Raising Mikah: Our Journey with a 14q Deletion: The Simple Woman's Daybook~ April 27, 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

The Simple Woman's Daybook~ April 27, 2009

For Today April 27, 2009...

Outside my window beautiful green grass, flowering trees, daffodils drooping to make way for more of God's amazing flowers, breezy and sunny...

I am thinking what a peaceful day so far and how good it is to hear from friends...

From the learning rooms we started The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading..Ellie is loving it and now she wants to know when we are going to start learning how to write...now that daddy has a new job maybe we can buy the program we want...

I am thankful for God's providence...for His grace He has bestowed on us with the blessing of my husband's new job that he started today...he was only laid off for 12 weeks, we know of many who have been laid off for 6 months and longer...

From the kitchen tomato basil chicken breasts, little red potatoes, broccoli and maybe some brownies...

I am wearing a pink shirt, capris and barefeet...

I am reading a couple juicing and fasting books, also Created To Be His Helpmeet...

I am hoping to create a peaceful and relaxing enviroment for my husband to come home to this evening/next several weeks...

I am creating organization with my digital pictures on my computer...

I am praying for a peaceful transition as daddy starts working again...

Around the house laundry to hang up outside and children resting quietly...

One of my favorite things was having my husband home for 12 weeks...

A few plans for the rest of the week buying vermiculite, compost and peat moss, Mikah has an eye test/appointment tomorrow and the sleep clinic will be calling to set-up a time for his sleep study, cleaning out the kid's old clothes, just trying to get back into a new groove and schedule...

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

My first Square Foot Gardening box. I will post more pictures as it comes along...

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1 comment:

Ellen said...: Good luck with your garden! Last year was our first year with SFG and we had tremendous results. I think it's the Mel's Mix. ANYTHING can grow in that stuff! :) So far all I have out there are my strawberry plants. I have some seedlings that need to be transplanted, but I am trying to wait until the weekend so we'll be past the frost time.; May 5, 2009 at 9:14 AM

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THE SPECIAL MOTHER by Erma Bombeck

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures, and a couple by habit.

This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen?

Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting His instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, he instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger.

"Armstrong, Beth: son. Patron saint, Matthew. Forest, Marjorie: daughter; patron saint Cecilia.

"Rutledge, Carrie: twins. Patron saint....give her Gerard. He's used to profanity.

"Finally, He passes a name to an angel and smiles. "Give her a handicapped child.

"The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy."

"Exactly," says God. "Could I give a child with a handicap to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But does she have patience?" asks the angel.

"I don't want her to have too much patience, or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it."

"But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."

God smiles. "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."

The angel gasps. "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied."

"She will never take for granted a spoken word. She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her blind child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations."

"I will permit her to see clearly the things I see- ignorance, cruelty, prejudice- and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."

"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in mid-air.

God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."