CUTENESS!

IN CASE YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED WHAT CUTENESS LOOKS LIKE, I FOUND IT!

LESSONS I LEARNED FROM WYATT THIS WEEK:

#1-YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE FASTER IF YOU WEAR "THE FLASH" COSTUME!

#2-NOTHING SAYS ROCKER LIKE A MOHAWK!

#3- EVEN ROCK STARS NEED BATHS, BUT ALWAYS BE READY FOR THE PAPARAZZI TO SHOW UP AT ANY MOMENT!

PRICELESS!

PRESSING IN!

Distractions are really hard for this Sanguine, people lovin', wanna have fun all the time but I can't because I have to get down to business kind of girl! I am midstream preparing for 2 evaluations at "She Speaks," a 2 hour teaching for our WILD Workshop on August 15th and 4 Kickoffs all in a row at the end of August. It excites me to be used by God in this way, I just wish all the other junk would just float away.
When the final 'straw that broke the camels back" distraction reared its head the other day, I found myself crying out to God in frustration, but I gave it to Him. He reminded me that this was no shock to Him, He was in control and He would move it if He needed to. Now what is my part in this equation? Distractions are here and they will continue, but I have a job to do, prepare teachings.
I need to press into my God now stronger than ever. I visualized myself pressing into His body like a child who has fallen asleep in His parent's arms. I want to leave a visual indent in Him that will cause Him to be indented into me. I need Him more than ever.
I felt like yesterday He told me to begin writing out my Kickoff teaching with the info that I have been gathering since February. I came up with a lot of buts as to why I couldn't start on that day, but I was obedient and sat at my computer and began. A few moments later, I received this email from one of the churches that I will speak at for kickoff:

Today please pray for our Kickoff speaker, Jodianne Adams, as she prepares her message--that the LORD will give her direction and clarity for His message to us, and protect her time to work on it; also boldness to speak the Truth in Love.

"She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue." (Prov. 31:26)

"Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes...." (Prov. 3:5-6)

"Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel...." (Eph. 6:19)

"Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name, make known among the nations what He has done, and proclaim that His Name is exalted... Let this be known to all the world!" Is. 12:4,5)

Thank you, bless you!

(Getting rooted, growing stronger)

Whoa! How awesome!

So here I go, I pressing in!

Two Brothers and a Funeral

Our sweet little S'Mores

My heart was tendered on Sunday night as my little boys said good-bye to sweet, little S'mores, Levi's guinea pig. We have lost pets in the past, but when it is a child's first loss, it is especially hard. S'mores stopped eating and drinking last week. The vet couldn't figure out what was wrong, so basically we brought him home to live out what little was left of his life in peace.

Dexter, Wyatt's guinea pig who shared a cage with S'mores, couldn't seem to understand why his little friend wasn't playing anymore. We had to take S'mores out of their cage so that he could have a little peace from the rough housing that Dexter was tormenting him with. We let Dexter out of the cage to roam and he chose to go lay beside his friend, just outside his cage, until he passed. OK, that choked me up a bit.

Then I watched my little boys hold each other and cry over their loss. This tendered me to no end.

We told Levi that he could get another guinea pig. So the next day we headed out to go to every store we needed to go to in order to find the right one. Thankfully, we found Snickers at the 2ND store. He was perfect! Levi fell in love with him as soon as he saw him and Snickers proved to be gentle and loving to Levi.

Dexter and Snickers first moments...a lunch date!

Dexter was thrilled with a new buddy. I don't think he enjoyed his first night in his life alone.

We had a funeral today, sorry you weren't invited. Mom dug the hole and said the prayer. Levi carried the casket (an empty Ziploc bag box) and Wyatt filled in the hole. Tears still flowed, but two brothers stood by each other and carried each others pain.

"He ain't heavy. He's my brother."

So S'mores is gone but Snickers is here. Life is sweet!

Mmm...breakfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYqM9-Fj0Pg

Sticky situation

Note to self:

When the at-home hair remover wax system says to not get the wax on any hair that you don't want removed, BELIEVE IT!

Please don't stare at my right eyebrow...or lack of. Thanks!

Perfect!!!

They were words I have been waiting 6 months to hear. From behind the curtain I heard Dr. Fantastic say, "I couldn't have hoped that it would have healed up any better." He came around the curtain and said to me,"He's perfect."

PERFECT...the words I have waited for. Perfect. It is hard to believe that this whole ordeal with Tahd started almost a year ago. Longer than that if you count the years that he suffered in silence, not knowing he had an issue. When things are wrong for what seems like forever, you just assume they are normal.

Since September 23rd, Tahd has had a catheter in place for 6 months, 2 of those months with 2 catheters. Tahd went to school with one in place for 3 months, and missed 8 weeks of school. He spent almost the entire school year catching up. He endured 2 visits to the ER for attempted catheterizations (12 times all unsuccessful), 3 operations, scopings of the most private kind, and many embarrassing moments. But unless you were one of the few people who saw him on the 2 days following his major surgery, you never heard a complaint or saw his face without a smile. He was so brave, so patient, so PERFECT.

I never have felt helpless in my life, until I spent 10 hours away from my son while he was in surgery and recovery. As Chad and I sat there alone, waiting, worrying, praying, I took comfort in 3 things:

1. God loved Tahd more than me and would take care of him in my absence.

2. Dr Fantastic was THE best doctor...he invented the surgery he was preforming on Tahd.

3. My friends were lifting us all up in prayer.

To look at Tahd you would never know anything happened. He may have a few physical scars, but it is as if he is emotionally unscathed. I think this was God's protection over him. He can talk about his ordeal and not be embarrassed and he can talk to his father and I in an open way that may not have been if we had not walked through this journey together.

Jen said it best. She was one of the few that I allowed to come see Tahd at his lowest point in the hospital. The day after surgery she commented on how sad and hurting he seemed. She recalled looking at Tahd and looking out the window at Stone Mountain in the distance. She told him that someday they would hike to the top of it together when he was all healed up. On our vacation together, as she watched him jump off the big rock with the biggest smile on his face, she was glad to see him healed and able to do whatever he wanted to do.

He is perfect! Thank you Lord.

JUNE 18TH-LAST DAY

GROCERIES-$300

GAS FOR JET SKI'S-$120

TUBES AND FLOATS-$25

SUNSCREEN-$15

DOCTOR'S VISIT FOR SWIMMERS EAR-$40

PRESCRIPTIONS AND MOTRIN-$37

A WEEK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE- PRICELESS!