My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Things I DON'T have to worry about!

Yes, I have the worries of money, and the worries of Preston's health. But there are many things I DON'T have to worry about. Some of these things are:

I don't have to worry that my husband no longer loves me because he still tells me that he loves me.

I don't have to worry that my husband is seeing another woman; because except for the time he is at work, he is with us here at home! What a blessing!

I don't have to worry that our pastor doesn't love us or pray for us; because I know we are very much loved and prayed for!

I don't have to worry that we don't have a supportive church family, because our church family stood by us during Preston's long hospitalization last year.

I don't have to worry about life without my mom as of yet. I still have my mom and I don't know how I will ever live without my mom when she is gone. But I still have her for the present!

I don't have to worry about Missie being shot or molested because she is in a public school; because she is home with me every day.

I don't have to worry about Preston's eternal destination; because he will go to Heaven because he loves the Lord with all of his mental capabilities.

I don't have to worry about Preston ever having to go to war; it will never happen.

I don't have to worry about being homeless; because we have a home, be it ever so small, it is a home!

I don't have to worry about my husband being unemployed, because he does have a job.

I don't have to worry about not having a "best friend." I have a soul mate in a best friend, even though she lives a few states away. We can call each other any time we want.

I could go on and on; but I think you get the picture. I just needed to list some things to prove to myself and the devil, that there are a lot of things that I don't have to worry about.

Preston did take a fall today. Missie and I heard a huge crash and he yelled. We raced in his room to find him sitting on the floor. He had bent over to get something off of one of his shelves on his entertainment center, and fell right on over, head first into his dresser, then back against the entertainment center and hurt his back as well. Thankfully, he was not hurt badly; he could have been.

So that is all for this time!

3 comments:

urhis said...

Thank you, Norma for that timely reminder. Every day we need to count our blessings. God is so good. There is no way to praise Him enough. When you can't pray your way through a dark place Praise your way through. You have encouraged me today. God Bless. Cathy

CountryMouse said...

A Lovely posting Norma - so many blessings as you say.
Sorry Preston took a tumble - sounds like quite a fall for him - glad he wasn't hurt.
Missie - 14 soon - time goes so quickly doesn't it. My daughter charlotte left school on Monday and is now just going in for exams. Where does the time go.......

CountryMouse said...

Norma,
Just wanted to add the photo of you and Preston is lovely. thanks for sharing.