Wow, Time Flies!
Littlest hit the six month anniversary of getting his trach today. It's been an emotional day for momma, I'm realizing how closely I came to losing him. He's such a bubbly, joyful kiddo, and loves all of us as much as we love him. Medically, he's pretty much the same...
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God is Good, All the Time
God has a plan for me, and it is good. It's something I'm really struggling with putting into motion, but He has been SO gracious to allow me the time to sit here and focus on Him while Littlest is in the hospital; and to really "own" that His goodness extends to...
The Tracheostomy
One of the things I almost didn’t let myself really consider was that Littlest would end up with a trach. I didn’t want him to have the breathing difficulties that would necessitate it, I didn’t want him to have the pain/surgery/long-term inability to be held that...
Here we are again…
So I’m sitting here, watching Game 7 of the 2011 World Series and waiting for Littlest to go in for another shunt revision. I’m not sure what all we will have happen, but I’m packed and prepared for a week long stay. I hope it doesn’t come to that. What we know now is...
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Protected: Still in the Hospital
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Mac's Story: Spina Bifida pt. II
Today, I’m sitting in Littlest's hospital room. It’s been ten days from the previous post, and he’s in yet another MRI. It’s been a whirlwind week, and since the last post was rather long, I decided to put the “rest of the story” about Littlest's Spina Bifida in this...
Mac’s Story: Spina Bifida
This has been a very hard post to try to write. I wanted to share how the Spina Bifida has affected Littlest so far, and didn’t really even know how to manage that without going off on various rabbit trails. I have all of his different procedures etc. broken up into...
Mac's Story, His Birth
I realize it's been a very long time, over five months, since I posted anything. I apologize, Littlest and his birth. I will attempt to do that, and I'm breaking this down into sections so that I don't overwhelm you, or me, with biting off too much to share at a time....
Sunday Hymns
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart...
31 Weeks, an Update
Hello everyone! I can’t believe that we’re down to single-digit weeks until I’m full-term, and while we still don’t have an exact date for delivery, every day is one day closer to us meeting our Littlest! I started writing this e-mail late last week but was in...
Pain of Motherhood {Part of Eve's Curse}
To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” –Genesis 3:16 {ESV} I've been thinking a bit about how the curse to Eve and...
Depression
I was thinking about how I’ve struggled with depression this pregnancy and how some others in my circle are dealing with it as well. It’s something that many of us don’t talk about, something we’re afraid others will “judge” and something we feel reflects on our...
As Long as YOU are Glorified
{Let Your will be done in me.} This is such a deep phrase, but also one that is so easy to say, because you never think that it will really apply to you. It’s easy to say because you think it’s more applicable to the woman losing her husband of 50 years to cancer, or...
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The Holly and the Ivy
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.Refrain: Oh, the rising of the sun and the running of the deer,The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir.The holly bears a blossom...