Little Blessings

I posted a prayer request on facebook,for a sweet family last week, Baby Gage was fighting for his life. Last Sunday, baby Gage passed away. I have been following his mom, Tara's blog and I am so blessed and inspired by her words and thoughts that I had to share. I hope it puts those little blessings into perspective, like it has mine!

The Fleener Family, Tuesday, November 17, 2009

In this trying time, we have learned to appreciate the little blessings and they have been abundant!
Literally every person who we have encountered in this ordeal has been incredibly kind and God placed specific people at the times we needed them the most. We had to speak with police investigators, a child licensing rep., a forensic nurse, a forensic doctor, and of course, Big Papi who I think is known for not having the best bed-side manner but was just wonderful with us.
I can't say enough about our wonderful nurses. They were so considerate of our situation and completely ignored all of the ICU visitation rules so that we could have our loved ones with us. They also kept all of the other people (x-ray techs, EEG people etc) who had to deal with Gage in line : ) If I ever need to get anything done from here on out, I think I will call upon a PICU nurse to help.
A friend of ours from church is the director of all the pediatric nurses. She is one of those special people that God placed right when we needed her and she made sure that we took care of ourselves as well as Gage. Our nurse on our last day with Gage was also specifically appointed by God, I'm sure. She was a fellow believer and cried along with us as we spent our final moments with our baby boy. I figured you had to be made of steel to be a PICU nurse but she was all heart and we dearly appreciate her. Even the man who had to transport Gage after he had passed was tender hearted and also cried with us as he wrapped him up. These are people who deal with tragedy all of the time but still shared in our pain in these final moments. Every where we have turned, things have gone as easily as they possibly can and we have been lifted up and encouraged.
Even today at Staples when we went to have our photos enlarged for the service we encountered a little blessing - enlargements were half off. Not that the cost matters but God gives us these little gems to get us through. When I'm reading my Bible, I have a pink pen that I use to underline my mama/wife/woman verses. It has been missing since we moved to our new house. Last night we were looking for a CD and I opened a drawer and there was my pink pen; it's a little blessing. God knew that I would need that pen now more than ever.

Posted by Tara at www.fleenerfamily.blogspot.com

Daniel 6:16 Nurture the Waiting

May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!

Daniel trusted God in a lion's den, we (I) must learn to nurture the waiting with trust before deliverance comes! Nurture means to feed and protect, to support and encourage.

No wound was found on Daniel, because he trusted God to deliver him!

I wonder how many wounds we endure because we had no trust? I think sometimes we (I) react before trusting. I am learning to nurture the waiting, protect the waiting, with TRUST!
Think about it for a moment, waiting is the hardest in life, whether your waiting for a job or just waiting in line, your attitude can go sour in the waiting. Nurture, protect the waiting with trust!
So good!!

This was from my devotion this morning out of my Women's Dev. Bible.

Work Out Plan of Attack

Ok, here's the deal, I am 2 lbs away from my "goal" weight and I really just need to tone up my tummy and legs. Here is my plan of attack!
AM work out:
Wii Fit Boxing, Hoola-Hooping, Lunges, Rowing and Jack Knifes
PM work out: 60+ crunches and squats/ lunges and some weights for the arms

A wise trainer once told me that if it doesn't hurt it's not workin'
So no pain no gain! EEEK! I better start workin'!

I can totally see a difference in my tummy and legs, I just need to get some definition going on these calves! I know, stand up and down on my tippy toes, but I don't wanna....

Ok, now you blog reading friends of mine, hold me accountable, if you see me eat 3 candy bars, 2 beef jerky sticks and 2 boats of nachos at Elementary camp, please smack me around!
HA!

We met Jaci Valasquez

TA and I had the privilege of meeting Jaci Valasquez after the Salvador concert last month! It was an amazing concert! It was Katelyn and Ty's first real concert, and they both loved it! Katelyn loves to sing, so as Jaci was talking about her babies and how her songs have taken on new meaning, I leaned over and asked Katelyn if she would like to do the same thing someday!
She said "Yes, but I don't want to have any babies!" HA!
Funny girl!

I didn't realize how famous Jaci was until I googled her! Amazing! She was so sweet!

Happy Be-lated Mother's Day!

To all my momma friends! I hope you had a very blessed Mother's Day! Here is a fun pic of my darling kids and me:) and one of my darling husband and I!

I LOVE My Wii Fit!

OK, if you know me even a little, you probably know that I am not one to favor physical activity. When TA and I moved into our apartment I was so excited thinking I would actually get into shape by using the free gym! Well, that lasted about a week! Ha!
You see, I don't really need to loose weight, just to tone up the muscles that I have and to be able to walk a flight of stairs without getting winded would be great!

So, for Christmas we got a Wii, "for the kids". Last month we bought the Wii fit game, we got on, weighed in and it sat under our TV console for TWO WEEKS!

I decided two Sundays ago that I really needed to stop drinking 80 oz of Dr. Pepper a day (ya think?!?) So I started drinking a little more water mixed with decaf. tea. and have not had one DP since Sunday April19Th and I have worked out everyday for at least 30 minutes! Now, I know that does not seem like much to some of you, but for me that is big!

So, here are my favorites;
Hula Hooping - yeah I know, shut your mouth! It is actually a great workout, you can target a lot of those evil tummy muscles
Boxing- get those arms tone girl, no more waving back at me
Step- it does not seem to be doing anything but...

I have not done any of the yoga or strength training, but I think it is time to start!
Wish me luck! PS I so beat my darling husband:)Shhhh! Don't tell him I told ya!

Our Cowboy! Remind you of Anyone?

Ty was in a play at school with all of the 4Th grade classes. He was Volunteer 2, one of the soldiers that fought at the Alamo! HE was so cute! He wore his dad's belt buckle and "real" boots! Who knew a pair of boots and Wranglers could boost an ego so much:)

Random Pics to share:)

Back Seat Picture Taking

Give Away!

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Thanks Kristi!!