Last weekend I attended a friend of mine from college, husband's funeral.  They had been married less than two years.  Her faith in Christ was amazing and her husband lived his life in a way that impacted many for Christ.  I never met him but after hearing others talk about him I felt like I had missed out on someone great.  Death always brings me back to our humble state as humans.  How often I live like tomorrow will come.  I pray that I will use everyday to praise the Lord and allow Him to use me daily to encourage others...love others....and serve others.  It is easy to become self absorbed.  At the funeral his cousin sang "You are My Sunshine."  I sing this song to Lucy.  I don't know if you have ever thought about the lyrics.  Let's just say it brought me to tears. 

You Are My Sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other nite, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried. 

Hug your loved ones and thank the Lord for them today.

Lucy decided to play an April fool's joke on me...I went in to get her in the morning and she was sitting up.  I had never seen her sit up by herself.  Needless to say I finally got around to lowering her crib.  She is sooo flexible.  She always stretches into a Chinese split and leans her head down and rests it on the floor.  It cracks me up.  We have almost reached our goal for the Great Strides Walk.  So many people have been supportive and we appreciate all the love our family and friends have shown us.  We are praying for a cure.  I believe God can heal her.  I don't know if He will choose to do so but I pray this for her.  Sometimes when I get sad at the thought of Lucy possibly dying early I think of Christ.  God knew He would be born to die in his early 30's.  Jesus even asked for "this cup" to be removed but ultimately for His Father's will to be done.  The average life span for a person with CF is mid-30's.  Look how much Jesus did in his lifespan.  I pray Lucy's life will be long but ultimately that His will be done in her life.  What a blessing she has been so far.

Next time you see the sun shining please say a prayer for my friend, Melissa.

 

Behind already on Blogging...

So, once Lucy was born my plan was to begin blogging.  I thought it would be a great way to keep in touch with family and friends.  I wrote a blog back in September and just published it today.  So far not so good at blogging.  I am going to attempt it and see how it goes.  I am not sure how to make my page look pretty and add fun touches.  I guess this will come with time.  So a quick update on my life for those that may be interested.  I love being a wife and mother.  Lucy is now 7 1/2 months old.  She is so much fun and a pleasure to know.  She is clapping, waving, and trying to start crawling.  I am not ready for this yet as my house is a mess and the floors are always dirty.  I don't understand this because we instituted a new rule..."No shoes in the house" about a month ago.  It seems as if more dirt is now on the floors.  I work 2 days a week at a nursing home.  I enjoy this yet love staying at home more :)  James is still teaching 8th grade math.  He enjoys his job most days.

Recently I have been living in a bubble.  I have tried keeping Lucy at home as to prevent her from getting sick.  So far so good.  She has only gotten sick once around Christmas when I decided to take her to our family get togethers.  Living in a bubble has not been as bad as I thought it might.  I am to the point now where I need to start picking back up hobbies and doing things that challenge me.  My brain has become mush and I just hang out and play with Lucy all day.  Of course I love this but I think I need some other activities to challenge me also.  It is sad when I can't think of things I enjoy doing besides being a mom.  So I am going to try to make Lucy a skirt, teething pads for her crib, and try to start working out.  My muscle tone is no where to be found.  I look lanky and my clothes hang on me.  What happened to my "bubble butt" as many would call it.  It is sad when my friend tells me her husband saw me and went home and told her that my butt disappeared.  I know weird right, but still as you can see a work out is a must.

I am looking forward to warm weather and being outside.  I know my days of relaxing on the beach are far gone but if only dreaming brings me a smile, let me dream.  As I am closing I realize that I am typing to no one as I have no "followers" to my blog.  Maybe someone will read it and if not it was fun typing my Dear Diary entry.