When I Grow Up

Abby: "Mom, when I grow up I wanna be a pastry chef...Mom, what's a pastry chef?"
Me: "I have no idea."

Where's Kara?

Can you spot me? An old high school friend sent me this photo--it was from our 6th grade choir concert. Oddly, I'm now in contact with many of these people again, through Facebook.

And here's another, just for kicks. I think this was from 7th grade. I think the shirt's back in style now, too.

You Are Good

"...When it's dark and it's cold and I can't feel my soul,
You are good
When the world has gone gray and the rain's here to stay
You are still good
So with every breath I take in, I'll tell You I'm grateful again
And the storm may swell, even then IT IS WEll
And You are good..."



This song has been ministering to me lately. Thanks Ed for helping me upload a video on my blog for the first time. And Heather, thanks for sending me this song.

Grateful

This is what I woke up to on Mother's Day. Breakfast in bed. No matter that I leaned over and spilled my own juice all over the bed.


Wade also gave me the 4th and last charm for my Mother's charm necklace.

I've mentioned this before...but I was thinking back to about 10 years ago...to the days when Wade and I were going through infertility treatments. Our hearts were longing for a baby (and honestly, very few people really seemed to understand what that ache felt like...)

Jumping ahead to today...My heart is grateful. Overflowing even. Thank You, Lord.

"For this child I prayed...and the Lord heard my cry." 1 Samuel 1:27

Send Me to the Loony Bin

Some days this is how I feel. Notice Jen in the background...I don't think she's quite feelin' my pain. She is enjoying her new Mac computer though.

Legacy

Abby: "Mom, what's a legacy?"
Me: "It's the message or example you leave behind...like the legacy I want to leave for you is to love God and love people."
Abby: "Oh yeah. Like monkey see, monkey do."

...Something like that :)

Tick Rules

We just returned from a needless trip to the pediatrician's office. Found a wood tick on Abby's scalp this past weekend. Pulled it out but only got the body...head was still stuck in there. Nasty. Daddy even tried to get it out with a sterile needle. No such luck.

In case you're wondering what the proper procedures are regarding wood ticks, per our wonderful pediatrician, they are as follows:

1.) Pull it out. Period. Use tweezers and get as close to the skin as you can. (Just like I did.) Some of you may have heard to use Vaseline to suffocate it...well, for starters, Vaseline takes hours to work if it's going to work at all. And the Doc said it's kind of pointless as Vaseline only works if the tick is not really embedded very far anyway--in which case pulling it out is still better--quicker and less messy too. (Plus, the Doc said "who wants to leave a living tick on your child's head for hours once you know it's there?")

2.) If the head is still in there, no biggie--believe it or not. (Our bodies will work it out just like a sliver.) The tick's dead and has lost the ability to do anything more. Simply put Neosporin or Bacitracin on it 2x per day for 2-3 days. The body will enclose the foreign tick part and expel it, probably along with some pus. Gross but painless.

If I can save a child from a needless needle picking session, or a mom from a needless trip to the doctor's office (and needless $20 copay) then this post was worth it.

Happy trails!

Oh, FYI the Doc also said all of the above holds true in the case of a deer tick as well, in case you're wondering.

On Second Thought...

Okay, remember I said before that these were worthless? Well maybe I was wrong. Apparently they double as screwdrivers.