Me? Really?

While I was on vacation last week, one of my bloggy pals, Childlife, gave me an award that deeply touched my heart. She wrote a bit more here if you are interested:

http://inthelifeofachild.com/index.php/singing-in-the-rain-award-july-2008/

Thank you Michelle. I will certainly pass this along when the time is right. :)

Gratitudes

It has been a rough day for me emotionally. I guess life's recent events snuck up on me. Tomorrow's surgery for Grace is especially in my thoughts.

Right before bed, Grace said, "I think I'm a little scared now Mommy. What if I wake up during the surgery? I don't want surgery."

A few heart string tugging moments later, and she was off to bed anyway. I honestly feel for her. She's been through a lot lately with my brother Tim going off to Army training, her great friend, Zoe, moving to Switzerland, and now, a surgery for her, too. All of this in one week.

So, I've decided to focus on being grateful at the moment:

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
~ Charles Dickens

Here are my gratitudes:

1) My family, who show me that life is about the moments in between the routines. I love you Charlie. :)
2) My IRL friends new and old, who comfort me and surprise me by checking in before the surgery. Amy, I got your message, and will call you back tomorrow. Tony, thank you for talking me down at lunch today. I benefit from your clarity.
3) My online friends who send me postive thoughts and prayers for Gracie. Most of you, I've never met but I've gotten to know who you are through your eloquent words.
4) For my 89 year old Grandma Eve, who called me tonight to make sure I knew she would be praying for Gracie tomorrow. I'm so blessed she is still a part of my life.
5) For Lora at Ordinary Miracles, who graciously bestowed a blog award to me. Thanks so much Lora. It was such a pleasure to meet you in Saint Louis last month, and an honor to get to know your beautiful faith-filled family. Your blog is a source of encouragment to me too as we've not been sent down the liver transplant journey...yet. It is comforting to see your family adjusting to Nathan's recent gift of life.

I'm not sure of the source of this blog award. If anyone knows the source, please let me know. I'd like to give them credit, but here it is:



All blog awards are meant to be passed on, and I will pass it on to:

Childlife of In the Life of a Child: Michelle often blogs about her wonderful daughter, Jacqui, who was born with a rare birth defect called a lymphatic malformation. However, Jacqui is not defined by the medical events/issues which took place in her life. She has the heart and soul of an angel, and Michelle and her family impress me with their ability to take notice of life's blessings. Michelle, thank you so much for all of your words of encouragement and support over the past year. We've never met IRL, but your gift of expression allows me to take a peek into your beautiful life. If you have a chance, stop by her blog. It is well worth your time.

Now, I'm off to bed. I don't think I'll sleep well, but I'll try. Good night my friends. Thanks for your positive thoughts and prayers.

Long Overdue

Michelle at In the Life of a Child awarded me with the Daily Dose award. :) The award is supposed to be passed along to “All the blogs that you’ve discovered that you can’t possibly live without. They make you laugh, cry, think and feel connected every time you read a post. They give you a thrill as you see them loading into your browser and you get an equally satisfying thrill when you see that they have commented on your blog.” Michelle, you have become a true cyberfriend, and I thank you for stumbling upon my blog. I applaud and appreciate your eloquence and ability to remind me that life changing medical issues still qualify as a life.

Michelle also granted me with these awards, and each one made me feel special. I've never received a blog award until Michelle gave me several. They were uplifting, and I hope they are for others as well.














So since the point of a blog award is to pass it along, here I go:

These ladies are my preeclampsia survivor friends, and I think I would have gone a little crazy had I not had my PE survivor community to hold me up in dark days. You ladies deserve all of these awards. Please pass them on!

Denise at A Woman With Hobbit Feet

Amy at Living With Grace

Mama at Mama Really Needs a Nap

Christie at The Mis-Adventures of Captain Poopy

Sabrina at PE Mommy

Lori at Blue Eyed Bunch

Cara at The Stevens Family

4onfaith at Belphia

Kate at Mother Words: Mothers Who Write

There is one more person I want to acknowledge here, but she is not a blogger. I visit with my long lost twin, jen_miracles, on the Preeclampsia Survivors discussion forum just about everyday. I "met" her shortly after Meghan was born. Like me, she developed severe preeclampsia twice, and earlier the second time around. This is a rare way to develop it, and she and I have that in common among some other things. Jen, if you had a blog, you'd get these awards too. :)