The two of you are having a ministry to all of us who read your blog. You're telling us that even though it's not easy you are reminded that His grace is sufficient and that we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. It will even effect Elena for the good. Thank you for your transparency and for being salt and light to all of us and for showing us Jesus. Love, Loretta
i was without a computer at my house over the weekend and called the house to see if peter was perhaps at home. i ended up speaking to peter's mom and she so kindly filled me in on everything.
katie i am so happy that you are able to try to push yourself through things. you are stronger than you know.
i love you and i miss all of you. i will continue to pray for your recovery so that you can get back into your home.
my mom is also reading the blog and they are praying as well.
Katie, my sweet friend, I am so proud of you! Your strength is inspiring! I am glad that in the midst of such extreme pain that you recognize and faithfully continue to trust that God WILL sustain you!! Your faith (and Peter's, too) are showing little Elena that she can trust in Him, too! Well done! Love, Hols:)
Welcome. Today marks the Grand Opening of my new blog. As the title suggests, I'll be blogging from the heart. Back in my days working at the Chamber of Commerce, I would have had a giant (and I mean GIANT) pair of scissors to perform a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony ... but I don't work there and being a mom now, I don't think that's such a good idea. So, instead, I'll simply post the beginning of many pictures of my 17 month old daughter, Elena, taken this week: Happy Fall!
I feel so blessed to announce a quick answer to our prayers... I'm pregnant! We went to the midwives yesterday and I'm 8 weeks, 2 days; due January 17, 2011! I posted a couple months ago about our miscarriages and I was prepared for it to be awhile to make this announcement, needless to say we are SO thankful for this quick answer to prayer. We continue to pray as we make our way through the first trimester. Until Sunday when morning sickness hit, my main symptom has been fatigue - luckily Elena is more than able to entertain herself these days. Now I will battle morning sickness - hoping that it won't be long. The midwife did tell us that they are not willing to take on my case, due to my cardiac history, so we're trying to decide on an OB/ GYN . I was sad to hear that, as I've heard such good things about the midwives from my friends; although I'm thankful that they are honest to hand me off to be in a higher level of care. Not sure if I'll be treat...
Well, the secret’s out. I'm scheduled to have surgery to repair the narrowing of my aorta on November 12. I’ ve known about the surgery for about a month now, but haven't had the time or the energy to sit down and write the details. There’s something about writing it all out that allows the reality of it to sink in. Here’s the scoop: The prelude... At age 2, during a physical, it was discovered that I have a heart murmur. Lots of tests were done then and in the years that followed, only for the doctors to declare it a "functional heart murmur". Because there were no other symptoms, there was reason to believe there was nothing "wrong". Around age 16, I developed borderline hypertension, which then developed into hypertension in my early twenties. At that point, I went to see a cardiologist, we'll call her Dr. First. Essentially she did what I thought to be a through examination, followed by kidney tests, EKGs , and other tests. All the tests came back t...
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i was without a computer at my house over the weekend and called the house to see if peter was perhaps at home. i ended up speaking to peter's mom and she so kindly filled me in on everything.
katie i am so happy that you are able to try to push yourself through things. you are stronger than you know.
i love you and i miss all of you. i will continue to pray for your recovery so that you can get back into your home.
my mom is also reading the blog and they are praying as well.