Hello! Its has been so very long since I have even written here, or anywhere for that matter. It has been a long, hard ,emotinal roller-coaster around my home and I just have not had the time or energy to write, BUT...here I am. I am not writing tonight to moan and complain though. I have been reminded, once again, to be so thankful for what I do have. I was reading about what a fellow Mom is going through tonight and I am overwhelmed at how blessed I truly am. You see her baby is very sick, his name is Noah and please do keep him in your prayers. I'll try to include a link so you can follow their story yourself. But my heart just is aching for her tonight. I know some of what she is going through. I went through the same type of things when my daughter Rachel was sick, many years ago. If she did not get a transplant she would not be sitting here in my living room tonight. The pain of seeing your child in pain and not being able to "fix" it for them, this is an anguish that I hope you never find out about. So tonight I am over flowing with thankfulness that my child was able to live and be so well over the years. I am grateful for every day longer that I am keep her with me, she is 17 years old now and it is nothing short of a miracle that she has done so well. Things have been hard here lately and I still need your prayers, finances are very very bad right now. But I look around me and see all that I DO have and I know I am rich in a completely different way. I have a wonderful, loving husband that still makes my heart flutter when I hear his voice, I have these dear and precious children, each one a unique and special human being, I have a roof over my head and a comfortable bed to rest my head on each night, I have food in my pantry, I have wonderful books to read (enough to build another house with,lol, thankyou Goodwill and library sales!) , and so much more that I could never list it all here. Well I am in need of some rest so thats it for now, just wanted to share my heart here. With a thankful heart~Carole :)

Here is the link about baby Noah ~ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ourquiverfull/686715/