This week....

This week...

Jaydes ear op went very well and it seems like she's hearing much better. I cant help but admit that although I knew it was a relatively safe operation, my heart just broke watching her go under general anaesthetic. What an awful feeling.

Her ears hurt "a LOT" afterwards. But she's right as rain now. Thank you Jesus for keeping her safe and that her ears are now functioning! Im so thankful to live in a place where medical care is available to us.


(she looks so sad! The gas really upset her after the op, she got quite sick).


I had my last assignment for this semester due today. After several nights of going to bed at 3am and getting up at 7am...its done . Why do I leave things till the last minute? Thank you Lord for giving me all the energy, strength and patience I needed to get this done on time.


I missed out on lots of stuff this week because of my earlier procrastination :(. Baby showers, soccer, womens lunch and just other random things. I also missed going to the game. Ususally I wouldnt mind too much only this week we had invited some friends...but Im glad Jack got to go, and that they won. These are the sms' he sent to me as I sat slaving away on my miserable essay. Theres some lessons here, and Im listening.








Poor Jayde and Levi spent all week cooped up inside the house since it was raining most of the time. This is how Levi amused himself...

(I love how he says 'all done' and then rips the paper off the piano, before also throwing the last little scrap on the floor. Its his personality...destructive, yet precise. Also, note the hypocrisy. Im too busy to play with him, but not too busy to record him playing...hrmm).

In a truly pathetic note, I also changed shower curtains. I've had the same shower curtains since before I became pregnant with Amber. They were made out of an unusual fabric and beautiful and light and breezy. I remember showering with them throughout the pregnancy and the morning of my labour. I remember coming home and clutching onto them as I bawled. So somehow, they were one of my last tangible connections with her....and I finally got around to saying goodbye. After the new curtains were on I washed the old ones and hung them on the line to dry. It rained for a week straight before I could get them off the line. I couldnt help but feel like my sorrow was being washed away. That the Lord had sent some special message to let me know that he knows my pain and he loves me. And that joy comes in the morning.

And today the overcast sky was replaced by the sun.

And I finished my assignment.

And a new baby girl is being born. (right now actually, a friend is in labour!)

Now I have a couple of weeks of freedom....ahhhhhhhhh...what a sweet feeling.

And there are so many things I want to do in this time.

But right now, Im off to delight in the Lord....

'Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done' (Col 2.7).