I have reached rock bottom. Literally my bottom... has shingles. That wonderful reactivation of the chicken pox virus, now in different form, affecting the nerves and causing tremendous pain and blisters. It hurts! A LOT! And when others tell you that it is the most painful thing, they are not lying. I am having to use pain meds to rest at night and wishing so much I could be taking them during the day. Taking Tylenol or Ibuprofen is like eating candy. No help whatsoever. Blah! Wikipedia states that shingles can be caused by extreme mental or physical stress. There you have it. That's my life.
My beloved grandfather, precious man of God that he is, has been diagnosed with cancer. We will celebrate his 90th birthday in just a couple of weeks and I am praying that God gives us till then. I so desperately want to see him face to face and tell him all that he means to me and how his faith changed my life. How his prayers give me strength and how devastated I will be to live without him. I know I am not alone. I am talking with my mom everyday with updates on his condition. And bless his heart, he now has shingles. What? That is so crazy I can't get my mind around it. But my mom says he has peace. And I knew that he would. He's just so close with God. So close. I want that kind of intimacy with the Father. And I know how you get it. My grandfather would retreat to his prayer closet for hours at a time with his Bible. He would take prayer walks and he has had many Bibles because he reads them so much, they fall apart. Oh, for my Bible to fall apart. How I desire that. For pages to be frail and torn, for books of the Bible to come undone because they've been saturated into my soul. That is a legacy I wish to leave.
Benjamin has been praying for my "angles" to go away. I love him. My little prayer warrior.
The daily life of our sweet, growing family!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Moving on up... to the east side
Much going on these days!
Benjiboy turned 3 and celebrating his Cars themed birthday was a blast. He loved his Cars cake done by Sweet Boutique Cakes. He chose chocolate. He got lots of fun toys. A Cars computer, a Hot Wheels Watch, Cars sunglasses, a dump truck he can take apart with a power tool, money, gift card, pool toys, and a texting learning toy. There were balloons. Cars of course. A huge Spider man bounce-a-round. Hamburgers and hot dogs. Family and friends.
Aubrey is almost 16 months old and is now attempting to walk most of the time. She talks a LOT! Loves ice... like wants it all the time. She still climbs everything and is getting even better at it.
Abby just recently had another evaluation. She's doing well, despite my lack of any consistency. But we really need to bring up her math scores. She is maturing really quickly. She is very helpful and sweet. And has definite gift of fun and laughter and mercy!
We received Avery's standardized test scores. She scored in the 96th percentile in reading. Math isn't her strong suit either. So it looks like both girls will be doing lots of math this summer.
Both girls took the trip to Plano with me and it was a sweet time of reconnecting. Today the girls had a lemonade stand to raise money for tornado victims in Joplin, MO. They did amazing almost raising $100. I'm so proud of their sweet heart.
And we are selling our house. Yikes! In fact, open house is tomorrow. I am tired and unmotivated. Hopes that changes in the morning. We already have a contract on a house on the east side of town. On a fabulous street with lots of friends. It will be amazing. When we can sell this house. Please Lord, allow it to sell quickly.
Benjiboy turned 3 and celebrating his Cars themed birthday was a blast. He loved his Cars cake done by Sweet Boutique Cakes. He chose chocolate. He got lots of fun toys. A Cars computer, a Hot Wheels Watch, Cars sunglasses, a dump truck he can take apart with a power tool, money, gift card, pool toys, and a texting learning toy. There were balloons. Cars of course. A huge Spider man bounce-a-round. Hamburgers and hot dogs. Family and friends.
Aubrey is almost 16 months old and is now attempting to walk most of the time. She talks a LOT! Loves ice... like wants it all the time. She still climbs everything and is getting even better at it.
Abby just recently had another evaluation. She's doing well, despite my lack of any consistency. But we really need to bring up her math scores. She is maturing really quickly. She is very helpful and sweet. And has definite gift of fun and laughter and mercy!
We received Avery's standardized test scores. She scored in the 96th percentile in reading. Math isn't her strong suit either. So it looks like both girls will be doing lots of math this summer.
Both girls took the trip to Plano with me and it was a sweet time of reconnecting. Today the girls had a lemonade stand to raise money for tornado victims in Joplin, MO. They did amazing almost raising $100. I'm so proud of their sweet heart.
And we are selling our house. Yikes! In fact, open house is tomorrow. I am tired and unmotivated. Hopes that changes in the morning. We already have a contract on a house on the east side of town. On a fabulous street with lots of friends. It will be amazing. When we can sell this house. Please Lord, allow it to sell quickly.
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