Good morning KK - well I don't know when you will get back from your trip and read this, but hear is wishing you a great new week. (and a bump to your thread - it was on page 3)
I hope your trip went well and I hope your H responds well to your letter. Either way, all your friends on the board are praying for you.
I chatted with her briefly on Saturday, things are going okay for her in California. As you all know she has a lot of 'history' there so she'll be catching up on old times as well as seeing to the care of her friend.
I'll bet she's out surfin right now...HANG TEN DAWG !!! T2
first, thanks all for the well wishes for my trip, i actually didn't do as bad as i thought i would on the plane, but i did have a little fiasco with the train on the first day, ugh...story for later
niece had her surgery on friday, and actually came thru it better than thought. her doctor had thought the surgery would have taken about 4 - 6 hours, but when they got in they didn't have any surprises and actually finished the surgery in 1.5 hours - hooray for her!!!
she came home yesterday, much to the amazement of everyone. now she needs complete bed rest for 6 weeks so that her scarring wont do the same thing it did before that necessitated the surgery in the first place
ok...to say that taking care of 7 kids is not easy is a gross understatement. who in the world would ever want seven kids is beyond me. remember that this is a blended family so i have 1 18 month old, 3 four year olds, 1 six year old, 1 eleven year old and 1 twelve year old.
needless to say, i will consider going home a vacation
haven't been able to do much visiting since i have been here, mostly with family and a few friends from the old bible meetings i used to go to when i lived here before
by next week things would have calmed down enough that i will be able to visit more.
my sister (bless her soul) is taking me to get a full body massage (1.5 hours!!!) tomorrow night, and i have been counting the minutes until then! LOL
as you can tell, i haven't been able to post at all since i left, which also means i am very much behind on everyone's sitches, and for that i do apologize. please know tho that i think about all of you often.
surprising, i walked into a bit of a family situation when i got here, and have been able to share with both sides of the table some db'n principles that seem to be helping - hooray for me!!!
for those "finding nemo" fans - watched it with the kids last night - how appropriate i thought! and with major thoughts of all of you
on the home front - i have mentioned to a few that i have chatted with online since i have been here, that something quite unexpected happened since my arrival. as strong as my convictions are that i want to maintain my marriage, being here has reminded me what feeling loved is all about.
my family and friends have all rallied around me and have shown so much love for me, and have shown a tremendous amount of appreciation for me coming out here to help my niece.
i had completely forgotten what it felt like to be appreciated and loved. i almost felt like i didn't want to return home. so there are some things i am trying to work on in my mind in regards to this
as most of you know, i gave my husband a very heartfelt apology letter the day i left. he called that very day and told me "thanks for the nice letter" and that is the last thing i have heard about it.
i have told him i love him twice since then, and nothing in return.
oh well - the things we do for our children...
i asked my little girl two days ago if she missed her brothers, she said uh huh...i said, do you miss your father? she said uh huh...i said, do you wanna go home??? she said NO - we can stay here TONIGHT and go home TOMORROW (remember, she is only 4 and no concept of time) - i had to laugh
i also had to think - if she really was away from her dad for the rest of her life, would that affect her negatively - that is a hard thought to get out of my head, cause she seems SO CONTENT right now playing with all her cousins and friends - we are such LONERS at home...
oh well - more thinking on my end
well well well - just wanted to give you all a brief update on me and my sitch. i will try to post later
i again want to apologize for not being able to catch up on everyone. please know you are in my prayers and thoughts
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