Comments (4) Thursday night I went to Lauren’s back-to-school night so Dave threw a princess tea party for Lauren and her friend, Chloe. Isn’t he great!?
I made mini blueberry muffins and the girls ate every single one. All 18 of them. Amazingly neither one of them had a tummy ache the next day!
Here are a couple of pictures.
Lauren enjoying her tea party.
Lauren and Chloe in princess dresses.
It’s been a crazy busy week! The summer just flew by and now Lauren goes back to school next week. She is super excited! Out of the 18 kids in Lauren’s 4 year old preschool class, 13 were in Lauren’s 3 year old class. She is all set with a purple outfit for the first day- purple butterfly shirt, purple skirt and fancy purple ponytail holder. I’ll make sure to post a picture!
Carmen is doing about the same. She continues to have daily diarrhea but everything the doctor tested came back negative. She had a couple of days with very little pee so we have cut down on Robinul (the medication to reduce saliva). Unfortunately, it looks like the bad seizures are starting up again. It truly is a never-ending cycle of getting things under control and then starting over when the medications no longer work.
We would greatly appreciate prayer about our night nursing situation. We are down to one night nurse, 3 nights per week. This past week, we let one go who was sleeping on her shift. Then a couple of days later, one of our very favorite nurses resigned due to her own child-care issues. Monday we have a new nurse orienting and I am just praying that she is wonderful! When we do not have a night nurse, Dave sleeps in Carmen’s room and I set my alarm to give Carmen medicine throughout the night. Dave and I are falling over tired after a couple of nights of this routine. Our insurance pays for 7 nights per week/12 hours per night nursing care through a nursing agency but the problem is finding good nurses and keeping them.
Last night we went to Jimmie Cone and got ice cream. Here are a few pictures.
Lana and Lauren eating ice cream.
Dave and Lauren eating ice cream.
Carmen at Jimmie Cone.
Every now and again, I feel restless, like something really big is just about to happen. OK, I guess I’m always a bit restless…but I don’t always feel like something really big is about to happen.
To borrow the words of Erwin McManus, who most likely borrowed them from someone before him, I am a futurist. I love thinking about the future and wondering about it. Dreaming.
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Early last summer (2007) I went out to lunch with my good friend, Ted. We work near each other and met at Potbelly’s for a sandwich. As it often does, our conversation turned to what God was doing in our lives. I remember this conversation like it was yesterday. I told him that I was fairly certain that Lana and I were on the verge of something really big and that God was preparing us for it. “What do you think it is?” Ted asked. I had no idea and told him so.
Literally a few days later, we were told that Carmen probably had Tay Sachs, a rare and fatal disease.
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Sometimes I get so caught up in the future that I forget about today. That can be a problem. As McManus says, that’s just dreaming and dreaming alone accomplishes nothing (my own distorted interpretation).
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I am there again. Restless and perhaps on the verge of something big. Only this time, it seems as though it’s still a little bit off in the distance. Lana really doesn’t like it when I am there because it can seem as though I am bordering on depression. Perhaps I am. Depressed because whatever it is, it’s there and not here. I think most people call this discontentment. Perhaps it is.
To be sure, I recognize fully that we are already in the midst of something huge. But I can’t help but believe that we are again on the verge of something big. Something big…and something different. Once again, I do not know what it is. But I am preparing. Today. Here is what I am doing:
What do you do when you feel like God might be whispering in your ear?
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Texas Grandma, Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For anyone who doesn’t know, Texas Grandma is my mom!
From your two granddaughters (and Dave and Lana!)
January 2008, Texas Grandma and Carmen
July 2008, Texas Grandma and Lauren
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