Patience

Patience is one of those things that is so hard to practice. Whether waiting for a loved one to get well, anticipating graduation or a wedding, waiting for the birth of a child, or looking forward to retirement. No matter what stage of life you are in patientce is practiced. In a recent Bible study, I found out that one definition of patience is long suffering. Sometimes it feels like that, doesn't it? Thanks be to God that we can go to him for stregnth and endurance during these times.

Nick and I had both excitement and hard times this week. This past weekend we took some of our High School kiddos to the LCMS District Gathering in Orlando. It was a good time, and I think the kids really enjoyed it. There was an amazing guy named Ben Glenn that speaks and also draws with chalk. He is AMAZING! You can check him out at http://www.chalkguy.com/. If you ever have a chance to see him, jump all over it. The theme for this gathering was "MADE". We are fearfully and wonderfully made to do good things that he has prepared for us to do. How can we serve him? What are our gifts? It was great!

The down side is that Nick came down with a nasty viral infection that Saturday. He woke up with a fever and ran one off and on until Thursday. Around Wednesday, he developed a nasty cough. He is feeling somewhat better and I finally felt safe enough to share a bed with him last night - but only after everything had been thoroughly washed! I had him quaranteened and took up residency in the guest room on the other end of the house. I wanted no part of that. I think I washed my hands about a million times, too. It's hard to not be able to go near your spouse for such a long period of time and to watch them suffer. I'm glad he is getting back to normal.

He did have some company as Charles, our cat, was also VERY sick. We kept thinking it would get better, but on Tuesday morning we woke up and he looked like death warmed over. :( Poor kitty. I took him to the vet, they told me he was on the brink of pneumona, and he got the works! A kitty IV with shots for antibiotics, antihistimine, and B12. He looked like he had a camel hump for the rest of the day with all those fluids pumped in him. We got sent home with two different types of pills that Nick has been giving him for 10 days. We are just about half way through with those, and he seems to be feeling better, thank goodness. Hopefully he will be 100% recovered soon and back to his normal self!


Anyway, needless to say it has been quite an eventful week!

Well I guess that's about all I can say for now.....more to come later....