Walking in the Shadows

Last week I went for Pre-Op and my final visit with the doctor. Can you believe they want me at the hospital by 5:30 AM??? Me, with no coffee, has to leave my house at 5:00 AM to arrive to the hospital by 5:30 AM. Just pray for my hubby, as I am sure he'll need it. If you know me at all, I am not such a sweet person early in the morning, especially without my coffee. Now just two days from surgery and I am surprisingly calm. Well, it's not really surprising because I know many have already been praying for me. The Lord has helped me so much this week, that I am almost looking forward to surgery. I know that sounds crazy, but God is good and his peace comes just at the right time. As I read in Psalms this week, every verse on mercy or compassion seemed to jump off the page. How good God is to me, is beyond amazing! Psalm 81:10 " I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide and I will fill it." Psalm 86:13 "Fo...

I can't believe I didn't post this yesterday! This week has been beyond busy and I simply did not have the time to finish and post. Think about where you were on September 11, 2001 and think about where you are on September 11, 2013 and I don't mean physically. Where is our country today? Are we closer to the roots of our country or further away? *Conclusion of letter written shortly after 9/11/01 attack. September 11, 2001 You arose early your second morning at home, you surely didn't want to miss a thing. We were snuggling on the couch, I guess it was a little after 8:00 am (I had let your Daddy sleep in) when the call came. It was your Nana and she was calling to tell us there had been an accident, it seemed an airplane had somehow crashed into the World Trade Center. I hang up the phone as I turn on the TV and wonder how could the pilot have flown so far off course. As I am processing what I see, there comes another plane and it hits the second tower and I...

12 years ago today, around 8:30 am, my world was forever changed. I became a Mother at the ripe age of 22. What an exciting time, and how I felt we could take on the world, our little family. As I was thinking about writing a special birthday post to Ethan, I remembered a letter I wrote to him shortly after his birth and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.  Today, I am going to share a part of that letter and hope to share the rest on the anniversary of the 9/11/01 attack. I thought as I read the letter written 12 years ago, how I feared the changes ahead for my newborn son and wondered what his world would look like. Now, as I look at his world I cringe with what it has become and grow burdened for all three of my children as they face such uncertain times.  As Ethan embarks on a new phase in his life (ah adolescence), I am so very proud of the young man he is becoming and praise the Lord that he has already given him his heart. Ethan is my leader, the one I a...

  Ah, my week has been crazy, busy and it is only Wednesday! I haven't even thought about blogging until today and usually I at least have thoughts bouncing around my head. Hence, the title "Busy Blog." I really am trying to be more consistent, but this week and the next few are going to test me to my limits! I'll be begging for surgery, just so I can rest, ha.   Monday, my sweet family came over and helped do a myriad of chores around the house for me. I'm very grateful for family and friends that love me! I'm sure I don't know why they do, but I'm very blessed.   Here is Miss Addison helping me pick out Mums at Lowes for my planter out front. You see the Umbrella she has shielding her from the sun?   Oh and we also have been working on our downstairs bathroom and by "we" I mean mostly Jason. I helped paint a little and picked out the shower curtain, but other than that it was him. What a good man I have! A lot has b...