Sunday, January 25, 2009

Thank you!!

I just wanted to thank all of you for the sweet comments on the last post! We are so grateful that you have continued to follow us on this journey.
We love you!
Mylissa

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

That's All she Wrote

It's true - we finished our 5 years of scans and visits at St Jude today. Bella's appointments went very well - her scan looked good, her bloodwork was fine - just one surprise, we need to head to endrocine soon because it appears she is entering puberty. This was apparent on the scan, although I've had a mother's hunch for 6 months or so.

We had a good day, and had the Johnsons by our side most of the day. They really are like family to us! Please pray for them tomorrow - sweet Brook has surgery first thing in the AM at LeBonheur. I will say that the feeling is eerie...its really hard to believe that we are drawing this chapter to a close. Praising God!

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:26





 

 

 
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Today is the day

 


In about an hour, we will head to St Jude for Bella's last D Clinic visit with Dr Furman and his crew (as long as the CT is clear). Tomorrow morning, we will go in for an appointment with the ACT clinic - where she will be seen from here on out. I really think the overriding emotion today is disbelief...its simply hard to believe this morning that this chapter is drawing to a close. We'd appreciate your prayers, and will post an update later in the day.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Happy New Year

Some of you have received our New Year's card by now, and so I thought I would put a little update on the beginning of 2009 if you are checking in. Since we have been home from New York, we have welcomed a new team member to Habitat for Hope, reconnected after the holidays with some of our families and with Andy and Ginny, and had a short visit from my parents. Mark has been in the process of getting ready to lead us on our very first staff retreat in a few weekends. We will travel to Mt Ida, Arkansas with our two other staff couples and the Waggoners, who will come with to enjoy the trip and help the the kiddos. It should be a good time! We are looking forward to it. The kids have started back to school and are honoring me by pressing forward. The promise of lots of new Christmas toys to play with certainly helps. We are doing some renovation and deep cleaning to the house - we have a family from Ecuador moving in next week - and are restocking and prettying up our downtown apartments as well. We have a new family whose two oldest children stay here in the evenings with us; they are from Bolivia. Their youngest sister relapsed recently with ALL. They are precious people and we have really enjoyed getting to know them!
In February, Mark and I will head down to Greenwood, MS to cash in his Christmas present - the kids and I gave him a cooking session at the Viking Cooking School. He's decided to take me along and have a little overnight toghether. I am looking forward to it! The kids are all playing basketball, which has been...a sight to see. They are enjoying it, which is the important thing. Hope January is treating you well!

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Thoughts?

OK - I had to ditch the pink. I think I was rebelling against the endless rain in Memphis. Not sure I love this background, either. What do you think?

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

More Christmas Projects

 

 

 
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Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year everyone! So sorry for the lack of updates, but its been another whirlwind holiday season. Today we will join together with a couple of friends, and later I will start taking down "Christmas" (that is how they refer to decorations in the south).
More pictures soon!

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