Monday, December 26, 2005
Sad News
On Christmas morning Mary's grandmother passed away. We will be traveling to New York later this week for the services. We are so thankful she died peacefully. What a crazy year this has been.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Ready for 2006
Well, we are more ready for 2006 than we care to admit. Mary's grandmother had a brain stem stroke this past week. She is in a coma. We are playing that horrible waiting game now. The doctors have said there is no chance of recovery. So, another death is upon us. In the past 8 weeks we have lost three members of our family. The entire concept of that seems so unreal. Mary will be heading to NY for the funeral. We are unsure if Jerry and the boys will also go. They have been through so much in such a short amount of time.
Yesterday, James asked to go see is Grandnana. Mary took him to Hospice House. He sat and talked with Grandnana for quite some time. Nana was also there. What a strong young man James has become. He said his goodbyes. He told her he loved her. He wished her a Merry Christmas. Wow! At 9 years old he is one amazing person. It was so very moving. We are bursting with pride at his strength and love.
Riley is so much more oblivious, which is a good thing.
We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.
Yesterday, James asked to go see is Grandnana. Mary took him to Hospice House. He sat and talked with Grandnana for quite some time. Nana was also there. What a strong young man James has become. He said his goodbyes. He told her he loved her. He wished her a Merry Christmas. Wow! At 9 years old he is one amazing person. It was so very moving. We are bursting with pride at his strength and love.
Riley is so much more oblivious, which is a good thing.
We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Family
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
Monday, December 05, 2005
Where has the time gone?
Well, it has been just shy of a month since I last posted. WOW! I can't believe it. The past month + has been nonstop. We are slowly moving forward after losing Jerry's mom. This is not an easy thing. James is having some issues dealing with all of these losses. Hospice is visiting him once a week at school to try to help him reconcile his feelings, thoughts, emotions. We closed on our new home... very exciting and have moved in. The boxes surround us, but happiness is even more abundant! We needed this positive forward motion. Actually, I think it has helped Jerry's family to move forward too! Kathy helped us move in. We would have been lost without her! Scott, Peggy, Tim, Megan and Tommy... and Kathy, helped us pack the moving truck. I don't think we would have been able to do that alone!! Scott and Peggy and the kids have stopped by. It was such a nice visit. Mary's parents spent Saturday helping hang window treatments, put our bed together... and most importantly ( to me) assemble Madeline's crib! That is really the first step towards bringing our baby home.
CCAA has begun to slow down the referral process. We thought we would be about half way to referral by now.. but nope. CCAA is moving towards a 10-12 month wait. We have three months down. So... best case scenario is 7 more months... worst case... I can't even think about! We really hope our wait will be less than 10 months... but that is because we are so excited about finding out exactly who are little Madeline is. We accept the changes from CCAA, but don't like them. Everyone says, your baby isn't ready yet... Booo Hissss! I don't like that answer. I am more the I WANT HER NOW, kinda gal!
Only this week and next until Winter Break. Hopefully we can get completed settled into our home during the break. We LOVE the house... we LOVE the space! we LOVE the fact that we have been so blessed with the opportunity to build this house.
CCAA has begun to slow down the referral process. We thought we would be about half way to referral by now.. but nope. CCAA is moving towards a 10-12 month wait. We have three months down. So... best case scenario is 7 more months... worst case... I can't even think about! We really hope our wait will be less than 10 months... but that is because we are so excited about finding out exactly who are little Madeline is. We accept the changes from CCAA, but don't like them. Everyone says, your baby isn't ready yet... Booo Hissss! I don't like that answer. I am more the I WANT HER NOW, kinda gal!
Only this week and next until Winter Break. Hopefully we can get completed settled into our home during the break. We LOVE the house... we LOVE the space! we LOVE the fact that we have been so blessed with the opportunity to build this house.
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