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Today was a gut-wrenchingly hard day. We met with Naomi’s medical team today, and were confronted anew with the severity of her disease. Up until today, we had thought that best-case scenario would be to keep her in the hospital long enough to get all of her...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 23, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Two days ago we got the first pictures of our whole family together taken, and today we’re proud to show you some of the best! We are grateful for our beautiful, awesome, and zany family!
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 28, 2015 | Naomi Grace
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 5 days since our last update. Thank you to all of you who have remained faithful in prayer even when updates have been few! Naomi has been doing extraordinarily well on a number of important fronts. Her feedings have...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 30, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Held Together by God’s Grace Overall, Naomi has been doing quite well, but there have also been some slightly discouraging setbacks. Up until a few days ago, her feedings had been steadily increasing; however, her feeding tube recently came out, and although it...
by Mike Costanzo | May 4, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Naomi is four weeks old today! We are so proud of her for making it this far, and grateful to our God for this incredible mercy. He is good! Thanks to all of you who prayed about Naomi’s feeding tube—it has been getting steady use for the last few days....
by Mike Costanzo | May 11, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Our dear family and friends, Today is Naomi’s 5 week birthday. Sadly, this past week she has had some major setbacks, and the past 24 hours have been especially bad. Due to a leaky feeding tube and other problems she has lost a lot of weight over the last number...
by Mike Costanzo | May 11, 2015 | Naomi Grace
This post is eight days overdue, and for that we apologize, but we wanted to share some happy news as well. It is our great pleasure to announce that on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015, Naomi Grace Costanzo was baptized into the church of Jesus Christ. Pastor Roth Reason of...
by Mike Costanzo | May 18, 2015 | Holidays/Special Events, Naomi Grace
Today is Naomi’s six-week birthday! We truly thank God for every single day of this bittersweet journey with our precious and beloved daughter. This week has been one of gradual decline. While there have been no major medical crises, there has also not been much...
by Mike Costanzo | May 21, 2015 | Naomi Grace
Our dear family & friends, At about 1:30am this morning, Naomi Grace Costanzo entered into the presence and joy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She fought bravely and endured much in her 44 days of life here on earth, but now she is free from it all. No more...
by Mike Costanzo | May 21, 2015 | Naomi Grace
This Saturday, May 23rd, a funeral service will be held for Naomi Grace Costanzo. We will be celebrating her short life by singing hymns, hearing God’s Word, and bringing glory to her omnipotent and all-wise Creator. There will be a time of visitation starting...
by Mike Costanzo | Jun 1, 2015 | Naomi Grace
“The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” On Saturday, May 23rd, our family and many of our friends gathered together to weep and worship with us as we grieved Naomi’s death and celebrated her life. It was a...
by Mike Costanzo | May 21, 2018 | Naomi Grace
Today is a day like any other day—the sun rose, the kids are off to school, and there is work to be done. But it’s also the three-year anniversary of Naomi’s death, so let’s pause the normal routines of our lives for a moment and reflect on what it means to die. What...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 28, 2014 | Vacation, Video
This summer, while on vacation, our family created a new music video to celebrate our all-time favorite vacation spot, Harvey Cedars Bible Conference. While the music isn’t original, the hip-hop lyrics and amazing dance moves are 100% guaranteed fresh. Click and...
by Mike Costanzo | Feb 9, 2013 | Devotion, Reflections
Death. Nobody really likes to talk about it. And for good reason; it’s a raw, gritty topic that throbs with the pain of past losses, the fear of future losses, and the threat of the ultimate loss—ourselves. Even for Christians, who believe that death is...
by Mike Costanzo | Sep 17, 2012 | Devotion, Faith, Reflections
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.1 In the version of the Bible I read, the New Testament talks a lot about the “flesh”—that is, my sinful nature, the part of me that is hell-bent and always wanting to do...
by Mike Costanzo | May 24, 2012 | Devotion, Reflections
One of the things about my seminary experience that changed me for good was the opportunity to take introductory Greek and Hebrew classes. While I am no scholar and unfit to accurately translate anything not written by the apostle John on my own, I have nonetheless...
by Mike Costanzo | May 4, 2012 | Mike, Video
May the Fourth be with you! Yes, for those of you who did not know, May the 4th is officially Star Wars Day. (If you don’t believe me, just Google it!) Yes, it is a glorious day in which all us geeky Star Wars fans greet each other with cheerful grins, secret...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 8, 2012 | Devotion, Faith, Reflections
This morning in church my pastor said something profound: Why don’t Christians make more of Easter? He didn’t mean it in a guilt-inducing, shame-on-you sort of way; that doesn’t help anybody. But he had a good point: on Christmas we give gifts and...
by Mike Costanzo | Apr 1, 2012 | Devotion, Faith, Reflections
Oftentimes when God says, “No,” to something we really want, it’s hard to believe that His heart toward us is tender and loving and that He delights to give us good things (Psalm 107:9). But He has been teaching me recently that sometimes when He...
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