I'm Back...

It's about time! I have been on a bit of a blogging hiatus. It all started when I realized that I was spending WAY too much time online. This was time that could have been better spent studying my Sunday school lesson, working on a bible study, praying, and so many other things (like laundry!). Sort of ....an Internet fasting...if you will. Of course I was only convicted about the religious things not the laundry and floor mopping! haha. Anyway.


The past two weeks have been so hectic! It started LAST Wednesday when I got a panicked call from my cousin Brandy informing me that our little cousin Abby (who had turned a year old a few days earlier) had been rushed to the hospital because she was having trouble breathing and her little feet and hands were turning blue. So, off to the hospital we went! After poking and prodding her for days and running every test imaginable (flu tests, blood work, scans, e.k.g, e.e.g, and even a spinal tap) all they could come up with was a heart murmur. She was in the hospital from Wednesday until Sunday and every time that it looked like she might get to go home her fever would spike back up to 103! To make matters worse, on Saturday she came down with the measles! So needless to say much of my week was spent at the hospital. Please continue to keep her in your prayers. She had an appointment today at Children's Hospital with a pediatric cardiologist. The good news is that he didn't find a heart murmur. Praise the Lord! The bad news is that her fever is back and she is back in the hospital and they are looking at another four to five days. This time it is a respiratory infection. She is one sick little girl. She still needs lots of prayers. As does her mother. She is exhausted.


On a lighter note.... my cousin opened a restaurant in Fort Payne on Saturday. It is called John Stone's House of Pizza. They serve pizza, subs and wings. They have very good food. Mom and I helped them out on their big "opening day". We were slammed!! I am working for them again this weekend. Hopefully we will be busy.


Hmmm.. any new news?..... Yes! This past Sunday some of the women at my church started a Beth Moore Bible study on the book of Esther. I am SO excited!! It is a big commitment - it takes about an hour a day- but it is a commitment that I am willing to make! I have much faith that God is going to bless our little study group and open our eyes to many things. After all, the Bible study is entitled "It's Tough Being A Woman"! Amen to that!


Well, I am off to bed. I have a raging case of strep and I am praying for a miracle cure by this weekend. I am needed in so many places. Everyone please remember my family in your prayers. We have a lot of sickness going on and we all seem to have a very full plate for the time being....