A Mama's heart

Kaitlin is sick. She got the sickness from her cousins. She had a glorious spring break with them but they shared their "grunge" with her. Stuffy nose, fever, ear ache. When she flew home her ear caused her terrible pain. That was Saturday. We treated her symptoms and she was feeling a little better. She got in the bed with Carl and me at 4 something this morning. Her ear was hurting her so bad she couldn't sleep. As she lay in the bed next to me, I stroked her hair and told her I would call the doctor as soon as his office opened in the morning. I rubbed her back and told her I loved her and that she would feel better soon. We went to the doctor at 10:30. She has a double ear infection. She is now on antibiotic , a decongestant and pain medicine. She doesn't feel better yet but has high hopes for tomorrow.

My friend, Darrell, has a sister named Tina. Tina is 45. She has the mental capacity of a 3 year old. Tina has inoperable cancer. It is everywhere. When the oncologist saw her three weeks ago he gave her less than a week to live. Tina is in lots of pain. I have been praying for Darrell , Tina and their whole family. I have been praying for wisdom for the family, for peace, for Tina to go quickly without much pain. But this morning as I lay next to my precious girl who was in pain and I knew there was a pretty good chance that I could get help for my baby but that Tina's mama can't do that. And for Tina to not be in pain at all, she needs to be with Jesus. And as Glorious as that will be, on a practical note, how can a mama hold the desire to help her baby and the knowledge that she needs to let her go at the same time in her mind and heart. My heart just broke. My prayers tonight will be verses of Scripture because I have no words. I know He will give grace to Tina and Darrell and to their whole family tonight and forever.

The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

The Winner Is.....

Here is my friend, Brianna, with her new Andrew Peterson book. Happy Reading!

Update

Here is the laundry room with tile no grout. That is the door to John's room. Here is the view standing by John's door.The first thing their did this morning was move my fridge into the den. The last picture is from the laundry room into the kitchen. Majel is standing up taking off a door while Wade is taking off baseboards in the pantry. We are hoping that they get this all down today. ( see my fingers crossed)

God guides our steps

At the beginning of Andrew's second year at AUBURN he was playing a computer game online. He met fellow game player online and they began a friendship. Andrew finally asked where this young man was. Answer- college. Andrew - Where? Answer- AUBURN. Me too- where do you live? Answer- Little Hall. Andrew- ME TOO! Andrew went to meet Robert. Andrew " Where are you from?" Robert-" A little small town in northern Alabama, you've never heard of." Andrew- " What town?" Robert- " Arab" At this point Andrew is stunned. Carl grew up in Arab. If you looked up Arab on Internet it will say "side spot in the road" Andrew had spent every Christmas of his life in Arab plus lots of other special times.

It turns out that Robert's mama graduated from high school with Carl's sister Marian. Robert had a girlfriend, Jennifer. She is now his wife. When we met Jenn we knew that she probably had a parent graduate from high school with one of Carl's brother's since there were 4 of them. Her daddy graduated with Uncle Ted. When we made that connection, Uncle Ted began with the stories about her dad. " So did your dad ever tell you about the time in Chemistry class when we had that acid and...

Jenn went home and asked her daddy about all these stories she was hearing about him. With a twinkle in his eye he told Jennifer not to hang around our family anymore.

Andrew was a groomsman in their wedding. Kaitlin was the candid photographer. Robert was a groomsman in Andrew and Taylor's wedding and Jennifer sang. Robert's parents came down from Arab to attend the wedding. I love Robert and Jennifer and am so blessed that God put them in Andrew's life.

Update on the Tile

Here are some pictures from this morning of the work done last evening. They moved the washer and dryer into the garage.

I love the tile color. I went to check on what they had done and I told Wade that I just loved it. He was knee deep in the "mud" that the tile sits on with knee pads on. He leaned back on his feet and smiled and said " I'm glad." Majel walked in at that moment. Wade didn't miss a beat and said " Majel, she hates the color and wants it darker." Majel came right back with " No problem, as soon as all the tile is laid , I'll spray paint it any color you like" We all laughed.

We have a winner!

Here are all your names

Here is John drawing out a name

And the winner is Brianna!

Let's Have a Drawing for a book

Dearest Gentle Readers,

Send me a comment with the book you are reading or the last one you read. I 'll enter the names in a basket and draw one out. The winner gets the new Andrew Peterson book. I'll draw a name on Thursday.