Tonight, we had our first night back at Covenant Kids. This time last year, I would take Benjamin to the nursery, drop him off, and leave, knowing that even though he was screaming his sweet little head off, Ms. Hannah would love him and take care of him. Curtis and I would go to Dairy Queen and read, enjoying a little break. It was such a tough time! Benjamin wasn't sleeping during the day, and was up at least twice during the night. He cried incessantly! Nothing seemed to help him. It was exhausting, frustrating and just made life tough.
This evening, Hannah and I were talking about what a difference a year has made in Benjamin's life. And I again found myself praising God for all the love and grace he has shown our family!! I also found myself even more thankful for all the friends who helped us during those tough times of sleeplessness and crying. God has been so good to us!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Scrapbooking
I love to scrapbook! It's a little hobby that my friends sucked me into while I was pregnant with Elizabeth. And to feed this horrible little hobby, I've even become a Creative Memories consultant, to get my stuff at discount, of course!
I currently have three, almost four, albums going. My family album for 2007, my professional pictures album (the very first picture is our engagement picture!), our wedding album and Benjamin's first year.
I've put Benjamin's album on hold for a couple reasons. One, I really need to get the other albums finished since CM is changing their pages and I have all old pages in these albums. But the main reason is that I just don't know what to do in his album next. I'm just about to his surgery, and I'm a little stuck.
Christi gave me some good advice. I can look at it two different ways. One, just give the facts, include some pictures, but just stick to the basics. Or, I can go the highly emotional route and include every detail of every emotion that I was feeling.
And I'm sure you can guess which one I tend to. The emotional one!
And that about sums up how life post surgery and post helmet has been. I often find myself wanting to just stay in that emotional place, where I think about all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that surrounded us. I find myself looking at old blogs, pictures, and just being a big weepy mess!
But that's not where God has called me to be. He's given me grace for today. And that's where I need to rest and stay.
I am so thankful for the story that I have to tell! It should be interesting to see how I portray the whole story in Benjamin's album. And even though it is a pretty amazing story, I don't think that this will be the greatest story that I tell about Benjamin. God is just beginning to work in the lives of my children!!
I currently have three, almost four, albums going. My family album for 2007, my professional pictures album (the very first picture is our engagement picture!), our wedding album and Benjamin's first year.
I've put Benjamin's album on hold for a couple reasons. One, I really need to get the other albums finished since CM is changing their pages and I have all old pages in these albums. But the main reason is that I just don't know what to do in his album next. I'm just about to his surgery, and I'm a little stuck.
Christi gave me some good advice. I can look at it two different ways. One, just give the facts, include some pictures, but just stick to the basics. Or, I can go the highly emotional route and include every detail of every emotion that I was feeling.
And I'm sure you can guess which one I tend to. The emotional one!
And that about sums up how life post surgery and post helmet has been. I often find myself wanting to just stay in that emotional place, where I think about all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that surrounded us. I find myself looking at old blogs, pictures, and just being a big weepy mess!
But that's not where God has called me to be. He's given me grace for today. And that's where I need to rest and stay.
I am so thankful for the story that I have to tell! It should be interesting to see how I portray the whole story in Benjamin's album. And even though it is a pretty amazing story, I don't think that this will be the greatest story that I tell about Benjamin. God is just beginning to work in the lives of my children!!
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