Just Life Now

I think that it has been about two weeks since I last posted. There has been a lot going on, nothing too crazy, but it has kept me busy.

Some of the fun things - my little sister graduated from nursing school. I can not stress how proud I am of her. She has three boys, ages 11, 8 and 5. Her husband walked out on her four and a half years ago. She worked so hard to continue in nursing school, work full-time and still be there for her boys. She couldn't have done it without help, but SHE did it and I am so proud of her. It would have been much easier to give up school and not work graves, but she did what she needed.

My mom turned sixty-two. For her birthday and Mothers' Day, I bought a whole slew of flowers and planted her a perennial shade garden in the back and some perennials and annuals in her front garden. She loves to have flowers, but her health and my dad's health is not such that they can really keep up with that, so I got the pleasure of doing it for them. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope that they will be able to enjoy it all summer long.

My ten year old came home with a black eye last Wednesday. Turns out he also had a concussion. I was a little worried, but felt that he would be okay. He is a trooper and seems to be fully recovered now. He is so excited to get back to baseball.

My one year old decided that she wanted to be potty trained. HURRAY! Then, she changed her mind. Oh well. It really was too much to hope to have her potty trained by nineteen months, wasn't it?

My seven year old is having a lot of ups and downs. Consequently, so are we. My husband and I are celebrating the little victories that others may take for granted. She now goes to sleep most nights the same time as our other children. This means no screaming or stalling for three to four hours. This is HUGE! We are still working on some other issues, but we are so pleased with her progress so far. Church was an absolute hellish experience this past week, which is kind of ironic, but I have hope and nobody gave me dirty looks. (Okay, so I have an awesome congregation, they never have done the dirty look thing). Things are going to be awesome. Things are already good and I have no reason to believe that they won't be getting better.