Prayers of Gratitude

When I last posted (almost a month ago), I had no idea that my dad would pass away only two short weeks later. While this has been a heartbreaking time for the whole family, we have been carried in prayer.


I want to thank each of you who posted here and prayed for us. I also want to thank Mary at evlogia for this beautiful post that united orthodox christian women from several countries in prayer for my dad. At one of the darkest moments of my life, I was shone the light of Christ through this wonderful gift. Unfortunately, I have found no words which can express the depth of my gratitude to Mary, and to each of you who prayed and have been praying for my dad and our family.


To each of you, my prayer is that God may bless you abundantly for your commitment to prayer. I pray that the Lord will bless you and keep you, and I pray that, regardless of your struggles, you will receive Christ's peace, which surpasses all understanding.






And to my sweet daddy, may your memory be eternal!!! I love you!!!

St. Nektarios, Pray for us!

For those of you who don't know, my dad has been battling cancer for two and a half years now. He has fought long and hard. With God's blessing we have had him for at least a year longer than what we expected. He has been able to play golf and work in the rose garden he loves so dearly. Unfortunately, his body is tiring and hospice has begun.

I come before you this evening to humbly ask for prayers on behalf of my dad and my children. I would be so grateful if you would pray that we all experience Christ's peace at this difficult time.

In love and recovery,
ThereO

Priceless!

For those who know Sugar Cake in person, you will understand how truly priceless this is.

We have joined a homeschooling co-op this year which consists of an enrichment period followed by a physical education period.  During the first class of physical education, Sugar Cake's teacher discussed the importance of coordination, making sure eyes were working with hands, feet were working together, and so on.  For about 20 minutes, they discussed the importance of coordination.  At the end of the discussion, the teacher asked for examples of coordination, Sugar Cake is about to come apart she is raising her hand so high to be called upon.  The teacher, excited by my baby girl's eagerness, calls upon her and Sugar Cake explains "My shirt is coordinated with my shorts!"  ...Well, yes, of course!!!

In love, recovery, and laughter,

ThereO

Many Years, Princess!!!

Our beautiful Princess is 15 today.  What a wonderful honor it is to be your "mama".  I love you more than life itself!!!  

Many blessings to you on this very special day.  And may your year be filled with blessings every single day.  Many years, dear one!

And a blessed feast day to all!

In love and recovery,

ThereO

My "Not So Baby" Baby...

is 6!!!

The Week in Review

What an exciting, CRAZY week this was!!!

Along with the usual this week...

- I had a doctor's appointment... just a check up and everything was good.

- Princess auditioned for the ballet company and made it.

- Stinkbug had a hockey game Saturday (June 6) and scored his first goal.

And looking ahead...

Sugarcake has a name day on Monday (June 8)... St. Melania pray for us!

Sugarcake and Stinkbug have Vacation Bible School - and Rosebud is a helper.

Princess begins ballet camp.

Rosebud begins violin lessons.

Princess has several babysitting jobs.

Stinkbug has another hockey game.

The newspaper is doing a piece on the community garden.

My dad is having a procedure done on Monday morning and a doctor's appointment on Tuesday.

I guess that's it besides the usual... LOL!

Of course, it would be nice if a dear friend would have her baby on June 8, especially since that is MY guess.

In love and recovery,

ThereO

A Natural...

... at least that is what the owner and prima ballerina at the performing arts school says.  Of course, this mama couldn't be more proud!

Now... if my photography could do her justice we'd be set...

In love and recovery,

ThereO

It's Official...

... I'm a HOCKEY MOM!  Watch out Sarah Palin (heehee)

While 3 of my 4 kiddos have been taking hockey classes for a few months now, my Stinkbug has taken the next step and is playing on a team.  Tonight was their 4th game and it was a blast, especially since they won 8-3.  Go, baby, go!

Daylight Savings Change

After 14 years of dealing with children and daylight savings time, I've come to a conclusion. Whoever created daylight savings time, did NOT have children!

Too Funny

Okay... I'm always being told to write down all those funny things my children say (and I haven't ever done it).  Why???  Because as much as I want to remember all these funny things...there just aren't enough hours in the day now that we have Sugarcake.

However, this is one for the books...

A little history... when we met the J.'s they had 4 children similar in age and gender.  Since then, they have added another child to their crew and Mrs. J. is now pregnant with their 6th child.  It has been sometime since we have visited with the J.'s.

We went to visit the J.'s on Friday and later in the day picked up hubby from work.  We went to eat supper.  While waiting for our food, the children begin telling hubby about our visit with the J.'s.  One of the children tells hubby that Mrs. J. is pregnant.  To which Sugarcake (who is 5) states...

"That woman needs to get a HOBBY!"

Ummm... apparently she already does.

In love, recovery, and laughter,

ThereO

A New Start

All right....this isn't technically a "new start," not blogging-ly-speaking that is. This is my first attempt at blogging. This is a new start however at MOVING FORWARD. I am definitely not a literary genius but I've long wanted to create a blog and so here it is. As part of moving forward in life, I am creating this blog to help in documenting the songs of our family.

Blessings to All!
ThereO