Finally Friday!

Another week has passed and I'm not sure where it went...Work, doctor appointments. I just realized I never got the kids to their allergy shots this week. Ack! The plates are not spinning, they are crashing!! It's been an experience learning to live with children with chronic health issues. I have two children that require medication and probably will for the rest of thier lives. They require constant monitoring and frequent doctor's appointments to monitor their progress. I sometimes forget to do things like regular check-ups because they are at the doctor's so often. Now, my life has been complicated by my youngest dd's issues. She has something called hemoturia. In English, that means there's microscopic amounts of blood in her urine and nobody can figure out why. She's had multiple doctor's appointments, blood tests, urine tests, and an ultrasound. Everything appears healthy and normal...and yet there is still blood. So we move on to the next step...trying to get into Children's Hospital's nephrology (kidney specialists) department. It's exhausting...it's nerve-wracking...it's a full time job...but like anything that happens like this in life...life goes on.

In church last week we sang a song that really states how I feel right now better than I ever could.

You turn the key
Then close the door behind you
Drop your bags on the floor
You reach for the light
But there's darkness deep inside
And you can't take it anymore

'Cause sometimes living takes the life out of you
And sometimes living is all you can do

Life is hard, the world is cold
We're barely young and then we're old
But every falling tear is always understood
Yes, life is hard, but God is good

You start to cry
'Cause you've been strong for so long
And that's not how you feel
You try to pray
But there's nothing left to say
So you just quietly kneel

In the silence of all that you face
God will give you His mercy and grace

Jesus never said
It was an easy road to travel
He only said that you would never be alone
So when your last thread of hope
Begins to come unraveled
Don't give up, He walks beside you
On this journey home and He knows

Life is hard, the world is cold
We're barely young and then we're old
But every falling tear is always understood
Yes, life is hard, but God is good


Life right now is really hard. It takes a lot of work, a lot of stress, a lot of sleepless nights when my brain cannot turn off trying to figure out how to make my crazy schedule work...'Cause sometimes living takes the life out of you
And sometimes living is all you can do...But when life is hard I have to remember that God IS good. My sweet little blond haired angel FEELS fine now and she doesn't seem to mind going on "dates" with mommy, even if those dates are to a doctor's office. In fact, she seems to enjoy the uninterupted time of coloring with mom and reading books...She has "Green Eggs and Ham" memorized and tries to read it to me!! So I am looking for the goodness of God, in big and little ways...and trying to keep my head above water. "Jesus never said it was an easy road to travel, he only said that you would never be alone, so when your last thread of hope begins to come unraveled, don't give up, He walks beside you on this journey home." Is your life hard too?? Remember you are never alone!! Life is hard, but God is good!!