"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
It was unavoidable
Well, I tried REALLY hard to outlast everyone getting sick. We had 1/2 our school population have the flu. I sent home between 5-8 kids a day with fevers, coughs, etc. The other 4 members of my family were sick with flu or other. I TRIED. But yesterday I started to feel a little yucky. Last night I was asleep by 9!! And today - I am still achy and don't feel like doing much. But hopefully it will just stay a cold and that will be that. Stinking little germisters.
We have started to rake up all the fallen leaves in our yard. This year we decided to wait until most of them were down before getting rid of them. My parents were nice enough to buy us a leaf blower, and that helps a ton. We took the kids outside the other night when the weather was pretty nice, and started to gather up all the leaves.
The kids had a great time jumping in the gigantic leaf pile that we made.
With it getting dark so soon, we only got a small section of the job completed. I did got outside for an hour today, after the medicine kicked in, and spent an hour blowing the leaves around. I didn't get very far. Too....many.....leaves.
The "sick" population is way down at my school this week. Yesterday we were down to 18 absent. And so that is great! And I didn't send a single kid home. I hope that is the end of it, and that it doesn't come back around again.
Tomorrow Finley has a hearing appointment. Part of her LCA diagnosis "workup". She has a hearing test and then will meet with the ENT doctor afterward. I am going to this appointment. I took a 1/2 day off so that we could go. Hopefully all will be well.
Cainan had his 6 month ENT checkup on Monday. His tube looks great! The last ear infection they changed his antibiotic to get rid of it and it worked. She was pleased how it looked and we are happy he doesn't have to have surgery to put a new one in. So we will see her again in 6 months unless problems arise before then.
The kids are busy deciding what they want for Christmas. Arlington is still the only one that really gets it. Arlington is asking Santa for a scooter, walkie talkies and a watch. Finley said she wanted cookies for Christmas. What a weirdo. We haven't started any shopping yet.
I am busy finishing up two quilts. One is for my sister in law who is due to have our newest niece at the end of December. We can't wait to meet her! The other one is a Christmas present, and I won't mention who for since these people read my blog!! But I love doing them. I will take some pictures once they are done.
So that is all. Everyone have a great week and stay healthy!!
We are a family of 5 living in Massachusetts. Mat and I have been married for 16 years, and we have three children. Arlington is 11 years old, and Finley and Cainan are 8 years old. We adopted Cainan from China when he was 14 months old. He was born with cleft lip and palate level three. This blog started out as our journey to bring him into our family and has turned into our family blog. He and Finley are only 30 days apart!! We love being a blended family, and enjoy sharing about our trials and tribulations through becoming one! Also, our daughter Finley was diagnosed in 2009 with Lebers Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) a rare genetic eye condition that has made her legally blind. Come and read about our proud family! If you want to read Cainan's story, click here: The Pletcher Five Journey Blessings Times Three: Cainan's Story
We have started to rake up all the fallen leaves in our yard. This year we decided to wait until most of them were down before getting rid of them. My parents were nice enough to buy us a leaf blower, and that helps a ton. We took the kids outside the other night when the weather was pretty nice, and started to gather up all the leaves.
The kids had a great time jumping in the gigantic leaf pile that we made.
With it getting dark so soon, we only got a small section of the job completed. I did got outside for an hour today, after the medicine kicked in, and spent an hour blowing the leaves around. I didn't get very far. Too....many.....leaves.
The "sick" population is way down at my school this week. Yesterday we were down to 18 absent. And so that is great! And I didn't send a single kid home. I hope that is the end of it, and that it doesn't come back around again.
Tomorrow Finley has a hearing appointment. Part of her LCA diagnosis "workup". She has a hearing test and then will meet with the ENT doctor afterward. I am going to this appointment. I took a 1/2 day off so that we could go. Hopefully all will be well.
Cainan had his 6 month ENT checkup on Monday. His tube looks great! The last ear infection they changed his antibiotic to get rid of it and it worked. She was pleased how it looked and we are happy he doesn't have to have surgery to put a new one in. So we will see her again in 6 months unless problems arise before then.
The kids are busy deciding what they want for Christmas. Arlington is still the only one that really gets it. Arlington is asking Santa for a scooter, walkie talkies and a watch. Finley said she wanted cookies for Christmas. What a weirdo. We haven't started any shopping yet.
I am busy finishing up two quilts. One is for my sister in law who is due to have our newest niece at the end of December. We can't wait to meet her! The other one is a Christmas present, and I won't mention who for since these people read my blog!! But I love doing them. I will take some pictures once they are done.
So that is all. Everyone have a great week and stay healthy!!
Take care! See you Saturday!
1 comment:
I sure hope that you feel better soon! It seems to be impossible to avoid no matter how much hand washing you do!
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