Prayers appreciated for a longtime friend whose mother died last night. He is a couple of years older than me. This family are my greatest supporters. He is now retired, but has been living with his mother and taking care of her. His brother died in November and he has been in charge of all of that too. Now he is alone in the house, though he has two other sisters.
Not doing well emotionally today. Feeling down, & feeling a lot of tension. Wasn’t looking forward to babysitting Forrest after school today for a couple hours, & then it turned out to be a snow day, so we are babysitting from 9am to approx. 5:45pm instead. I’ve yelled – loudly – at him twice already. (Chrissy is not in a good mood, either, as she expected & wanted to have today totally off.)
I am behind on my online stuff, & on housecleaning stuff. And there are a couple other things adding to my low mood & tension that I won’t go into. (It looks like I won’t have a day totally free of babysitting until next Friday, except for tomorrow, but there is something else going on tomorrow that I am nervous about.)
Praying R will be able to take Forrest for at least part of the day (& Sunday afternoon, when Emily has to work a few hours). I feel like a baby whining about all this, but I sure could use a lift in my mood, & a break in a couple areas around here.
Praying, Karen. One day at a time… Being tired can bring on depression. Children (even grandchildren!) who have not learned to obey can be very distressing and challenging.
Our grandson is in surgery. It turned out his nose is actually broken. His parents were told it was not after the X-rays. He will have to have surgery in future years, but this will help him breathe in the meantime.
Karen, Do any other children live in the area that you could schedule a play date with? As you know BG is a Lonely Only. I luckily have a friend whose daughter was 6 months older. We used to laugh about. being in the Import/Export Business. One of us would call the other and say I either need to import yours or export mine. Two children keep each other entertained, but three causes problems.
Yes, watching somebody else’s children can be exhausting, which is why we no longer do that so much. When they are your own, they have to accommodate your return rather than you accommodating the parent’s routine.
Which brings me to my prayer concern. Late last night, it was brought to our attention by our nineteen year old daughter, that one of her friends is five months pregnant and does not want the baby. She is continuing to do drugs and looks forward to her twenty first birthday in a few weeks so she can party hearty. Daughter was evidently the one who suggested she not abort the baby and now the girl is telling daughter she needs to take the child. She refuses to allow her recently divorced parents to take the baby and, unless daughter takes the baby, she plans to put him in foster care. Unless the father, who has had nothing to do with her since the deed, decides to come live with her and the baby. She will give him three days after birth to decide. We, of course, offered to take the baby and will stand by that. Daughter is telling the girl that we raised her and will give the baby a good life. So, we may or may not be getting a baby in four months. Meanwhile, pray that God will give the girl love for her baby, even if she does not keep it, so the baby knows it is loved and so she takes care of the baby inside. And prepare us if we are the ones chosen to be blessed with this little bundle of life. Thanks.
I know you will be wise enough to make sure you have all the legal things in place to cut this young mother off from making your lives all miserable in the future by using her child as a pawn. One of our Godchildren and sibling was in this situation. It is not pretty, but one must do what one must do and trust God. Good for your daughter!
Our grandson is out of surgery. Breathing will still not be at 100% more like 70%, but better than it was. Further surgery will be necessary, but that was the case whatever was done. The main thing will be good, clean healing and keeping him from having it knocked around. Keeping a boy this age from the sports he loves and just plain acting like a boy this age will be a real challenge. One coach will have him helping the team keeps stats or something, so that will help.
What a blessing so many others are to us! Doctors, nurses, coaches, friends. All blessings!
We have a good lawyer who has done all of our adoptions. And the Judge has been very helpful. I suspect they will be able to give good direction. And we have dealt with bio families before.
Forrest wants to go back outside again, of course, & we will, but he is getting impatient. It is cold out there, & we’re getting a lot of wet, heavy snow. I think the snow is finally tapering off.
Chrissy & I are both tired & frustrated, & Forrest is frustrated at our being frustrated with him. One of those kinds of days.
I don’t know how Lee & Emily are going to get down the lane. Our neighbor with the plow has not plowed. If you remember what I wrote during another winter, he seems to not want to plow for the lane anymore, but will do his own area. (The lane is not that long, & it only takes him a few minutes to plow it.)
One thing we’ve seen him do, & he did this the last time it snowed, is plow his area (they are at the “dead end” of the lane, with an open space for a driveway), then put the plow in the up position & drive up the lane to go elsewhere.
I wonder if some homemade goodies or offer to pay something would change your neighbor’s mind? It is sad that he won’t just do it, since it seems a small thing.
We once had someone plow our driveway, but obviously did not pay him enough as he did not want to do it again. (He gave us no clue as to what to pay.) We sometimes do not appreciate wear and tear on the vehicle and gas used. Sometimes we don’t express our appreciation and someone can feel taken for granted or unappreciated. My husband prefers snow blowing because it leaves less piled up. The neighbor across from us will sometimes run over the ridge left by the plow. We appreciate that.
Or did you ask him directly why he stopped? Maybe he had asked people to move their cars so he would not be responsible for hitting them or some such thing. One never knows without asking.
Rkessler, I was just browsing through the catalog yesterday, getting plans in order…
Quite frankly, we are kind of scared to ask him. He is very prickly, & maybe even unstable. When the McK’s were here, Mrs. McK once stopped to thank him, & he went off on a tirade about something, & threatened to plow right into their car if they left it in a certain place again. She said his demeanor was frightening, & he went on & on in his tirade. One time he had threatened to sue us if we didn’t take care of a certain problem. (We were in the midst of taking care of it.)
He hasn’t plowed the lane, except maybe once or twice, for the past three winters, I think. But we have been clearing the lane by snow-blowing it, which takes a lot of time & effort. Lee is doing that right now. (He would like to get a snowplow for his truck someday when we can afford it.)
Meanwhile, Neighbor Wife & I talk very pleasantly when we are waiting for the school bus to come on the afternoons when I’m watching Forrest (she has a few kids who get off the bus to go to her daycare).
BTW, things are better around here now. We spent a couple hours outside, shoveling & playing. Now I’m getting dinner ready. Thanks for your prayers.
Prayers for all above, even though surgery is over and Karen’s long day is done. Prayed for good recovery and for Karen to have strength and patience for the coming week. Also for the situation at Mumsee’s.
just a little request. I just called my daughter on facetime and 7 of my grandchildren are there and 3 of them I haven’t been able to connect with since August.
But…. the picture didn’t work. I will call back in a few minutes. Please pray that I am able to see my grands. They were able to see me at least.
Prayer for husband as he leaves in about five hours (2 in the morning) to drive a friend to Boise so he can train to be a Methodist lay minister. They are making the trip in one day so it will be a long one. Thanks.
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Prayers appreciated for a longtime friend whose mother died last night. He is a couple of years older than me. This family are my greatest supporters. He is now retired, but has been living with his mother and taking care of her. His brother died in November and he has been in charge of all of that too. Now he is alone in the house, though he has two other sisters.
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Not doing well emotionally today. Feeling down, & feeling a lot of tension. Wasn’t looking forward to babysitting Forrest after school today for a couple hours, & then it turned out to be a snow day, so we are babysitting from 9am to approx. 5:45pm instead. I’ve yelled – loudly – at him twice already. (Chrissy is not in a good mood, either, as she expected & wanted to have today totally off.)
I am behind on my online stuff, & on housecleaning stuff. And there are a couple other things adding to my low mood & tension that I won’t go into. (It looks like I won’t have a day totally free of babysitting until next Friday, except for tomorrow, but there is something else going on tomorrow that I am nervous about.)
Praying R will be able to take Forrest for at least part of the day (& Sunday afternoon, when Emily has to work a few hours). I feel like a baby whining about all this, but I sure could use a lift in my mood, & a break in a couple areas around here.
Thanks for any prayers you may offer for me.
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Praying, Karen. One day at a time… Being tired can bring on depression. Children (even grandchildren!) who have not learned to obey can be very distressing and challenging.
Our grandson is in surgery. It turned out his nose is actually broken. His parents were told it was not after the X-rays. He will have to have surgery in future years, but this will help him breathe in the meantime.
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Karen, Do any other children live in the area that you could schedule a play date with? As you know BG is a Lonely Only. I luckily have a friend whose daughter was 6 months older. We used to laugh about. being in the Import/Export Business. One of us would call the other and say I either need to import yours or export mine. Two children keep each other entertained, but three causes problems.
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Praying Jo, Karen, and KI.
Yes, watching somebody else’s children can be exhausting, which is why we no longer do that so much. When they are your own, they have to accommodate your return rather than you accommodating the parent’s routine.
Which brings me to my prayer concern. Late last night, it was brought to our attention by our nineteen year old daughter, that one of her friends is five months pregnant and does not want the baby. She is continuing to do drugs and looks forward to her twenty first birthday in a few weeks so she can party hearty. Daughter was evidently the one who suggested she not abort the baby and now the girl is telling daughter she needs to take the child. She refuses to allow her recently divorced parents to take the baby and, unless daughter takes the baby, she plans to put him in foster care. Unless the father, who has had nothing to do with her since the deed, decides to come live with her and the baby. She will give him three days after birth to decide. We, of course, offered to take the baby and will stand by that. Daughter is telling the girl that we raised her and will give the baby a good life. So, we may or may not be getting a baby in four months. Meanwhile, pray that God will give the girl love for her baby, even if she does not keep it, so the baby knows it is loved and so she takes care of the baby inside. And prepare us if we are the ones chosen to be blessed with this little bundle of life. Thanks.
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Wow. Just Wow! My concern is the still drinking and the drugs. It starts the poor baby off on a rough path but as we know from Mumsee there is a way.
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We were trying to encourage daughter to find some way to get the girl to see she can do without those things for the four remaining months.
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I know you will be wise enough to make sure you have all the legal things in place to cut this young mother off from making your lives all miserable in the future by using her child as a pawn. One of our Godchildren and sibling was in this situation. It is not pretty, but one must do what one must do and trust God. Good for your daughter!
Our grandson is out of surgery. Breathing will still not be at 100% more like 70%, but better than it was. Further surgery will be necessary, but that was the case whatever was done. The main thing will be good, clean healing and keeping him from having it knocked around. Keeping a boy this age from the sports he loves and just plain acting like a boy this age will be a real challenge. One coach will have him helping the team keeps stats or something, so that will help.
What a blessing so many others are to us! Doctors, nurses, coaches, friends. All blessings!
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We have a good lawyer who has done all of our adoptions. And the Judge has been very helpful. I suspect they will be able to give good direction. And we have dealt with bio families before.
Boys do like to be involved.
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Forrest wants to go back outside again, of course, & we will, but he is getting impatient. It is cold out there, & we’re getting a lot of wet, heavy snow. I think the snow is finally tapering off.
Chrissy & I are both tired & frustrated, & Forrest is frustrated at our being frustrated with him. One of those kinds of days.
I don’t know how Lee & Emily are going to get down the lane. Our neighbor with the plow has not plowed. If you remember what I wrote during another winter, he seems to not want to plow for the lane anymore, but will do his own area. (The lane is not that long, & it only takes him a few minutes to plow it.)
One thing we’ve seen him do, & he did this the last time it snowed, is plow his area (they are at the “dead end” of the lane, with an open space for a driveway), then put the plow in the up position & drive up the lane to go elsewhere.
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I wonder if some homemade goodies or offer to pay something would change your neighbor’s mind? It is sad that he won’t just do it, since it seems a small thing.
We once had someone plow our driveway, but obviously did not pay him enough as he did not want to do it again. (He gave us no clue as to what to pay.) We sometimes do not appreciate wear and tear on the vehicle and gas used. Sometimes we don’t express our appreciation and someone can feel taken for granted or unappreciated. My husband prefers snow blowing because it leaves less piled up. The neighbor across from us will sometimes run over the ridge left by the plow. We appreciate that.
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Or did you ask him directly why he stopped? Maybe he had asked people to move their cars so he would not be responsible for hitting them or some such thing. One never knows without asking.
Rkessler, I was just browsing through the catalog yesterday, getting plans in order…
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Quite frankly, we are kind of scared to ask him. He is very prickly, & maybe even unstable. When the McK’s were here, Mrs. McK once stopped to thank him, & he went off on a tirade about something, & threatened to plow right into their car if they left it in a certain place again. She said his demeanor was frightening, & he went on & on in his tirade. One time he had threatened to sue us if we didn’t take care of a certain problem. (We were in the midst of taking care of it.)
He hasn’t plowed the lane, except maybe once or twice, for the past three winters, I think. But we have been clearing the lane by snow-blowing it, which takes a lot of time & effort. Lee is doing that right now. (He would like to get a snowplow for his truck someday when we can afford it.)
Meanwhile, Neighbor Wife & I talk very pleasantly when we are waiting for the school bus to come on the afternoons when I’m watching Forrest (she has a few kids who get off the bus to go to her daycare).
BTW, things are better around here now. We spent a couple hours outside, shoveling & playing. Now I’m getting dinner ready. Thanks for your prayers.
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Karen, sounds to me like it is best to leave it alone.
Let him do his thing.
You do yours.
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Yeah, Chas, that’s what we’re doing. 🙂 It’s just too bad that the guy has such a negative attitude.
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Prayers for all above, even though surgery is over and Karen’s long day is done. Prayed for good recovery and for Karen to have strength and patience for the coming week. Also for the situation at Mumsee’s.
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Thank you, Kare. I’m gonna need it. 🙂
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just a little request. I just called my daughter on facetime and 7 of my grandchildren are there and 3 of them I haven’t been able to connect with since August.
But…. the picture didn’t work. I will call back in a few minutes. Please pray that I am able to see my grands. They were able to see me at least.
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Prayer for husband as he leaves in about five hours (2 in the morning) to drive a friend to Boise so he can train to be a Methodist lay minister. They are making the trip in one day so it will be a long one. Thanks.
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