Poor Zacky...he's just too GOOD! His little brother Max has an ear infection and strep throat so he decided to take advantage of the situation that was placed before him and fake sick so he could stay home from school today. This is how the conversation went...
Zack: Mom, did Max tell you how he felt the first day he was sick?
Me: Yes, he said his head hurt and his throat hurt but he only had a very low grade fever.
Zack: Well, I have a lot of gas and I keep burping for no reason.
Me: Yeah, that happens sometimes. You need to hurry and get ready for school now!
Poor guy! He just can't fib. I'm so glad! But I feel kind of bad for him. I used to be a PRO at faking sick! Brian was too. He didn't get his lack of "skills" from us! My brother Nathan beats all I've ever seen though! He admitted to all of us last year that he used to fake sick so much that my mom even took him in to have stomach tests. You know, the kind where you have to fast and drink that yucky, chalky stuff and everything! I remember when they took him in for the tests and my parents were worried about him and the conclusion the dr.s came to was that he had a nervous stomach and possibly an ulcer. Too funny!!! We all thought he had a serious problem until last year! I wonder if Zack will ever figure it out? Part of me hopes he doesn't and part of me hopes he does. Is that bad? I mean, as a parent I LOVE that he doesn't skip school yet and miss important learning opportunities. Not to mention the fact that Matthew refuses to ride the bus to school when Zack isn't riding it too and Brian or I have to drive him to school. Then I HAVE to make sure I meet him at the bus after school or he totally flips out!!! But part of me knows that that's a part of a kids life. Skipping out on school once in a while and just vegging out on the couch and enjoying a little more attention from your mom. He's only 9, I'm sure eventually he'll meet some good little slacker friend that will show him the light. :) For now I'll just appreciate what I've got til it's gone!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
I'm proud to be an American watching the Olympics!!!!
I've been really enjoying the olympics this year. I always do! I have to say that I am so proud to be an American!!! I always am! But as I watch our olympic athletes compete I am even more proud to be an American!!! I have watched some of the athletes from other countries try to cheat their way to gold. Pushing and shoving and tripping other people down purposely so they could win. The Russian ice skater dude that won silver in the individual men's competition was completely out of control!!! What a poor sport! He even went as far as to say that he was having a platinum medal made for himself because he feels like the gold was stolen from him by an American. Whatever dude!! Then as I watched the women's ice skating competition they were saying that some of the women competing have so much pressure placed on them from their home countries that if they don't win gold they will have hateful emails and letters even if they get a different medal. They have said this during many competitions I've watched, that many of these athletes will basically be shunned when they return from the olympics if they don't earn gold. I can't imagine being a teenager and having that much pressure placed on me. It makes me proud to be an American. We love our athletes no matter what! They play clean! They work hard! They are wonderful at what they do! It's been fun watching them!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
For just one day....
Things I wish I would have appreciated more when I was a kid:
-Lazy days-What is a lazy day...I can't remember! Too much to do with 4 kids.
-The ability to read a book without interruptions-I can't even get a page in without 14 interruptions! Not even a magazine!
-Being able to eat anything and everything in sight and NEVER putting on a pound!!!-I was SO tall and skinny and I ate like a horse! Course, I rode my bike constantly, ran everywhere instead of walking, played outside ALL OF THE TIME, lived across the street from an elementary school so we just ran and played basketball, football, baseball, anything and everything all day long.
-Food, clothing, housing, transportation, fun- Yep! It was all just provided! I didn't even think about how or why or anything, just completely took for granted that when I opened my drawer, clothes would be there. When I was hungry there was food to eat. We had a roof over our heads and cars to drive and everything we needed. It just HAPPENED...magically!!!
-Some days I wish I could go back to those days just so I could appreciate it a little more! It's been one of those kind of scary grown up days where it isn't all secure and perfect and I have that grown up pit in the middle of my stomach. Not my favorite kind of days. So, I'm just wishing for one of those carefree, secure, blissful days of youth.........that's not too much to ask...is it???...just for one day......
-Lazy days-What is a lazy day...I can't remember! Too much to do with 4 kids.
-The ability to read a book without interruptions-I can't even get a page in without 14 interruptions! Not even a magazine!
-Being able to eat anything and everything in sight and NEVER putting on a pound!!!-I was SO tall and skinny and I ate like a horse! Course, I rode my bike constantly, ran everywhere instead of walking, played outside ALL OF THE TIME, lived across the street from an elementary school so we just ran and played basketball, football, baseball, anything and everything all day long.
-Food, clothing, housing, transportation, fun- Yep! It was all just provided! I didn't even think about how or why or anything, just completely took for granted that when I opened my drawer, clothes would be there. When I was hungry there was food to eat. We had a roof over our heads and cars to drive and everything we needed. It just HAPPENED...magically!!!
-Some days I wish I could go back to those days just so I could appreciate it a little more! It's been one of those kind of scary grown up days where it isn't all secure and perfect and I have that grown up pit in the middle of my stomach. Not my favorite kind of days. So, I'm just wishing for one of those carefree, secure, blissful days of youth.........that's not too much to ask...is it???...just for one day......
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Um...WHAT DID THEY JUST SAY?!?!
So I'm minding my own business, folding clothes and half watching The Today Show this morning when they mention that it has been 22 years since a man won an olympic gold medal for ice skating when Brian Boitano won it in 1988. Hold up... wait....WHAT DID THEY JUST SAY?!?!......22 years ago?!?! That CAN'T be right!! They MUST be wrong!!! I was 15 years old...22 years ago???? I LOVE the olympics!!! I remember watching him win that medal!!! I...AM...OLD!!!! VERY...VERY...OLD!!! How did this happen?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Better Choices Diary: Entry#1
I made stew for dinner. It was loaded with tons of delicious veggies, lean ground beef, V8 juice, beef boullion. It was yummy! I had a few saltines with butter on them. I HAVE to have them! I have eaten them with stew my WHOLE life!!! I did limit it to only a few though. Baby steps.....
Note to self....
Please avoid the following foods if you ever expect to lose weight and to continue fitting through doors:
Cheetos
Chili Cheese Fritos
Doritos
Cheddar Jack flavored Cheez-Its
Cheesecake
Brownies
Bacon
Sausage
CANDY
Pizza Hut Pizza
Fried Chicken
Greasy Cheeseburgers
7 layer dip
Velveeta and rotel queso dip and chips
French onion dip and chips
Cadbury eggs
Yes, sadly I have eaten all of these things in the last week. I'm out of control! What is up with that?!?! I've lost 11 lbs. since we've moved and I'm scared to get on the scale after this last week. I probably put it all back on in a week! Several months back I decided I was going to get serious about this weight loss thing. HA!! I was going to start posting my daily efforts to be better. I wasn't going on a diet (I refuse!) I was just going to make some wiser choices. Try changing bad habits. Have you seen any posts about my progress? I didn't think so!! What is WRONG with me?! I want to be healthy and I want to feel more energetic and more comfortable taking my children places, like the pool, for instance. I've GOT to get a grip!!! I feel like I'm one step away from shopping around for a 'fashionable' Jazzy!! Ok I'm going to do it. From this point on today I am going to be better. I'm going to forget about the frozen waffle I had for breakfast that was slathered in butter and syrup. I will look past the Cheddar Jack flavored Cheez Its I just ate. I am going to put my best foot forward and do something! Look for my "Better Choices Diary". I WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE!!!!
FYI: This list is not typical. We had Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine's Day and a 4 day weekend mixed in there. It was more of a week and a half but whatever. :)
Cheetos
Chili Cheese Fritos
Doritos
Cheddar Jack flavored Cheez-Its
Cheesecake
Brownies
Bacon
Sausage
CANDY
Pizza Hut Pizza
Fried Chicken
Greasy Cheeseburgers
7 layer dip
Velveeta and rotel queso dip and chips
French onion dip and chips
Cadbury eggs
Yes, sadly I have eaten all of these things in the last week. I'm out of control! What is up with that?!?! I've lost 11 lbs. since we've moved and I'm scared to get on the scale after this last week. I probably put it all back on in a week! Several months back I decided I was going to get serious about this weight loss thing. HA!! I was going to start posting my daily efforts to be better. I wasn't going on a diet (I refuse!) I was just going to make some wiser choices. Try changing bad habits. Have you seen any posts about my progress? I didn't think so!! What is WRONG with me?! I want to be healthy and I want to feel more energetic and more comfortable taking my children places, like the pool, for instance. I've GOT to get a grip!!! I feel like I'm one step away from shopping around for a 'fashionable' Jazzy!! Ok I'm going to do it. From this point on today I am going to be better. I'm going to forget about the frozen waffle I had for breakfast that was slathered in butter and syrup. I will look past the Cheddar Jack flavored Cheez Its I just ate. I am going to put my best foot forward and do something! Look for my "Better Choices Diary". I WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE!!!!
FYI: This list is not typical. We had Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine's Day and a 4 day weekend mixed in there. It was more of a week and a half but whatever. :)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
I am SO glad I was finally brave!
"Mother Bear" update:
(If you don't know what this is about check out the post I made on October 17th entitled, "Mother Bear".)
In DECEMBER I finally got brave enough to write an email/letter to the school district's "nutritionist" (I use this term lightly seeing as how the "nutritionist" for our school district is actually an office manager/accountant that took over the nutritionist's job when she retired. She does a decent job, I suppose, but isn't that CRAZY!!!). I was
SO nervous about doing this! As a mother of a child with food allergies I have learned that a lot of people think it is a HUGE burdon for them to have to "deal" with his needs and I just try to take on the responsibility as much as I can alone without causing a problem for anyone. I had taken all those steps to protect Matty I thought, yet he was still in danger. Well, she called me right away and said that BY LAW they HAD to provide a peanut-free table for him. There are a lot of things I didn't know that were putting him in danger and I thought he was as protected as possible. I had taken a bottle of Benedryl and an EpiPen to the school for him and after talking with the school nurse I learned that the school couldn't even LEGALLY use the medication I provided him with because it was an over the counter bottle of Benedryl and they needed a prescription so it had Dr.'s orders and dosage information specific to Matthew. The epi pen was just there it wasn't in the box which had Dr.'s orders on it. The nurse made me feel like an unfit mother and a total moron every time I talked with her because I didn't know everything she knew that I was supposed to do. I finally said,"Look, I had NO way of knowing these things unless someone told me and how on earth am I supposed to just PULL this stuff out unless someone tells me what I am supposed to do?!" Anyhoo, we had a meeting Wednesday that is called a 504. The people that were there: Me, the nurse (by the way her office is at the Health Department because she is the nurse for the ENTIRE district, not just for the school. Yeah, that's right, NO NURSE in the school!!! SCARY!!!), the principal, Matthew's teacher, the district "nutritionist", a representative from the superintendant's office, the cafeteria supervisor for Matthew's school, and a lady that was kind of the mediator for the meeting. I was SO nervous on the days leading up to this meeting! I prayed and fretted. The meeting went FANTASTICALLY well!!! As of Wednesday...NO MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND HONEY CUPS!!!! Matthew can eat a warm lunch like everyone else on the days they make rolls now!!! HOORAY!!! They typically have mac-n-cheese or potatoes and gravy on the days they have peanut butter and honey cups to go with the rolls. They will provide hiim with a peanut-free table!! I expressed my concerns over parents not knowing what steps need to be taken to protect their children. One KEY piece of information was unaware of is that the nurse is to be notified THE DAY a child with a medical condition such as food allergies is enrolled so that they can properly train the child's teacher on how to treat that child's condition if an emergency should arise and how to administer an epi pen as would be necessary in MY SON'S case!!! Guess when the nurse was notified of Matthew's allergy?....In DECEMBER the day the nutritionist received my email. This means my son attended that school for 3 MONTHS before the nurse was notified and the teacher trained. She still would not know to this day if I hadn't written the letter. SCARY!!! The receptionist DROPPED THE BALL!!! The school failed us and now there are still children in the school who have the same problem and they don't even know it!!! UNACCEPTABLE!!!! At the meeting it was decided that a note needs to be sent out to ALL parents saying that if they have a child with medical conditions such as food allergies they need to talk with the school and it will have a list of all steps that need to be taken to protect their children since they were improperly oriented at registration. They actually decided that this note would be sent out DISTRICT wide!!! There is also going to be a packet of information and a list of necessary steps to be taken given to each parent of a child with a medical condition at the time of registration so they can monitor the schools responsibilities and take care of their own. We went over what steps would be taken on field trips, on the school bus he rides daily. They will provide Matthew's class with a little instructional class thing that will explain to the children what it means to be "allergic to peanuts" so they can more fully understand and help him out instead of trying to hurt him like the one student did with the peanut butter cup. I didn't even know that was an option until the mediator told me it was. I offered to be an advocate for parents and students with medical conditions and food allergies to help them through the process since it has been a LONG, drawn out, difficult process for us and it SHOULDN'T be!!! It should be simple and precise and easy to make sure your child is safe at school. I feel so much better to think that things are headed in the right direction. When I told Matthew the changes he said,"YESSS!!! I can eat macaroni and cheese and potatoes and gravy now!!!" When I told his big brother, Zack who's in 4th grade. He said with big crocodile tears in his eyes,"Thanks mom. Those peanut butter cups scared me so much for Matthew." I am so glad I didn't chicken out like I almost did! It took me 2 months to get up the nerve to write my letter. I only wish I had written it immediately. I thought the only problem was the peanut butter cups, I had NO IDEA all of the ways my son was in danger or I would have done something sooner!!! I just needed a little time to be brave! Like I told the people in the meeting: After watching my 2 year old baby son nearly die in my arms after eating a pistachio I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen again!!!
(If you don't know what this is about check out the post I made on October 17th entitled, "Mother Bear".)
In DECEMBER I finally got brave enough to write an email/letter to the school district's "nutritionist" (I use this term lightly seeing as how the "nutritionist" for our school district is actually an office manager/accountant that took over the nutritionist's job when she retired. She does a decent job, I suppose, but isn't that CRAZY!!!). I was
SO nervous about doing this! As a mother of a child with food allergies I have learned that a lot of people think it is a HUGE burdon for them to have to "deal" with his needs and I just try to take on the responsibility as much as I can alone without causing a problem for anyone. I had taken all those steps to protect Matty I thought, yet he was still in danger. Well, she called me right away and said that BY LAW they HAD to provide a peanut-free table for him. There are a lot of things I didn't know that were putting him in danger and I thought he was as protected as possible. I had taken a bottle of Benedryl and an EpiPen to the school for him and after talking with the school nurse I learned that the school couldn't even LEGALLY use the medication I provided him with because it was an over the counter bottle of Benedryl and they needed a prescription so it had Dr.'s orders and dosage information specific to Matthew. The epi pen was just there it wasn't in the box which had Dr.'s orders on it. The nurse made me feel like an unfit mother and a total moron every time I talked with her because I didn't know everything she knew that I was supposed to do. I finally said,"Look, I had NO way of knowing these things unless someone told me and how on earth am I supposed to just PULL this stuff out unless someone tells me what I am supposed to do?!" Anyhoo, we had a meeting Wednesday that is called a 504. The people that were there: Me, the nurse (by the way her office is at the Health Department because she is the nurse for the ENTIRE district, not just for the school. Yeah, that's right, NO NURSE in the school!!! SCARY!!!), the principal, Matthew's teacher, the district "nutritionist", a representative from the superintendant's office, the cafeteria supervisor for Matthew's school, and a lady that was kind of the mediator for the meeting. I was SO nervous on the days leading up to this meeting! I prayed and fretted. The meeting went FANTASTICALLY well!!! As of Wednesday...NO MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND HONEY CUPS!!!! Matthew can eat a warm lunch like everyone else on the days they make rolls now!!! HOORAY!!! They typically have mac-n-cheese or potatoes and gravy on the days they have peanut butter and honey cups to go with the rolls. They will provide hiim with a peanut-free table!! I expressed my concerns over parents not knowing what steps need to be taken to protect their children. One KEY piece of information was unaware of is that the nurse is to be notified THE DAY a child with a medical condition such as food allergies is enrolled so that they can properly train the child's teacher on how to treat that child's condition if an emergency should arise and how to administer an epi pen as would be necessary in MY SON'S case!!! Guess when the nurse was notified of Matthew's allergy?....In DECEMBER the day the nutritionist received my email. This means my son attended that school for 3 MONTHS before the nurse was notified and the teacher trained. She still would not know to this day if I hadn't written the letter. SCARY!!! The receptionist DROPPED THE BALL!!! The school failed us and now there are still children in the school who have the same problem and they don't even know it!!! UNACCEPTABLE!!!! At the meeting it was decided that a note needs to be sent out to ALL parents saying that if they have a child with medical conditions such as food allergies they need to talk with the school and it will have a list of all steps that need to be taken to protect their children since they were improperly oriented at registration. They actually decided that this note would be sent out DISTRICT wide!!! There is also going to be a packet of information and a list of necessary steps to be taken given to each parent of a child with a medical condition at the time of registration so they can monitor the schools responsibilities and take care of their own. We went over what steps would be taken on field trips, on the school bus he rides daily. They will provide Matthew's class with a little instructional class thing that will explain to the children what it means to be "allergic to peanuts" so they can more fully understand and help him out instead of trying to hurt him like the one student did with the peanut butter cup. I didn't even know that was an option until the mediator told me it was. I offered to be an advocate for parents and students with medical conditions and food allergies to help them through the process since it has been a LONG, drawn out, difficult process for us and it SHOULDN'T be!!! It should be simple and precise and easy to make sure your child is safe at school. I feel so much better to think that things are headed in the right direction. When I told Matthew the changes he said,"YESSS!!! I can eat macaroni and cheese and potatoes and gravy now!!!" When I told his big brother, Zack who's in 4th grade. He said with big crocodile tears in his eyes,"Thanks mom. Those peanut butter cups scared me so much for Matthew." I am so glad I didn't chicken out like I almost did! It took me 2 months to get up the nerve to write my letter. I only wish I had written it immediately. I thought the only problem was the peanut butter cups, I had NO IDEA all of the ways my son was in danger or I would have done something sooner!!! I just needed a little time to be brave! Like I told the people in the meeting: After watching my 2 year old baby son nearly die in my arms after eating a pistachio I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen again!!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Baptism, Ikea, queso, and 50...what more could a girl ask for!!!
Our nephew was baptized yesterday about 2 hours 45 minutes from where we live. It was a beautiful day! We were happy that we could afford to make it there. It was wonderful to share in Clay's day. Clay's parents divorced a couple years ago. Since then they have each remarried. His dad, Jared is Brian's brother. Jared's new wife is WONDERFUL!!! I have known Jared for 17 years and I have NEVER seen him so happy in all that time! It's been such a great thing to see how happy he and Becky are together. We were all more than a little nervous to go to the baptism because there would be 4 extended families gathered and there are still some...shall we say... harsh feelings there. As we sat in the Relief Society room waiting for the baptism to start I thought WOW this is uncomfortable! The thought came to mind that if people could remember that feeling if thinking of being unfaithful then maybe they would think twice about it. I'm just sayin! Think of your poor innocent extended families who have to be subjected to such experiences for the rest of our lives. And the friends! Hello!!!! SHEESH!!! The ex-wife had the brunch afterwards at her new home. The thought of that was uncomfortable but all in all it was a great day. Everyone acted like civilized grown ups and I think it went much better than any of us could have imagined. I am so glad that Clay chose to be baptized. I am so glad that after all Jared has been through that he and Becky found each other and have brought so much joy to each others lives. He found someone who loves him for him and is good to him and it's refreshing I must say! She has also brought a fun, bright light to the family and we all just love her!
~It was 50 degrees up there yesterday! That was awesome! We didn't even wear jackets! It felt WARM to us compared to the freezing temps we've had this winter. I couldn't get over how things have changed this winter. Usually there is snow up there and then when you drive into our town there isn't any snow or there's very little. This year it's the opposite. We have tons of snow and they didn't have much. We have had 3 or 4 foot piles of snow all up and down the sides of the streets and down the middle of some streets here for weeks as they just keep plowing it. I've never seen anything like it in our town before. The kids LOVED it for a long time! Now they are ready to ride their bikes and want it to all just melt away.
~I got to go to Ikea! I just LOVE Ikea!!! Some people don't appreciate the JOY Ikea has to offer. I know it can feel overwhelming because of the enormity of the building but don't let it scare you. I've been there enough now that I know to just skip the upstairs floor unless you are buying furniture, cabinets, or you just need some ideas. It's just the display area. I do go upstairs to the kids department and sometimes we eat up there. 99 cent kids meals!!! And they have really good chicken strips! Then we head right back downstairs. We browse through all the fun departments down there and I usually find some great little tokens along the way. I just LOVE Ikea!!! Thanks to Brian and the boys for being such great sports and not even complaining very much! Gracie was totally happy like me!
~I can't wait for the Super Bowl! I don't know what teams are actually playing in the Super Bowl this year but we are going to eat some sandwiches, have 7 layer dip, french onion dip, and queso dip made with the big block of velveeta and two cans of rotel tomatoes. I CAN'T WAIT!!! Pop and brownies to finish things off. It's going to be a great splurging day! Love those days! AND I always get a kick out of the commercials! They are the best part after all!
~After I made this post I read my cousin John's blog and he had this link that is so neat! It's about LDS members affected by the quake. He served his mission in Haiti for 4 months in the early 90's before being sent to Florida once the conditions in Haiti became too dangerous for the missioaries to stay there. Just thought I'd share the link. It is very touching! The people's testimonies and strength are very inspiring! http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupdate/100202church.html
~It was 50 degrees up there yesterday! That was awesome! We didn't even wear jackets! It felt WARM to us compared to the freezing temps we've had this winter. I couldn't get over how things have changed this winter. Usually there is snow up there and then when you drive into our town there isn't any snow or there's very little. This year it's the opposite. We have tons of snow and they didn't have much. We have had 3 or 4 foot piles of snow all up and down the sides of the streets and down the middle of some streets here for weeks as they just keep plowing it. I've never seen anything like it in our town before. The kids LOVED it for a long time! Now they are ready to ride their bikes and want it to all just melt away.
~I got to go to Ikea! I just LOVE Ikea!!! Some people don't appreciate the JOY Ikea has to offer. I know it can feel overwhelming because of the enormity of the building but don't let it scare you. I've been there enough now that I know to just skip the upstairs floor unless you are buying furniture, cabinets, or you just need some ideas. It's just the display area. I do go upstairs to the kids department and sometimes we eat up there. 99 cent kids meals!!! And they have really good chicken strips! Then we head right back downstairs. We browse through all the fun departments down there and I usually find some great little tokens along the way. I just LOVE Ikea!!! Thanks to Brian and the boys for being such great sports and not even complaining very much! Gracie was totally happy like me!
~I can't wait for the Super Bowl! I don't know what teams are actually playing in the Super Bowl this year but we are going to eat some sandwiches, have 7 layer dip, french onion dip, and queso dip made with the big block of velveeta and two cans of rotel tomatoes. I CAN'T WAIT!!! Pop and brownies to finish things off. It's going to be a great splurging day! Love those days! AND I always get a kick out of the commercials! They are the best part after all!
~After I made this post I read my cousin John's blog and he had this link that is so neat! It's about LDS members affected by the quake. He served his mission in Haiti for 4 months in the early 90's before being sent to Florida once the conditions in Haiti became too dangerous for the missioaries to stay there. Just thought I'd share the link. It is very touching! The people's testimonies and strength are very inspiring! http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupdate/100202church.html
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wanted: Substitute mom for a day......
For just one day!!! It's going to be such a hectic, crazy, busy day and I woke up on the wrong side of the bed so it's going to be a bumpy ride.................
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Scary.....
Last night I was sitting on our bed, Brian was sitting in our rocker recliner, and Gracie was crawling around on the bedroom floor playing with toys. I looked up to check on her at one point and she was looking at me with her big brown eyes with her head cocked funny and with it wedged under the front left corner of the rocker. Panic coursed through every vein and I told Brian not to move and ran to Gracie. After pulling her out from under the rocker I held her tightly to me and kissed her sweet face and shook as I considered the damage that could have been done to my beautiful daughter if her 200 plus pound father would have rocked forward onto her little head. I have been completely freaked out ever since! I woke up at 3:30 and after a few minutes that picture of her head under the rocking chair and her big brown eyes looking at me popped into my head and I can't get it out of my mind. It literallyl leaves me sick to my stomach!!! I pray every morning that our children will be protected from harm and serious accident since they are generally CRAZY and I worry all the time about them hurting themselves or each other. Sometimes that prayer gets to be routine but yesterday morning I just really had an uneasy feeling and prayed sincerely for each of them. I am so grateful that prayer was answered!!! If I hadn't been in the room or hadn't looked up just then who knows what would have happened. I am just so grateful for her health and that everything is ok but now my mind is running over the "what ifs". What if I'm not around if she does that again. What if one of the kids is sitting in the rocking chair if that happens again. What if...what if...what if?! Why do minds do things like that at 3:30 A.M. when you don't have anything else to distract your brain. Anyway, I know that sometimes things...just happen. That is the scariest part of parenthood for me. Knowing that some things either...just happen or things happen for a reason that we don't want to happen and we don't understand the reason and it's not what WE want and there isn't anything we can do about it. We just pray and hope that things work out and hope that if they don't work out like we hope that we'll have the strength to endure that challenge. Now I just hope my mind will shut off after I shut off this computer and will let me catch some much needed sleep...wish me luck!!!
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