Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Allergic Reaction

Yesterday started wonderful. I was back on my old routine that made me feel like I was getting stuff accomplished. I was feeling refreshed after a really hard weekend. All the kids had seemed to wake up in great moods. This was how I wished every Monday morning would go!

I had fed the kids cinnamon pop tarts for breakfast. No big deal right? Well I was so wrong. Poor Butterfly girl had an allergic reaction to it. The doctor at the Prime care is guessing since we have given pop tarts before, of a different flavor, that it was probably the cinnamon that caused the reaction.

My poor baby was red from head to toe. She had hives on her ears, on her toes, on her belly. They were every wear. She didn't seem to try to itch them, but boy did she ever scream. She was miserable. She wanted nothing, but to be held. She just cried and cried. I am guessing that if I was in her shoes that is all I would want to do also.

The Prime Care doctor gave her some Benadryl and a steroid to help open her lungs. He also noticed that she had an ear infection. Poor baby, sore ear and an allergic reaction. So we started an antibiotic. Once we got home she slept for 3 hours. She was so tired from how hard her body had worked and from the Benadryl.

Today is a new day! Hopefully we can stay away from all things cinnamon and have an uneventful day as far as surprises go. We do have a busy day planned! Fabric shopping, groceries, school work, and mommy has to go to work for a few hours this afternoon.

Be Blessed,

Dany

Monday, March 25, 2013

Life Happens

Life happens. No matter what we do to try to stop it or to wish certain things didn't happen, they do.

I wished for a lot of things the past few weeks. I wished I had gotten more sleep, that I didn't have sick kids, that my baby's eyes were perfect. I wished that I never yelled at my kids and that I never fought with my husband. I wished I'd be better at managing my time, at saying no, and at saying yes. I wished I was a better mother, wife, daughter, and friend. I wished I was a better worker, better believer, a better sharer of Jesus.

The past few weeks I have fallen short, as we often do in this life. Fallen short of the things my kids have needed me to be. Fallen short as a believer in Christ. Fallen short in who my husband needs me to be.

This morning I was reminded that God sent his disciples to spread the gospel with nothing. They were to take no food, money, or changes of clothes. They needed to trust that there were going to be people out there to take care of them. That if the cities in which they were heading to were open to receiving His word then their needs would be met. Over the past two weeks I have try shoving my traveler's bag with everything that I can. Discipline, work, school, and more. I have tried to do everything on my own. Not trusting in God, that once we arrive at our destination, be it a bad behavior that needs correcting, or a friend in need, he will have everything there waiting for us to use.

At first when this thought struck me I wanted to yell at myself. Get upset that I was going about the past few weeks all wrong. I wanted to wallow in self pity. I had messed up my relationship with God, with my husband, and with my kids. Ahh, how frustrating. Then I remembered. I could change it! I couldn't change everything, but I could change how I depended on the Lord!! There was a different way to go about life. I knew that. I just got caught up in the devils lie that I needed to do it on my own.

So this morning, I come to you saying today is a fresh start. Today is a new day! How exciting!! We can make a choice this morning to follow God. To trust in his ability to meet our needs. We can make the choice to travel light. To bring no more then ourselves to the table.

It's been a trying few weeks at our house. We will push through. The Lord will hold our family tight. I am excited for this week!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Long Time, No Balance

I struggle with balance. When I am on something and running full steam ahead I forget that I made commitments to other things.

Right now I am running full steam ahead on the business partnership I just entered with my mother-in-law. We are working on products for craft shows, a blog, and more! We are so excited to be working with her. She has taught me so much when it comes to sewing and she is an amazing writer. I know that I will learn a lot from her as we continue to grow this business of ours. That said I have slacked when it comes to filling my husbands paper work for his business, keep you all up to date on my sweet Butterfly girl, and other general things that need getting done. I have had complete tunnel vision lately.

I was recently slowed down by an injury to my hand. I slipped and fell on a patch of ice in our driveway. When I fell I attempted to catch myself with my hand. It didn't go over so well and my hand swelled pretty big and I couldn't move it very well. I went in to have it looked at and Praise the Lord it was only sprained. I need to wear this very itchy, uncomfortable brace on it for 7-10 days. Today we are at day four. Thankfully my hand is feeling about 90 percent better. The only thing the brace is really doing is protecting the spot on my hand that is near my thumb that was hit the hardest. That spot is still very tender.

So today I took some time to find balance. I revamped our schedule to include time for this momma to work, clean, teach, be an office lady for my husband, be the therapist for butterfly girl, be a mommy, BLOG, and enjoy this life I have been given!

I truly do enjoy everything about this life we are living. My husband and I are just your ordinary family. Raising some pretty EXTRA ordinary kids. Loving the Lord, Loving each other, and loving life. Balance comes from trusting in our God, each other, and that we are on the right path on this journey.

Thank you faithful followers.

Be Blessed,

Dany