Answers.......

This was sent to me by Kimberly, Kristy's sister. She knows the pain that our family is going through and found the perfect answer to my questions in my previous post. Thank you......

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?
“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why. You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.”
I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness, and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M. Angelica

Questions.....

Why does God give us such wonderful blessings and then take them away? Jillian and Jacob lost their unborn child yesterday. I just don't understand. Why would He give them the answer to their prayers and then pull out the rug from under them? They are such good stewards and are such wonderful parents to Curtis. Why would He do this? I know He has a plan........I honestly can't see it now. We continue to praise Him for the blessings we have.........just are very upset, dissappointed...and yes, even angry right now. What we had thought would be such a beautiful day ended up being so sad. I did enjoy taking Curtis to the Butterfly museum while Jill and Jacob went to the doctor. We did find out that Curtis is afraid of butterflies! I think he thought they would bite him like a mosquitoe. I am so glad we have him.......he is Jillian and Jacob's true gift.

Please pray for us.....this will not be an easy week-end......also, pray for all people in the path of Gustav. This hurricane looks like a big one.

Party Animals!

Well, my birthday week-end was a blast!!! My bestest friend, Lana, took me for adult "beverages" Friday night. Then Saturday, Kim and I went to dinner with the entire Counts family for Mexican food and fish bowl size margaritas. Then Sunday the entire Schwartz family was here to celebrate with me with pizza, salad and fun. It was an incredible day and I am so totally blessed! I must admit though, that having Curtis fall asleep in my arms in mass may have been the highlite of the week-end. I love holding sleeping babies and that sweet smell! Little Miss Kaylee also slept while she was here....of course, she's still sleeping most of the time but when she's awake...OH MY GOODNESS! She has got us all wrapped around those little fingers. I love to see all the little rolls she's developing. What a little heart-breaker!!! Check out the pictures.......

It's my birthday!

I know....I'm not supposed to be excited for my birthday. But I am! Every year! I guess it was something that happened as a little girl. My parents must have made me feel very special this day. I don't know.....all I know is that I love my birthday! :) Today I'm 50+ and I still enjoy it. I've had a blessed life! I woke up this morning and had lost a total of 13 pounds and could get into my old "fat" jeans (which unfortunately are now my skinny jeans!) As I told my beautiful daughter today....I am blessed with so many wonderful friends. I was taken to lunch on Wednesday by an old friend from the kids swim team, then yesterday I was taken to lunch by 3 wonderful women from work. Today my husband took me out for lunch and my bestest friend took me for an adult beverage. Tomorrow, I'm going to dinner with our friends, Jan & Daryl to celebrate both Jan & my birthday and Daryl's new job (go Daryl!). Then Sunday it's family time! WOW! I'm so blessed!!!! I stopped by the chapel at church tonight just to thank HIM for the wonderful life he has given me thus far.

On a very sad note, I had a call from my bestest friend from HS, Laura. Her mom passed away this morning. We still e-mail almost daily and when I didn't hear from her I knew something had happened. Please keep her family in your prayers. Her mom was my second mom all through HS. She is with her Lord feeling no pain and seeing her husband again. She was very loved while here and will be missed greatly.

Granddaughters

What a sweet blessing! We had the pleasure of Miss Kaylee and Mrs. Kristy almost all day yesterday. Kaylee is getting so big and Kristy is getting sooo small! It was a very relaxing day with Kaylee getting to "play" with her toys at Nana & Pops house. She loves the bouncy chair that Kristy gave us for the babies. It was just so nice to have some time to get to know our littlest grandbaby. Here's a picture to tease.....you can see more at our Picassa site.

Blessings

God is sooo good! After Jillian & Jacob's loss in May, God has blessed them with another pregnancy. They saw the baby's heartbeat last Friday so we can finally rejoice with everyone! We are so excited for them. They are such awesome parents - Curtis is a beautiful little boy in every way. They are quite a pair and supporting each other in everything.

So.....in March I will be a Grandma again. How cool is that??????

Another week, another wedding

Last night we went to a beautiful wedding. Jillians' close friend from HS, Ashley Turner, became Ashley King. It was a really good time that we enjoyed with Jill, Jacob and Curtis. Ashley was beautiful in her gown. (Of course, she's beautiful in just about anything!) It was strange that we didn't know anyone else there except a few people from church. It was a great party! The band was great and it seems that Curtis has found his calling. He LOVED watching the band play. All the "women" under 6 were fighting to dance with him. He had a blast but wore out about 11:00. This should be the last wedding of the summer for us. Football with kids starts tomorrow for Kim so WW - HERE WE COME!

Wedding

Well, we spent a very relaxing week-end at Toledo Bend this week-end for one of Dan's best friends weddings. I've posted some picture on our picassa. Congrats to Villis and Tina!!!

My life is exhausting right now! The grandbabies are wonderful but work is about to kick my butt! We're going through audits and the boss has decided to take another vacation right in the middle of board documents time....I can handle it but it sure is a lot of stress!!!!

Wish I could write more......leaving for dinner.