Praying for Cora

I just read a little bit about a beautiful little baby named Cora. She is fighting stage 4 cancer and it breaks my heart. All I can think about right now is that I need to pray hard and long for this little girl and her family.

It also makes me think about my children and how I need to make very sure I am not taking their good health for granted. Cora's family took her to the doctor for an ear infection and immediately ended up in the hospital learning their baby had cancer and not just a beginning stage 1 cancer, one that had already spread through her whole body before they even suspected it.

Lord please heal Cora, please take her pain away, please take the cancer away, please make her healthy again. Please be with her family and give them peace that passes all understanding. Lord, please help me to be more patient with my children and please help me to never take anything for granted. In your precious and sweet name, Amen

I guess I feel like I have a lot to say..........hmmm...........
I am just sitting here in the quietness (oh my goodness, it is quiet) wondering when the fighting will start again :) I should be doing homework, but I am not.
I will do homework in a few minutes when we put the kids to bed (that way I know I shouldn't have interruptions :))
I just purchased a crock pot the other day so that I can avoid the "oh no it's 3:30pm and I don't know what to make for dinner" routine. We will see how this goes. I have used it once so far and wanted to use it again, but I need to go grocery shopping for ingredients to all of the wonderful recipes I have found first ;) I have been trying to avoid going to Wal-Mart these days. Weird because I used to go everyday (of course, that is when I was able to see my Hubby b/c he worked in the stores ;) He now works for the home office.
I am glad he is in the home office because his schedule is MUCH better than when he was in the stores, much, much, better.
It looks like it is time to sing bedtime songs to the kids. Gotta go for now.

My wonderful kids

A look into my world :)

My son is very smart even though he lost a lot of brain matter when he had a stroke as an infant. He is very sweet when he is not being mean :) He loves babies :) He will help at the drop of a hat as long as he doesn't think he's in trouble. He loves to be around adults, he loves to entertain, he is very articulate and he has very good manners (when he wants to use them :))

My eldest daughter loves to help, she will help at the drop of a hat, she will help whether asked to or not. If it pleases her Mom and Dad, she wants to do it (clean her room....ect) She is a very good artist and very creative. She makes cards for everyone all of the time. If she finds out it's someones's Birthday, someone is sick, someone is unhappy.............ect. or just because :) She is a born again Christian and I am very proud of that :)

My middle daughter is very sweet and sensitive. She is the least independent strong willed of my children. She has a great imagination :) She wants to help all of the time. She will put her arms around us and tell us she loves when we may not feel too well. I can't wait to see her grow :)

My youngest daughter is such a good baby. She hardly ever cries and when she does almost always I know what is wrong and am able to fix it quickly. She smiles at me all of the time and just seeing the smile on her beautiful innocent face makes the world seem so much brighter :)


My kids mean the world to me, but they can test my patience. I assume this is the same for most mothers (but you know what assumptions do ;)) My son bounces off of the walls, literally :) My middle daughter whines a lot and I can't get her potty trained although I have worked hard at it for 1 1/2 to 2 years now :) My eldest daughter thinks she is the boss :) The 3 oldest fight amongst each other most of the time they can see each other, but I know they love each other :)

This is all I can post for now b/c I need to tend to my wonderful kids :o

OK, I will try it :)

I have heard many times that blogging can change your whole perspective on life in a good way. So, here I go...........
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This is a basic introduction. Will try to do this more often.