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Thanksgiving Ramblings…

This Thanksgiving it will have been 15 years since I met my husband. Three moves and four children later, countless cats, goldfish and a dog we’re so thankful for all God has done in our lives.

This year I’m especially thankful for my test results. All of my biopsies came back benign. My tummy is swollen and I have four incisions that look dandy about now. But I got to keep lots of organs I could have potentially lost. God was so gracious to me. I’m amazed at the prayer, the love from others, and His work in my body and life.

We won’t be traveling this Thanksgiving and sweet friends were kind enough to invite us to dinner so I’m not cooking either. Yippee!

Our oldest son has begun basketball. Something I never imagined would happen. He’s such a football fanatic! But I’m glad he’s broadening his horizons where sports are concerned.

My mom bought him basketball shoes for his birthday (which is Christmas Day). The child is wearing a men’s 8 now. What happened to my 6lb 13oz baby boy?

Running sprints. He’s a fast one!

Baby girl, who loves the camera, gave me a few poses while we watched practice. These pictures capture her personality to a "T".

She is the spitting image of me. God bless her heart!

Pray for me, will ya?

Tomorrow is a sunny 60 degree day. Perfect Thanksgiving weather!

Our middle son has begun art lessons. He’s quite the talented little artist and I love knowing he can go from football to art without batting an eye!

From our family to yours…Have a great Thanksgiving! God is good!

Two days Post-op

After two days of recovery I’ve finally lost most of the anesthesia fog and I’m getting a little clearer.

My tummy looks like I’m pregnant with a painted on smiley face where my incisions are. I have four of them, with the lower one hurting the most. I spent part of today searching for sweat pants onine that will fit a 6’2" woman. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to button jeans again.

For all of you brave women out there who have had C-sections I sympathize with you in a way I could never before. Boy, am I sore!!
Because everyone was so happy with my results I don’t have a clear picture of exactly what was done on Friday but hope to talk to my Dr. tomorrow. I do know I have all my parts and pieces and that makes me smile.

God is so good to give us things we could never even imagine. Of course I’d figured out the three or four options I was going to be faced with and just like HIM he hands me one far better.

"I love you Jesus, just for being you."

Hope you had a good weekend.

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Posted: November 22, 2009 by Julie |Category: Our Family, Our Lives | Tags:

Surgery

Just a quick note. All went great. Kept both ovaries.
1 fallopian tube taken and one cyst! Praise God!
More latere….

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Posted: November 21, 2009 by Julie |Category: Our Family, Our Lives | Tags:

I planned on a contest this week, really I did!

But life got in the way and I woke up this morning realizing my surgery is tomorrow morning.
I’ve had a lot of peace.
Until today.

But time with HIM this morning gave me back my peace and put my focus on HIM and not my circumstances.
Keeping my focus on HIM is harder today than it has been. My tummy is a little up and downsy!
Ok, now I’m making up words.

Pray for me.
Surgery is at 8am to remove left ovary. A biopsy will be done. If all is well I get a few stitches and come home to recover. If not, it’s a more involved surgery and a two-three day hospital stay.

Pray for my family.
Pray for the kids.

Jesus reigns.

We have a winner!

Kimalita won this week’s contest.
Congratulations girl! Email me your address and I’ll get it in the mail to you.

Next week’s contest will be for the LAST Peppermint Oil I have from Beeyoutiful!

In our family this week…..

*Our youngest son and one of his good friends went to see the Starwars concert this past weekend. It was an early Christmas present and they had a blast!!! My husband was under strict orders to TAKE PICTURES so here they are……

*My sweet hubbie had a tooth pulled yesterday and if anyone has ever had that done…..’it ain’t no fun’. He’s staying home, resting and taking care of himself today.
*My surgery to remove my left ovary is scheduled for next Friday. Please pray that the ovary is non cancerous
*I’ve decided you can NEVER go cheap on toilet paper, paper towels or trash bags.
*My kids all made A’s on their Math tests. Yippee

That’s all folks!

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Posted: November 12, 2009 by Julie |Category: Other Happenings | Tags: