GREAT NEWS!

Hello, Friends!

I thought I'd check in quickly to make a confession. I followed up with Zach's previous doctor appointment (with a different doc this time... LOVED HIM). They checked his blood sugar (my sis is a diabetic since childhood), did another CBC, and did a repeat on the mono test.. everything was PERFECT! The white cells that were low before were well within "normal range". (That's the REAL reason I wanted to do a repeat) The mono was negative again and his blood sugars were PERFECT! Oh, if you've missed the previous posts, he never had mono. The first doc we saw wanted to rule it out.. the second doc just followed up with it.

Thanks again for praying!

Now, since I have absolutely nothing else to post on.. hehehe... I thought I'd share a video with you. This little dude is AWESOME! He's got moves.. LOVE IT!

The video is titled "Lil Breakdancer". It's TOO ADORABLE!

We FINALLY have news!

Hello, Sweet Friends!

I wanted to check in to tell you that I heard from the doctor's office today and Zach is FINE! His heart enzyme tests were normal, and the viral test was okay. (Apparently, they thought he might've had "mono") PRAISE GOD, he DIDN'T! I'm not really sure what caused the dizzy spells. (He had another today) I'm supposing it's "inner ear" stuff. (He'll be taking something to hopefully dry it up) If they continue.. well, I'll be back nagging them once again. O=-)

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for praying!!!!

On a different note.. and I'm sure you've probably already seen this.. but there's a video that I saw on the news the other day that I wanted to share. (It's also circulating the web right now) It's just AMAZING! This lady has an AWESOME voice - WOW! It's a really COOL video.

THANKS again for praying for us!!

Love,

checking in..

Hey there! I thought I'd pop in to let you know that I didn't hear a peep (not even a PEEP, I tell you) from our pediatrician's office today. UGH!! I'm one of those mom's that will worry EVERYONE around me SILLY if I don't watch myself. (ESPECIALLY if/when it's pertaining to the health of one of our boys) O=-)

ANNNNYWAY... I'm assuming that no news is good news! That, and the fact that I'm SERIOUSLY contemplating taking him back in on Thursday or Friday to repeat the "CBC". I mean, I really just want to hear.. to KNOW that the white cells are back in normal range and that everything looks good on paper. (As far as in person goes.. well, he's back to his old self)

I'm still thinking about doing a giveaway. It's been 6 months since I did the last one. (That's when we celebrated Brent's birthday) There's no holiday, or any special day that I'm wanting to celebrate. I'd really just LOVE to celebrate YOU! I mean, you guys are the BEST! I'm continuously AMAZED at how supportive and LOVING you all are!

So back to the giveaway.. I thought of something AWESOME that I'd like to do.. but I'm thinking I'll hold out till October and do the BIG ONE on Brent's b'day. It really helped to get through it when I knew I was doing something that he TRULY LOVED to do. (That'd be blessing others.. our boy LOVED to give gifts!)

The ball is rolling.. I hope I'll have something to announce soon. (I'm thinking this giveaway will be in the next couple of weeks) Stay tuned! ☺

Oh, I'm also planning to make it around to visiting those of you who've left comments the past few days. I'm REALLY SORRY that I've not been hanging out at your place(s). I've just been CRAZY busy. I MISS you guys when I'm not "hanging out" with you every day. =-/

Alrighty.. I suppose I'm off for a bit. I need to call the family in for supper soon and then HOPEFULLY I'll have some free time to play online.

THANKS AGAIN for your prayers, sweet comments, and all the AWESOME WAYS you encourage me! (I just LOVE the BOND we all have online.. man, if blogging is THIS much FUN... can you IMAGINE how GREAT Heaven is gonna be??)

I ♥ YOU,

quick update..

Hello, Friends!

I'm checking in to tell you that I didn't find out ANYTHING on Zach today. I called his doctor's office and they left a message for a nurse to call me back. She simply said the tests weren't in and that she'd call me as soon as they arrive. (I'll give them till around noon tomorrow then I'm calling again... hehehe)

I seriously can't thank you enough for the prayers. I've been at COMPLETE PEACE since the first day I asked you for prayer. As I sit and think about how GOOD it feels to be at peace.. the chorus of a song we sing with the kids at church comes to mind...

"Our GOD is SO BIG, so STRONG and so MIGHTY there's nothing our GOD can NOT DO!" (clap, clap) ☺


Before I sign off tonight.. I wanted to share something about a giveaway I plan to do. I'm not sure all the details yet because I'm still thinking on ways that I'd like to bless you. I WILL tell you that one of the things I want to give away is a book by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. It's called "Love & Respect".

I've only just begun to read it.. but I'm TOTALLY LOVING it! (It gives GREAT insight to what our husband's greatest need is. Just as our greatest need is to be loved, theirs is to be respected) It's amazing how Dr. Eggerichs saw something in scripture that I've heard few speak on. (I've SERIOUSLY only JUST learned this a year or so ago.. I know.. EVERYONE isn't as "slow" as I am.. ha!)

Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

I don't know how I missed it! God tells the man to "love" his wife (that will meet her greatest need) and HE commands the woman to respect her husband (therefore meeting his greatest need).


Okay.. I'd better run tonight. I PROMISE I'll update again tomorrow as soon as I hear anything. (Even if it's another, "the tests aren't in yet")

THANKS AGAIN for your prayers!
Love,

THANK YOU!

Hello, Sweet Friends!

I wanted to check in quickly to say THANK YOU for the prayers, visits here, and of course for the sweet comments! You guys are BEYOND AMAZING! I'd worried about sharing that I was dealing with fear. Not only did you NOT condemn me, you also encouraged me to keep trusting! I'm SERIOUSLY BLESSED to have so many precious friends 'to wait it out' with me.

Now, I'm REALLY SORRY that I've not done a real post before now. I did the little "tweets" (twitter posts) but honestly, I've just not had a minute to play online. (The other posts were scheduled days before) I've mentioned before that we do home-church.. well, it was our turn to host and our group was planning a sunrise service and breakfast afterwards. Everyone that we meet with is like family, so I KNOW that I don't have to do deep cleaning.. but I still like to do what I can to make it extra special when we have guests over. ☺ All of that to say that this weekend was VERY BUSY! Today, well, it was just another Monday.. but it too has been busy. I suppose I felt like I owed you some sort of explanation since you've been so sweet to check in. I TRULY wanted to come and "chat" before now. ☺ Oh, and I can't WAIT to visit your blogs and catch up with you again. (I was FINALLY getting back into the swing of visiting you all regularly but the past few days have had me a little off track)

SOOOOO... TOMORROW should be the big day. We should hear from the rest of the results from the blood work they did on Zach. I'm VERY HAPPY to report that he's not had any more of the dizzy spells!!! He seems to be his normal, happy little self. I PROMISE I'll do some sort of post to let you know as SOON as I hear something. If you check in and don't see a new post, remember to look at the sidebar. I'll update on twitter if I can't do anything else, but I WILL update here as well as SOON as possible!

THANKS AGAIN for checking in... I hope to have some WONDERFUL news TOMORROW!

Gettin ready to "happy dance"!
Love,

That's MY KING

Happy Easter, my Precious Friends!

Sunday's Coming...

Hello, Sweet Friends...

I can't seem to write a post this week for anything. I keep finding AWESOME videos and with Easter so fresh on my mind.. well, they just seem FITTING. I hope you enjoy this! I thought it was AWESOME! ☺ (I DO wish there was a little more at the very end.. but we all KNOW the history on THIS story.. AMEN???) ;-)

My "tweets" have apparently not been completely posting. Twitter only allows "x" amount of characters and my text messages (to twitter) were too long. Sorry about that!

We had some really nasty weather here last night.. a friend of mine had two trees to fall in on their home. Praise GOD nobody was hurt! We're heading over to help out so no computer posts from me yet. (Doing this one on my cell)

Thanks SO MUCH for praying for Zach & our family!!! I'll update more on him later. (They're thinkin he's had a virus that caused the episode) they ran heart tests too, but we'll get no results before Tuesday. CBC showed low white cells, thus the "viral" diagnosis. That'll be confirmed Tues too. (Sending off blood work)

I'll check back ASAP! THANKS again for praying!
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Please pray for our son..

Hello, Sweet Friends..

I had a post already scheduled to post around midnight. I'll leave it just below, as it was already written. For now.. I want to ask for prayer.

See, since Brent got sick (showing NO symptoms other than back pain).. and since losing him.. well, I'm a bit of a cancer NUT! I laugh at myself, but it's really not funny at all. My first thoughts when one of the boys complain with pain is to wonder if it's cancer. (Then I start running the symptoms through my mind and matching them up to the types of cancers we learned about while at St. Jude) I know.. I'm supposed to walk by FAITH and NOT by sight. For me, I think there's a little guilt for not catching Brent's cancer sooner. (I mean, truly and logically I KNOW that there was NO WAY to know any sooner.. and still.. I'm tempted to feel guilt)

With all of that said, Zach told me yesterday when we were coming inside (we'd been hanging clothes on the clothesline) that he almost passed out. (My poor kids are hypochondriacs now too. Oh, and if you're wondering.. I DON'T express my concerns to, or in front of them.. they were around DOZENS, perhaps even HUNDREDS of kids with cancer.. I mean, what else are they to think?) I didn't think much about it then, but today it happened again. It REALLY SCARED Zach. We had him to come in and rest for a while. He's had 3-4 episodes since. Now, logically I'm thinking, HOPING, and PRAYING that it's just inner-ear trouble. Yet, I don't want to miss anything because I'm self conscious about worrying TOO much.

My prayer request is this: Please pray that the doctor will CORRECTLY diagnose whatever the problem is TOMORROW. (I'm taking him in early in the morning) I feel silly even asking you guys to pray about this, but I couldn't live with myself if we had another child to have a serious illness and I passed it off as nothing. (I've met at least 3 families that have multiple children with cancer.. yes, it's rare, but it's ALWAYS on my mind)

UGH.. I hate to even share all of this with you. I sure don't want you to worry that I'm worrying myself sick. I'm truly not. I mean, I don't want anything to be wrong, but I also don't EVER want to have any unnecessary regrets. I KNOW that whatever the future holds for all of us - GOD IS IN CONTROL! (Kind of makes you want to break out singing that old Twila Paris song, doesn't it?? Ha!! Sorry, trying to make a funny)

Okay, that's enough rambling for me! I DO APPRECIATE your prayers and I thank you in advance for lifting Zach (and our family) up. ☺

WHOOPS.. one other thing. I don't know if you've noticed, but on my sidebar I have that little "Twitter" thingy. I'll TRY to remember to post a tweet on what we learn AS SOON as the doc walks out of the room. (For anyone that might not know.. it'll be like a mini update and I can do it right from my phone) Otherwise, I'll update the blog as soon as I can.

NOW... I'll really stop rambling.. LOL....



You may now return to the regularly scheduled update already in progress.... (Sorry! Man, I'm in a cheesy mood tonight, eh?)





Here I go again...

Yes, I'm posting ANOTHER video... O:-)

This one VERY CLEARLY shares the gospel. Sharing the gospel is the whole reason I started blogging. I wanted our journey to help others. I wanted people to see that you can be in the fire, and come out on the other side still loving, and still TRUSTING JESUS. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that we could have any peace with our lives and where we are today if it wasn't for the promise that JESUS paid our sin-debt.. that HE LIVES within us.. that HE is carrying our burdens and broken hearts. HE ALONE is our JOY AND STRENGTH! I never meant for this to be about me and who I am, or who I'm not. I truly only want my life to point to JESUS.

I hope you enjoy this video. ☺

Love,

In Christ Alone

Hello, Sweet Friends!

I thought with Easter fast approaching I'd share this video. I'm pretty sure I've posted it before.. but the song is BEAUTIFUL and the message is BEAUTIFUL! I'm SO VERY THANKFUL that CHRIST OVERCAME the grave! Because of HIM, we have eternal life! Because of HIM - we have HOPE in each new tomorrow! Because of HIM, we'll see our sweet Brent again!!! My heart could just explode with LOVE and GRATITUDE for CHRIST and the debt HE paid for our sins!!