Wow! It’s August 1 already! Man, how this summer has flown by! I’m not complaining, for I don’t think you’ll find any pregnant women complain that the time is going by fast. But it sure does make me shake my head in amazement. We have 6 more months to go in the year 2007. How can that be? When I think of all that has happened in this year so far, it make my head spin. Lets see what are the top10 things (in no particular order):
1. To start the year off, Malachi turned blue, was hospitalized and diagnosed with SVT. (you can read about our ordeal here, about 5 paragraphs down).
2. Grace turned 4.
3. Maacah turned 5.
4. We had a flood in our kitchen when one of our heating pipes busted open and one in our toy room. All that cost us about $1,000. But we now have a really nice living room (the old toy room).
5. We learned #5 is coming sometime in December.
6. We traveled to PA for a family reunion.
7. Grace had a very bad kidney infection, which led to 18 pokes just to get a working iv in her!
8. My mother came to visit for 2 weeks.
9. Adam started working 3 different jobs total.
10. I have felt all year that I’m a chicken running around with her head cut off!
I suppose these things are major and mountain moving situations. But at time, they were big enough for me. I’m looking forward to the rest of the year, though. I’m excited about starting “real” schooling with Maacah, I’m looking forward to the cooler weather, with that cooler weather, I’m looking forward to “revamping” my garden, I’m looking forward to the birth of this baby, and come fall, hopfully we can finish all that needs to be finished upstairs.
But you know, no matter what things have happened and will happen, we can’t forget the One who knows it all already. We tend to be so preoccupied with the things in our lives, that we can loose sight of where our relationship is with Him. He knows what trials are coming and what we need to learn from them. Most importantly, He knows we can handle them.
My “trial” right now? I’m tired. Very, very tired. Physically. Mentally, I’m awake and kicking. But not this body. I’m learning how to deal with this tiredness with grace and most importantly, patience towards my children. I will get through this. I pray that I learn what I need to learn so I can “graduate” from this class and move on to the next. Until then, He will be my strength and my Counselor. I will put my trust in Him.