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We had a few people let us know that both Eric and I needed to be at last night’s Awanas award night for J2. I knew how hard J2 had worked on his Awanas verses, but I knew he had fallen way short of many of his peers. And, this being our first year of Awanas, I had no idea what type of awards they even gave out.
He had won “Clubber of the Year” for the boys – which is awarded for “overall attitude, attendance, participation, preparedness and effort”! 🙂
Here he is with his trophy!
So proud of him! He tries so hard and it’s so neat to see that others notice too!
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My two oldest have started kickboxing. Our friend’s Cindy & Dana Morrissey opened “Morrissey Elite Training Center” last week (Grand opening is in May) and the two oldest are enjoying it. J1 has the agility and J2 has the strength.
When they get home and I ask them how it went J2 always says, “Great, I’m sweaty!” lol
J3, who is not quite old enough to start yet, keeps calling it “Kidboxing“. As in, “Are the boys going Kidboxing today?” LOL
Kids are so fun!
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Yesterday was a very busy day.
First, Bubba 1 (J1) stayed home with us as I had no opportunity to reschedule these appts. Let’s just say that I received confirmation that him spending most of his day with dad at NCS is not a bad thing. I hate being negative, but until he is willing to make a change in his heart and his attitude this is the way it will have to be. I’m praying continually that it is only short term.
Second, all three Bubba’s had eye appts. The first was scheduled for 9:10 and the last at 10:10. About 9:30 I realized that bringing Sissy along was not a good idea! So I called Grammy and, bless her heart, she came to the eye dr and picked her up. They went shopping until we were done.
The eye dr seemed to take longer with my boys this time than on prevous visits. The end results are:
- Bubba 1 – only needs reading glasses if he wants. They are not necessary any longer! PTL!
- Bubba 2 – need glasses for near sightedness. That means all the time. He took it better than
- Bubba 3 – who needs glasses for school or computer work. The doctor also told me that the eye surgery he had when he was 2 or 3 (soon after Joshua died – it’s sort of a blur) did not completely fix the problem. He gave us some exercises to do to retrain his brain. Bubba 3 was pretty sad to hear that he was to wear glasses for school and told me he didn’t want anyone to ever see them. :( I think he feels a bit better about the situation now when he realizes that Bubba 2 has to wear them all the time.
After that we took Sissy to her speech therapy. Maybe it was the missed nap, or maybe it was the good weather but she was talking up a storm! Her therapist was pretty excited about it! Sissy was copying her and really trying. It was so nice to hear!
After a quick lunch, we went to the surgery center to see an ENT dr about Sissy’s tongue. I can’t pronounce/spell the thing that is under her tongue, but there has been concern that it was too short and would affect her speech. But the Dr said it looked ok and he’d prefer we just watch it and deal with it later if needed. To deal with it now would require surgery and later it would just be an office visit. After learning that Bubba 3’s surgery didn’t give us the results we wanted, I was quick to agree to wait.
Then it was home to crash. And my headache was full on by then. :( The Hubs took pity on me and picked up some dinner at the local grocery store. We had done Corned Beef the night before so we did Chinese on St. Patrick’s day….yeah, we are weird like that!
In spite of my headache, I was determined to go to Knit Night. Ruth helped me wind some sock yarn into two cakes so I could knit 2 at a time. It was a great turn out and even though I ended up tearing out the 4 rows that had taken me all weekend to do on my socks, I was happy to have made it! I love Knit Night!
Well, the boys are patiently (NOT!) waiting for me to listen to them read – so I’d better close. Please pray I can be headache-free today – I need a break from this contant pain!
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In my journey through grief I’ve learned the value of staying positive. I know positive thinking has become a negative idea in some groups. But dwelling on the positive can help me change my perspective. It’s like my Momma said “Fake it until you make it!” or like my God said “Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” (Phil 4:8b)
So, in order to get out of the muck and mire…I am working on a list. I might share it here later, but to be honest, right now I’m struggling to think of anything beyond – “we are all well”. Sometimes it’s really hard to see the silver lining in the middle of the storm.
