My Peacefully Chaotic Life

So, dear readers, I hope you are doing well. When I think of it, many of us are facing a trial of some sort. For some it is a health crisis. For others it is family problems. Some are without a job or barely hanging onto one. Or it may be such a barrage of worries that there are too many to even name, they are just all tangled together. As I name these things they are just off the top of my head, thinking of various friends and what they are going through right now. Regardless of what you are going through, isn't it wonderful to know that Jesus cares enough about you to take those problems on? Why is it that we can acknowledge He does yet it is so hard to then follow through and let go of the worries and concerns? It is especially hard when you feel so worn down and tired. It seems that the enemy knows this and chooses those times to attack. That is why it is important to be prepared through constant Bible study and prayer. If you wait until the storm comes and you are thrown in ...

He has seen the orthopedic surgeon this morning. The surgeon is calling it a miracle. He said he has never seen an injury associated with an accident like this where something wasn't missing or several major surgeries weren't required to piece everything back together. It is broken, not fractured, in 6 places. His fingers and all the bones in the palm of his hand are broken. However it is all straight and intact. No surgery will be required. He will play guitar again. It's just going to mean some time away from his beloved guitar. Please pray that he regains mobility quickly! The GuitarMan is still a freshman in college. Last week he was moved up from the Freshman to the Senior Guitar Ensemble because he is already playing to their level. I am so thankful we will see what he is able to do when he is a senior!! Thank you so much for your continued love and prayers!

It is 3:15 AM here and we just got home. Tonight we got the phone call every parent fears. When I saw The GuitarMan's number pop up I figured he was calling to see if I had ordered the new Skillet CD he wanted. But instead of his voice on the other end it was his roommate's. Brakes locked up. Telephone pole. Hospital. We are praising God that he knew what to do and avoided flipping. His brakes locked up and he slid into a telephone pole. He was able to get it slowed enough so it was not a hard hit. We are praising God because none of the other passengers were hurt. Unfortunately the GuitarMan was injured. His left hand wound up pinned between the pole and his vehicle. This is not what you want to have happen to a guitarist, obviously. But at this point they are saying it is fractured in 4 or 5 places. If he had been going any faster we could have been talking devastating injuries! God is good! I am asking you to please pray over this situation. For tonight he is in a tight spli...

Just wanted to let folks know where I was. This time it is Mama who is sick. Not sure what is going on other than I am miserable! It began with a backache yesterday which gradually spread to muscle aches all over. Then I started running fever last night. Today it has stayed 100-101 degrees all day despite taking tylenol every 4 hours. The muscle aches are still here and now the chills have also begun. It's hard to believe that I would have Roseola. But that is the only thing I know for sure I have been exposed to. Most people have it as an infant/toddler and if not, they develop antibodies by 4 years of age. Adult roseola is quite rare. As many years as I have spent working in early childhood, children's ministry, not to mention having 4 children of my own, I would think I would be immune. Oh, well, I guess time will tell. But if this what it feels like to a little one, poor baby! In the meantime, hubby grabbed burgers for lunch and grilled chicken for supper. I thought we wou...

It's been a slow week for blogging around here. It's been all I could do to just keep up at home LOL! Between homeschooling, sick little one, doctor visit, and just normal keeping the home duties I have been on the go. Oh, and throw in a bushel of peas that needed to be shelled and put up, whew! With the homeschooling, well we just dive in each day and try to accomplish as much as possible. Right now we are still getting in the groove of completing seatwork and creating a routine. But I hope to start adding in some extra fun activities to enhance their learning opportunities. It's going well and it's pretty neat to see the younger ones absorbing what the older ones do. For instance, you haven't seen cute until you see a 15 month old stop what he is doing and come stand with his hand over his heart as the pledge of allegiance is done! Speaking of Cornbread he is still improving. He is still not himself but he is better. The rash has faded this morning. He is drinking...

I had the privilege today of being in chapel at my son's college. He made it into the male chorale and they are singing in chapel this week. Since Cornbread had a doctor appt we left a little earlier and managed to squeeze in both. It was absolutely beautiful! I always cry anytime I see The GuitarMan perform. I thought maybe this would be different since it was a larger group. No way! I still teared up and had to force myself to not cry! I have teased him and said that one day he will be rocking out on a stage and people will wonder about his weird mom crying as he celebrates the Lord with some upbeat praise song! I guess it's not really teasing though because it is probably true LOL. Today we sat towards the back on the right. We were there with our young children and we wanted to be able to slip out if necessary. (It wasn't) But many years ago on a cool night we were there with our young son attending the Spring Concert. We were way down at the front on the left and could...

I think I had mentioned the other day that I took Cornbread to the doctor for fever. That was the only definite symptom he had other than little abnormal tummy issues. He has run fever for 4 days and has just felt so bad. Irritable, no appetite at all. He was just pitiful. At first (Thursday) the fever was low grade so since he was cutting a tooth I attributed it to that. But then it went to 102 Friday morning so I went ahead and scheduled an appt. The doctor we saw was not our usual doctor but she checked him for flu (negative). So she said it was a stomach virus. I wasn't so sure about that. Well, I think I have diagnosed him now. I am pretty sure it is Roseola. His fever broke today and then he broke out in a mild rash. Hopefully it will stay mild! As soon as the rash started to spread he started to feel better. He ate supper and has been running around playing and talking. He is even asking for Daddy now, too. He will be home from church soon and will be glad to see his littl...