Have you gotten your flu shot yet? I highly recommend the vaccination. It has really seemed to keep us healthier than the years we do not get the flu shot. I got mine at a flu clinic at Target this year, Ella got hers at her 4-yr old well-child check-up, and I took Madison yesterday to receive hers. I don't mind getting stuck with a needle, it doesn't bother me a bit. As you might imagine, Ella screamed her head off, but Madison did quite well and only squirmed a bit. Anyway, did you watch the republican debate last night? Jeremieh and I are now hooked on the presidential run. After watching the debate we are rooting for Huckabee. Great christian guy, good values, morals, etc. and even more, he's got a fantastic sense of humor. In one of the questions, they asked him what Jesus would do in that situation....he smiled and replied, "Jesus was too smart to ever run for president!" We will definitely be keeping an eye on Huckabee this year...
On another note, please keep my Aunt Deb in your prayers. She is in Houston getting treatment for stage-4, uncurable lung cancer. The cancer is so advanced that it has spread into her lymph nodes, other organs, and her bones. Right now the real complication is that the cancer is wrapped around her jugular vein in her neck and she is having a hard time breathing. She was diagnosed just three weeks ago on November 8, and we are not sure if she will make it to Christmas this year. This situation has really had me thinking the last few weeks. What would I do if I found out I only had a few weeks left to live? Would I want to know? Would I want to plan for that, or would I rather it be a surprise? What would I tell my kids? Would I plan my own funeral? I have found a lot of guidance in The Bible these days. Ultimately, God has a plan for our lives. He knows us more intimately than anyone here on earth. He knows the number of hairs we have on our heads...He knew us before we were created in our mother's womb....and it is He alone who knows the plan for our lives. I pray that God comforts my Aunt in her last days. I pray that he comforts her family she will eventually leave behind. I pray that as she passes, peace will be with all of those that have loved her. I pray that when she is greeted in heaven by her mom, my grandmother, that the pain she is experiencing now is replaced with overwhelming joy and happiness. I know my Aunt was blessed here on this earth, but I am confident that nothing will compare to the blessings he has prepared for her in heaven. Please keep my Aunt and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
And with that, I'm signing off for today. Have a blessed day and praise the Lord for all the blessings he has given!
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Hi Nicki and Jer and Girls...love the blog idea. I don't usually use or look at them but I'll look at yours. And I just love the way you write, it just flows together and I've never been good at that. Its like its in there but I don't know how to get it out...Its easier to say it anyway....sometimes.
I'm sorry to hear about your Aunt. It always sucks when someone in the family or close to you is very sick. I will pray for your aunt and that she doesn’t suffer long. It did just make me wait longer to have my next cig. I've actually cut down a lot...usually 5 cigs a day at most. I feel like I'm close to my quiting point and making it for good...or at least a guilty pleasure when I've had a couple. I've been doing lots of exercises and walking for my back and the more I do the less I want to smoke, I'm feeling really good.
You talked about your aunt knowing she was dieing and all the questions you’d have and decisions to make…before. I totally don’t want to know, please Lord, just take me!! You were also saying something about your aunt meeting her mother again in heaven and that the pain she is experiencing now is replaced with overwhelming joy and happiness….it got me thinking about our family, in its vastness, will I see all those people in heaven? I hope so. Will all the insignificant BS that is fought about be gone and replaced with overwhelming joy and happiness? Will people forgive and love each other again? Will hurt and wasted relationships be restored? Be friends, do heaven activities together? LOL just imagine, an eternal family reunion/party….THAT would be interesting….that would be my heaven…if I get to pick it, plus Mike and some of my friends. Do you get to pick your own heaven? Or is it like in the movies where its all white and smoky (depending on the type of smoke I’m so in for that). Or will it be a whole new beautiful place, with like cloud mountains or something like that? I hate to think I have to wait until then for that to happen… but it gives me peace to know it will be. It makes me sad when my family fights, I know its just in defense of each other, we are so whacked…will we be whacked in heaven too??
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