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Mama's Song: Joy in the Morning Light
Dec. 4, 2006
Thank you and Update
Thank you dear friends for your prayers and encouraging comments over the last two bloggless weeks of my life. Thank you for not forgetting me even though I've had almost no computer time since my mother came here.
The news here is good. Mom has made little improvements every day in her new environtment. When she came she wasn't eating or drinking and needed help with pretty much everything. Now she can do almost everything. Her eyes are doing better, too.
Yesterday I was feeling really bad because I had pushed her and it made her mad. I appologized for what I had said, and had to spend continual time in prayer because I felt so bad and didn't really want to be around my mom because she had gotten a little prickly and hurt my feelings. Jesus told me that He is responsible for my mom, and that I am not. I am to continually entrust her to His care, and then do what I can to love her, through Him.
I was afriad that our bit of negetive interaction would not turn out for good, but it did. It made mom start to walk between the bathroom, her bed and her chair on her own. She even did some of her own personal care. I'm so glad for God's help on her behalf, and I trust him to complete the work He has started for her.
I've tried to keep things as "normal" as possible for the kids, but that is really hard. Things are just not normal right now. There is need to learn more volume control for little voices. It is hard, but a good thing for them to learn. I've needed more help with kitchen clean up and chores around the house, and the kids have helped me a little more then little. I try to find some time as often as I can for some stories and snuggles still. They are expecially important for my boy. My girl needs me to notice what project she is working on and take interest in her endless ideas. We did at least the basics of homeschool the last weeks, though not always on schedule. It was nice that the first week that she was here was Thanksgiving vacation for us, so I didn't have to include homeschool too. I think this week is going to be even better for homeschool. Then before we know it we will be on Christmas vacation.
We set up the Christmas tree yesterday. The kids decided that this year they wanted only homemade decorations on the tree. That was fine with me, but as they saw the decoration box go by, they couldn't bear to pass by some of the old favorite decorations, so they went on the tree too. Emily Joy just had the idea to see if she could get grandma involved in making paper chains and some other decorations to put on the tree. I would like to make some little shapes out of felt and hang them up.
Hopefully soon, I'll be able to find time to sew the things I want to give for gifts at Christmas. I have a tall pile of fabric all ready.
And now that I might end up have a little more "free" time in the day, I might have a chance to start blogging again.
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