12.27.2008

Ready for a new year!

Will this winter ever end? This month has brought some great challenges to my family and we are all looking forward to the 'great thaw' and a fresh start to a new year.

Typical New Year Resolutions are taking a backseat to the prayers and hopes we have for getting well, supporting loved ones and making wise decisions.

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Dec 14 - Ryan's car accident (weather-related) totalled our car and we had to buy something else to replace it. Thank goodness there were only minor injuries and both him and Matt were ok!


Dec 20 - My grandfather has been diagnosed with rapidly spreading cancer and I drove through the blizzard to Aberdeen so that he could be home with us in the area. (That was a white-knuckle drive, each way!) We are hanging on the words and encouragements of the doctors for his treatment, and praying that God will help us through this time.


Dec 25 - Hannah developed high fevers on Christmas Day, upwards of 103.3 and spent the wee AM hours of Dec 26th in the Mary Bridge Children's Hospital ER with concerns of meningitis (!!) -- later finding out she may have a UTI. Thank goodness that she is ok and that her illness is manageable and not severe!


AND wrapping up our 6th week of sickness...but we seem to finally be on the mend there... fingers crossed!