Boy am I ready for the summer to start! Last summer was the first time we have taken the summer completely off from school and we had sooo much fun. I am looking forward to a repeat!
Life has been crazy around here lately. Lots of changes in the works. Tori has quit gymnastics. We are all excited about that and enjoying the extra time to hang out together.
I was on a parenting panel at church last week and felt like such a misfit! Totally had no profound advice to offer. I have been going to water aerobics several times a week and have really enjoyed it. I know that I really, really, really need to lose weight, but I also know that I will not stay consistent if I change too much at one time. I stopped all of the diet cokes, have done the water aerobics class for several weeks now and I have just signed up to start weight watchers online. This might be too much too soon, but we will see :)
I attended a ladies silent retreat with my church last weekend. It was great! I will admit that when I went to bed the first night, I was prepared to leave the next day. Some of you may be shocked, but despite my need to talk and visit, I don't enjoy retreats. I ended up staying and I am really glad that I did. I met many ladies that I did not know before the retreat and that was fun!
Bri is doing better regarding losing her cat. It has been pretty hard on her. She is wrapping up her first year of high school. Boy, is homeschooling a highschooler stressful!!!!!!!!!! So much to keep track of :)
Tori will be starting piano lessons in a week. She is really excited about that. While William and I napped today, she surprised us by cleaning the house!!
Emi lost her first tooth last week. She was sooo excited about that. She is beginning to seem more like an elementary aged kid and not my little Emi. I am not too happy about that :(
Kalli is just Kalli! She is constatly having to fight the temptation to stick her cute little tongue out at me when she gets mad. She is so funny! To me, she still looks like a toddler, but I know that she will loose that look soon.
Alrighty, there is a gnat that is flying around and driving me crazy so I guess I will go and squish him!!
Fun!!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
This Is The Day!!
That the Lord has made!
Let us REJOICE and be glad in it!
Have an outstanding day today!
Love ya!
Let us REJOICE and be glad in it!
Have an outstanding day today!
Love ya!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Just Amazing!
As a follow-up to the awesome story below, I wanted to share with you, with Bri's permission, what she wrote to be read at our Goodbye service tonight.
Dedicated to my precious cat, Girlie Girl. She fought a good fight and died after being bitten by another cat. This bite became infected and her immune system was too weak to fight it off, because of AIDS. She was too ill to recover from the sedation that was given to her when the bite was drained. God blessed us so much to allow her to come home and live for three days before she died on Sunday night of March 30, 2008. She fought it and with her choice she chose to stay because of her love, but she was tired. We prayed after she threw-up that God would heal her right away or take her right away and not make us have to put her to sleep. She stopped breathing during our prayer and went home. She blessed my life so much. I wrote this for her while she was alive and sick and at the vet for the second day. I wanted her to come home, because I knew God would heal her. As I read through it again I realize that God did heal her and did take her home and I am the one waiting to go home now. God healed her and she is flying now, like in my poem, and I can’t wait to get to fly too. I love her and I miss her, because she is so precious and loved me so much and I loved her. Little and big things she did made her the best cat I have ever known. I love her and I can’t wait to see her again. She begged for food and scratched at the back door, she licked me, peed on the floor, would want to be held, purred loudly all the time, had more patience than most people, liked to be outside and inside, and a million other things that made her so wonderful.
I love her and miss her and can’t wait to see her soon.
Oh Sweet Savior
Oh Sweet savior
Savior to all
Oh Sweet Savior
Oh my sweet savior
Lost and abandoned
Am I not
When I’m by your side
I can finally walk
And in your arms I lie.
My sweet savior
You’re with me even in the night
You will heal the broken
You say that we
Can soar through you
And who can soar
On broken wings
Please heal me
So heal what broken in us
And show us the way
We are to walk
And bring us home today
My sweet savior
In darkness we dwell
But you are a light
In dark places
Through you we can fly
You give us wings
And you heal us
When we’re broken
My sweet savior
Savior to all
My sweet savior
You catch me from my fall
My sweet savior
Through you I can soar
You heal what is broken
You demolish the pain
And you free us
From our chains
Bring us home today
My sweet savior
My sweet savior
Savior to all
My sweet savior
You caught me from my fall
Through you I can fly
You were crucified
To free me
Watch me soar
As I take flight
Because through you
I can fly
You healed me
And you were the light
In dark places
So through you I fly
I can fly
On wings that were broken
I can fly
Through you I can fly
Healed and whole
No longer broken
You brought me home
My sweet savior
Yes, my sweet savior
Oh my sweet savior
Dedicated to my precious cat, Girlie Girl. She fought a good fight and died after being bitten by another cat. This bite became infected and her immune system was too weak to fight it off, because of AIDS. She was too ill to recover from the sedation that was given to her when the bite was drained. God blessed us so much to allow her to come home and live for three days before she died on Sunday night of March 30, 2008. She fought it and with her choice she chose to stay because of her love, but she was tired. We prayed after she threw-up that God would heal her right away or take her right away and not make us have to put her to sleep. She stopped breathing during our prayer and went home. She blessed my life so much. I wrote this for her while she was alive and sick and at the vet for the second day. I wanted her to come home, because I knew God would heal her. As I read through it again I realize that God did heal her and did take her home and I am the one waiting to go home now. God healed her and she is flying now, like in my poem, and I can’t wait to get to fly too. I love her and I miss her, because she is so precious and loved me so much and I loved her. Little and big things she did made her the best cat I have ever known. I love her and I can’t wait to see her again. She begged for food and scratched at the back door, she licked me, peed on the floor, would want to be held, purred loudly all the time, had more patience than most people, liked to be outside and inside, and a million other things that made her so wonderful.
I love her and miss her and can’t wait to see her soon.
Oh Sweet Savior
Oh Sweet savior
Savior to all
Oh Sweet Savior
Oh my sweet savior
Lost and abandoned
Am I not
When I’m by your side
I can finally walk
And in your arms I lie.
My sweet savior
You’re with me even in the night
You will heal the broken
You say that we
Can soar through you
And who can soar
On broken wings
Please heal me
So heal what broken in us
And show us the way
We are to walk
And bring us home today
My sweet savior
In darkness we dwell
But you are a light
In dark places
Through you we can fly
You give us wings
And you heal us
When we’re broken
My sweet savior
Savior to all
My sweet savior
You catch me from my fall
My sweet savior
Through you I can soar
You heal what is broken
You demolish the pain
And you free us
From our chains
Bring us home today
My sweet savior
My sweet savior
Savior to all
My sweet savior
You caught me from my fall
Through you I can fly
You were crucified
To free me
Watch me soar
As I take flight
Because through you
I can fly
You healed me
And you were the light
In dark places
So through you I fly
I can fly
On wings that were broken
I can fly
Through you I can fly
Healed and whole
No longer broken
You brought me home
My sweet savior
Yes, my sweet savior
Oh my sweet savior
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
God Is God Alone!!
Let me tell you about one of the most awesome displays of God that I have seen...
You all know Bri's cat was sick. Though on Saturday night she seemed to be doing better, she took a turn on Sunday. Brianna had been at the science fair so I called William and found out they were on their way home.
When Brianna arrived she was very distraught to see how ill the cat was, but she continued to pray and beg God not to take her cat. Girly Girl would lift her little head when Brianna walked into the room. She was so happy Bri was home. Brianna asked me why God was taking her cat when she earnestly prayed with faith that she would be healed. William and I began to pray that God would use this to strengthen her faith and that Satan would not be allowed any victory.
Sunday evening Girly Girl vomited a little and Brianna became even more upset, taking her outside to rock her. It was at this time that I approached Bri about having the cat put to sleep. The vet had assured us that Girly Girl was not in pain, but my Brianna was and I was wondering if that was the right thing to do.
Brianna has said early on that if she ever were in pain, she would have her put to sleep, but when I mentioned this she was so, so upset about having to make that choice and pleaded that we pray and ask God to take her now.
As she rocked this sweet cat, William and I laid hands on the cat and on Brianna and began to pray for God to take her then. As we finished our prayer, Brianna looked up and said Girly Girl was gone. It was the most amazing thing I have seen. It was like God was telling Bri that He heard her cries to keep her cat, but when she realized it was time to let go, He responding in the only way that a loving Father would do.
I asked Brianna later what she thought of God's involvement in this and she replied that she was amazed at how He cares, even about her cat.
Thank you Lord that you are not only a King and a Ruler, but a father and a friend.
We all miss Girly Girl very much. I am still surprised at the things that I did for a cat, but I am completely amazed at the love my daughter displayed for God's creature.
You all know Bri's cat was sick. Though on Saturday night she seemed to be doing better, she took a turn on Sunday. Brianna had been at the science fair so I called William and found out they were on their way home.
When Brianna arrived she was very distraught to see how ill the cat was, but she continued to pray and beg God not to take her cat. Girly Girl would lift her little head when Brianna walked into the room. She was so happy Bri was home. Brianna asked me why God was taking her cat when she earnestly prayed with faith that she would be healed. William and I began to pray that God would use this to strengthen her faith and that Satan would not be allowed any victory.
Sunday evening Girly Girl vomited a little and Brianna became even more upset, taking her outside to rock her. It was at this time that I approached Bri about having the cat put to sleep. The vet had assured us that Girly Girl was not in pain, but my Brianna was and I was wondering if that was the right thing to do.
Brianna has said early on that if she ever were in pain, she would have her put to sleep, but when I mentioned this she was so, so upset about having to make that choice and pleaded that we pray and ask God to take her now.
As she rocked this sweet cat, William and I laid hands on the cat and on Brianna and began to pray for God to take her then. As we finished our prayer, Brianna looked up and said Girly Girl was gone. It was the most amazing thing I have seen. It was like God was telling Bri that He heard her cries to keep her cat, but when she realized it was time to let go, He responding in the only way that a loving Father would do.
I asked Brianna later what she thought of God's involvement in this and she replied that she was amazed at how He cares, even about her cat.
Thank you Lord that you are not only a King and a Ruler, but a father and a friend.
We all miss Girly Girl very much. I am still surprised at the things that I did for a cat, but I am completely amazed at the love my daughter displayed for God's creature.
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