Last month, we learned that my dh has multiple nodules in both of his lungs.  We don't know exactly what we are dealing with yet, and the doctor is waiting to do a follow up CT scan in a couple of months, so until then we are waiting on the Lord.  We received this news a week after my mother had her fourth heart attack this year.  Once again, we are spending a lot of time at hospitals.  Since my natural gifting isn't mercy, I have to wonder why the Lord keeps bringing me back to sickbeds.  Maybe he's trying to teach me something?!?! 

Somehow we have managed to stay on top of of our school schedule, for the most part, only leaving a few minor things out here and there.  We are also continuing to do vision therapy and sensory integration therapy at home each day.  The Lord has been very good to us, because we have taken several trips to the lake in the last month, where we have a place to stay (for free!) whenever we want.  We take our own food, so we only pay for gas and have a nice, cheap family get-away.  The weather has still been pretty and I am glad that after the 100 degree heat we had this summer, the Lord has finally brought us cooler but reasonable temperatures.  Our lakehouse is right next door to a National Recreation & Wildlife area, so it has been wonderful to enjoy nature and hiking with the kids.  We want to enjoy as much time together as a family before we have to face whatever we are dealing with regarding my dh. 

Tonight my dh and I had a discussion about priorities.  I am managing to stay on top of the cooking, laundry, grocery shopping, errands, homeschooling and all of the medical appointments, but somehow the housework is slipping--badly.  I tend to be a perfectionist and I am no longer comfortable in my own home.  I also feel like my two younger children are being shortchanged in all of this.  My dh graciously discussed ways we could cut back on our homeschooling schedule without doing away with it entirely.  We want to do school as much as possible now, in case things get worse down the road and we have to take a break for awhile.

Hopefully, we will find the right balance.  God is good.  May he cover us with his peace and his grace as we wait on Him and finish the race he has given us to run.