Hello!

Well, it has been 3 days since I got my shot, and I am taking my medicines, but I am still not over this bug, and having trouble with my sinuses and also my asthma is starting to flare up as well. I do believe I will have to back to the doctor and get either some other medicines or another round of shots to get over this. What ever happens, God is in control and I pray he will help me to get over this mess soon. I am getting tired of not being able to do much without getting winded, and not being able to go anywhere. After all I have been through with John, when I get sick I stay at home so that I do not risk getting anybody else sick. You never really know who may have a weakened immune system, and I feel that if more people stayed home when sick, illnesses wouldn't be passed around so much. Just my opinion of course.

B.J. hasn't caught my bug or her dad's yet, Thank God! She has been sick enough since school started, that I pray she stays healthy for a good long time. She is growing up so fast, it just amazes me how she has grown into such a beautiful young lady. I get scared about her female issues, she had a ovarian cist rupture last week, I just pray we are able to keep things under control so that if she chooses to have a child of her own when she gets grown. She would make a great mom, of course I am a bit prejudiced, but she is so good with little kids. I watch her and she is so gentle and kind with them. She is such a joy to me.

By the way, we finally got a dusting of snow! YEAH! I still would like to see a bigger one before the winter is over, but at least I got to see a little and the flakes were beautiful last night, if it hadn't been so cold and me sick I would have stood out there and just enjoyed them and thought of John up in heaven watching me live life. I know he would be laughing at me. I miss him, so very much, but I know he is where he is supposed to be and so am I and everyone else as well. So, I will do my best to enjoy life every day, even sick, and make the best of every situation. I will do my best to be a good christian woman and let my love of God shine so bright that everyone will see and be drawn to his word.

And if you ever want to hear a great sermon, the link to the church that I am a member of on this page has started to upload each sermon so that anyone can listen to it. I encourage you to take a listen, the one for this past Sunday, 2/24/08 was a great one, it touched me in many ways. Hope you take a minute and listen and open your heart and soul to it. I might help you too.

May God bless and keep you all,
Judy

This sinus bug really is a pain!

Well, my sinus bug decided to try to drop into my chest and anyone who really knows me knows that it isn't good when my lungs get aggravated. So I went to my doctor and he decided that with my sinusitis and asthma, and history of bronchitis, he would give me some rocephine (?sp) and decadron shots. Usually they have me knocked out after about an hour or so, but not this time, it has me wired something fierce. I can't get to sleep for nothing. Maybe before to long I will be able to. I have 2 cakes to bake tomorrow, and I have to take B.J. to school and pick her up and that isn't counting my regular house work. I pray I feel well enough to do what I have to do.
I just pray B.J. doesn't get sick with it, she has been sick enough this year already. Since August she has had pneumonia, back pain, ankle problems, asthma problems, and leg cramps. I just pray she stays healthy for a long while, she has been through enough for the time being in my opinion.
We have our Youth Rally this coming Friday and Saturday at church, I have to be better by then so I can help with it. Anything to keep the kids interested in learning God's word, and staying in Church is a great plus. With all the temptations of the world, our kids need all the encouragement they can get, so I am going to try to do all I can to help with anything to keep the kids in Church. God willing, I will be there and able to help this weekend. Pray for me please.
Well, I guess I will go for now, Until next time,
May God Bless and Keep you all,
Judy

Round 2 of the sinus bug

Well, my husband and I are on our second round of the sinus head cold bug that seems to be going around town. I feel absolutely miserable right now. Ears hurting, nose all clogged up, and head feeling like it is in the clouds, can we say yuck! But I am taking my meds and hopefully it won't last to long, or at least I pray it doesn't. And on top of it all, I am babysitting too. Man it is hard to watch a very feisty 3 year old and be sick too.
B.J. is doing okay, she is having some leg cramps lately. I don't know what is up with that, maybe she is fixing to grow taller or something. If it keeps up, we will go to the doctor's office again. I am beginning to think they just need to put us a room on the building since we spend so much time there.
Some good news, I was contacted by the daughter of my best friend in High School yesterday. I have been thinking of them so much lately, and we ended up finding each other online. If you guys read this, it is good to hear from you and be in touch again. Write me sometime, either email, or posts or an old fashion letter will be great.
Well, until next time,
May God bless you all,
Judy

Wow! What a day.

The day started okay today. B.J. had a sore throat and headache and I thought she had the cold that I had, but then her stomach started hurting. I took her to the doctor and the pain had localized in her lower right stomach area. The doctor decided to send her for a CT scan because he thought it was her appendix, but the scan came back and we found out that at the age of 14 she is having trouble with cists on her ovaries. Man sometimes life can really try your faith, but I know that God has a plan, and I pray we found out early enough to make sure everything can be taken care of without affecting her future life. I know that there are many women who live with cists and still have kids, but I also know that some of them have trouble from it. But I will find out more tomorrow, and then move on to have her checked out by an ob/gyn and make sure that everything is followed up on. It seems like there is always something going on with my family health wise anyway. But God is in control and what He brings us to, He will see us through.
May God Bless you all,
Judy

Hello again

Wow it has been a while since I last posted! This is a picture I made around where I live and it is pictures like this that make me remember God's beauty is everywhere. Things have been okay here, I have been feeling better emotionally but last week I had the head cold or something that really had me sick for a while. But now I am just having my normal sinus drainage from all my allergies. Just another thing to deal with on a daily basis. Better that than what others have faced or are still facing that is for sure. I feel blessed to just have the normal worries in my family. Since going through all the treatments and worry with John for all those years since his diagnosis of FA, I don't sweat the little illnesses so much. Yes I worry, as a parent that is just a prerequesite I think, but not like I did with John. FA, or any other long term terminal illness like cancer, can really put life in perspective that is for sure, especially when you realize that it is better to depend on God than anything or anyone else. Yes I still depend on my family, but I give everything over to God including my family instead of worrying all the time. God has a plan, and things will happen within that plan, and with faith and prayer and God, it will be as it should be. God never promised that it would be easy, but it will be worth every tear, every heartache, and every bit of pain if I do as He wills me to and am rewarded with a place in heaven with him and my family. So, that is how I live my life, trying to do as He would have me to do and also trying to make my angel John proud of his mom. So, when was the last time you just gave it all to God? When was the last time you prayed with all your heart and soul and had the faith to accept His decision?

Try finding Him, It will be a blessing.

Until next post,

May God bless and keep you all,

Judy

Well, it has been a while, but here is the latest.
Things are okay here. Just one day at a time. B.J. is doing well, her physical therapy seems to be helping a lot. They are teaching her a lot of exercises that she can do from now on to keep her core muscles strong.
We had some rough weather around us Tuesday. A tornado hit in the northern part of the county, thank God nobody was seriously hurt. There were about 31 killed in Tennessee that night. But like I said, there was no serious injuries here.
I am doing okay, a little down, but dealing one day at a time. Sometimes people think that I am so strong to have gone through all that I went through with John, but I am not really that strong. My faith is strong, and I know that John is in a better place, but I am not as strong as people think I am and I do have days that I feel like I am going to just loose it completely. Today is one of those days, I guess, because I am just blah. A lot of my church family is dealing with some serious health issues in their families, and I guess it is just bringing back hard memories of John's struggles. All I know is that I am down right now, and wanting to just sit around and sleep, but of course that is not the answer so I am trying to just keep going, and let God handle everything else.
Well, it is back to house work for me, that part of life never goes away. One of the constants in life that every woman wishes could just take care of itself. Right Girls? Until next time,
May God bless us all,
Judy