It's the story of the daughter in distress again and no one runs to the rescue.....you know like the time when my mom is sitting on the phone talking while watching me go up in flames but does she put the phone down???? Priorities people!!!! Moms theory: Talk first then put out fires! I survived that, but how many lives do I have?
So, to end the wonderful holiday weekend.....I thought I would pamper myself by waxing my feet and hands with the pleasent odor of peach parifin wax. You see we were playing a card game and seeing as I like to do 2 things at a time I thought I could be waxing my feet while playing. Great idea! Well, with bags of wax in hand I sit down in a upright "old fashion" chair in the dining room next to everybody who are sitting at the table talking and dealing cards for the next play. One foot goes in the bag....twist and tuck...done with that foot. On to foot number 2! The foot goes in the bag and to my surprise wax pours out and onto the carpet. I'm sitting there trying to get the attention of everyone that I need help. No response.....I look up to see if anyone heard me and I see mom continuing her journey of dealing the cards, Ernie appears to be in a trance following the circular rotation of mom dealing the cards and dad was staring at me with elbow bent leaning on the table and finger nails in mouth studying my situation as if he was nonexistant to the world!!! Ernie finally breaks free of the trance and wonders over to the kitchen, picks up the trash can and plops it infront of me and like a spell goes back to his seat just in time to see the last card dealt to everyone. I'm sitting there now with wet wax on my feet, both bags removed cause both ended up breaking and not able to retreive a papertowel or anything to wipe my feet off with.....waxing dripping onto the carpet and everyone still in their own little world! Dad still surveying the situation (it's gonna take alot of thinking to figure this one out). It wasn't till after a scream for help did Ernie decide he better rip off 3 papertowels and hand them to me and AGAIN goes back to his chair. Dad STILL surveying the wax on the floor, mom NOW assessing her hand of what she dealt herself and me in a panic cause no one AGAIN came to my RESCUE!!! WHAT IS FAMILY FOR???? By the time everyone came to what scence they had.....Ernie is shaking his head wondering why in tarnation I had to do it in the dining room (like can you even imagine me WALKING FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO THE FRONT DRIPPING WAX?????HELLLLLLLOOOOOO) in between excuses of whys, mom is blurting out every excuse in her pocket for why she didn't and dad is barely breathing due to dieing in laughter for why he took so long to assess whole thing. I wouldn't be a bit surprized that his defibulator wasn't shocking him inbetween gulps of oxygen! He couldn't hardly get any words out for laughing so hard over my dilema and lack of assistance! He had Mom, Ernie and Brandi laughing in! Everyone had a good laugh. Well, I guess I should clean up the "peachy clean" rug!!! I'll need a stiff drink after this just to be able to go to bed!!!!
This is your Time
Monday, July 5, 2010
Friday, August 14, 2009
The End to a New Beginning.
As everyone knows China still has not referred a child to us and as it looks we’re still several years down the road before we are considered. Unfortunately, we are not getting younger and our bodies with all the aches and pains reminds us of that daily. Yes, we know we’re not THAT old, but by the time China gets their act together we WILL BE old. So all that to say this……..as much as I hate to……..
After much consideration and prayer, it is with sad hearts that we close our dossier to China and not consider any other adoptions whether here or abroad.
The worst thing in our lives was to have to break the news to Brandi; who, for all these years has prayed every night for her sister for God to protect her, for someone to give her a bottle, a blanket , love, whatever it was, until we were able to go and bring her home. It broke our hearts to see her heart crushed from within. We questioned if we were doing the right thing, but we really had to reason the situation out with our ages especially with Ernie being 57/58 years (or older) by the time he has another 18 month old to keep up with. Ernie wants to be a grandpa but not to his daughter, if you know what we mean.
We know many of you donated material for a quilt for her and we won’t forget that. I will cherish the thoughts behind each and every stitch of work.
Thank you each and every one for your thoughts, your prayers and caring about our little ones future.
I never dreamed I’d be writing this, and yet I never dreamed that when we adopted Brandi that our first referral wouldn’t make it the first week of knowing her. Guess it just goes to show, no one knows what tomorrow will bring.
I love the words of Mary Jane Worden that she wrote:
“In the early years of my marriage I had, providentially, read many book about loss and grief, always reminding God that I was willing to help others through their crisis times. But in my prayers I also shared the desire to be spared this anguish in my own life. For whatever reason, God chose not to spare me this deep pain. After the death of my husband Jim, in those agonizing early days, I knew enough about God’s character to be able to say, “Someday I will be able to look back and say even out of this God has brought good.” I can’t imagine what good or how that could possibly be true; it goes contrary to everything I feel right now. But I choose to believe the truth of what I’ve been taught all these years about God’s character. Someday it will be true.
Four years later, I can see good that God has done in out lives. Had I been given the choice, I would never have chosen this. But I am grateful for the growth that I see in all of us, although I would have wished it to come in another way. What we have learned in these four years about ourselves, about our world, about God is of great value. I feel confident that Jim would like the persons we are becoming. The Scriptures teach that God will use suffering to build character and to purify our faith. I can’t presume to know all that he is doing in our lives; that he has allowed us to see a small part of it, I’m grateful. Those strong words in Isaiah 61:1-3 ring true for me. Change. Growth. Healing. Beauty for ashes. Gladness for mourning. Praise out of despair. But the last phrase is all-important: that it might be to his glory, “for the display of his splendor”’.
Lovingly,
Faith for Ernie, Brandi, Buttons and Sassie
After much consideration and prayer, it is with sad hearts that we close our dossier to China and not consider any other adoptions whether here or abroad.
The worst thing in our lives was to have to break the news to Brandi; who, for all these years has prayed every night for her sister for God to protect her, for someone to give her a bottle, a blanket , love, whatever it was, until we were able to go and bring her home. It broke our hearts to see her heart crushed from within. We questioned if we were doing the right thing, but we really had to reason the situation out with our ages especially with Ernie being 57/58 years (or older) by the time he has another 18 month old to keep up with. Ernie wants to be a grandpa but not to his daughter, if you know what we mean.
We know many of you donated material for a quilt for her and we won’t forget that. I will cherish the thoughts behind each and every stitch of work.
Thank you each and every one for your thoughts, your prayers and caring about our little ones future.
I never dreamed I’d be writing this, and yet I never dreamed that when we adopted Brandi that our first referral wouldn’t make it the first week of knowing her. Guess it just goes to show, no one knows what tomorrow will bring.
I love the words of Mary Jane Worden that she wrote:
“In the early years of my marriage I had, providentially, read many book about loss and grief, always reminding God that I was willing to help others through their crisis times. But in my prayers I also shared the desire to be spared this anguish in my own life. For whatever reason, God chose not to spare me this deep pain. After the death of my husband Jim, in those agonizing early days, I knew enough about God’s character to be able to say, “Someday I will be able to look back and say even out of this God has brought good.” I can’t imagine what good or how that could possibly be true; it goes contrary to everything I feel right now. But I choose to believe the truth of what I’ve been taught all these years about God’s character. Someday it will be true.
Four years later, I can see good that God has done in out lives. Had I been given the choice, I would never have chosen this. But I am grateful for the growth that I see in all of us, although I would have wished it to come in another way. What we have learned in these four years about ourselves, about our world, about God is of great value. I feel confident that Jim would like the persons we are becoming. The Scriptures teach that God will use suffering to build character and to purify our faith. I can’t presume to know all that he is doing in our lives; that he has allowed us to see a small part of it, I’m grateful. Those strong words in Isaiah 61:1-3 ring true for me. Change. Growth. Healing. Beauty for ashes. Gladness for mourning. Praise out of despair. But the last phrase is all-important: that it might be to his glory, “for the display of his splendor”’.
Lovingly,
Faith for Ernie, Brandi, Buttons and Sassie
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Has It Been This Looonnnnngggg?
Wow!! Has it been this long since I posted??? It has been a busy sixteen months. Unfortunately, those 16 months does not include a trip to China to bring home a sister for Brandi, but non-the-less....a busy year. I'll try to upload a slide show of the last 16 months with a promise to do a better job at keeping in touch.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
A reason to party!!!!
It's my birthday!! A good reason to party and have fun!! It started on Thursday when I went to work and the office celebrated my birthday with chips, spinach dip, candy and a Reese's Cup Cake made by Robin Burgess!!! It was delicious!! During the day Lisa Miller gave me a "Pumpkin Pie A la Mode" candle which smelled so good I could eat it! Later on my sister Becky sent me a beautiful bouque of flowers. She must have known that I love spring color flowers!! Friday was spent scrapbooking all day. Ernie took us out to J & S for dinner since he was officially in charge of everything this weekend, including meals, laundry, caring for Brandi and the dogs, etc. Saturday was another scarpbooking day for me. Brandi and I also made a Reese's Cup Cake like the one Robin made except we spread peanut butter in the middle and drizzled a bunch of Hershey's chocolate on top. Nothing better then a ton of chocolate on your birthday! Ernie took Brandi shopping for household things, then they were off to Brandi's friend, Danielle's birthday party at Utterly Delicious where they were able to play putt-putt and eat ice cream cake. As soon as they returned home we went to Huntersville to North Lake Mall for dinner at Bravo's. Mom and dad met us there. We ate there once before and loved it. It's Italian food made gourmet. I had a petite filet mignon with a buttered jumbo shrimp atop, roasted vegies and half mashed potatoes. Somehow they knew it was my birthday.......thanks to my mom and for desert they brought me their specialty ice cream with a cookie and candle on top. To top it off I ordered a cup of Bravo's Cafe which is Brandy, cream and coffee. MMMMMMmmmmmmmm. It was a delightful evening!!
Today, which IS my birday.......I woke up with mom and dad singing "Happy Birthday" on the speaker phone to me. Brandi and Sassie were in the bed with me and with one eye opened I opened Brandi's card and gift (stickers that I had bought last week) and Ernie's card. After playing with Sassie in the bed (one her favorite times with mommy) I managed to step out of bed and sip on my coffee that Ernie had brought to me. I worked on ridding my desk of constant paperwork and now working on my blog. Later on today I plan to go downtown to "Shops on Main" for their 3rd annual Holiday Open House. From that only time will tell how the rest of my day will go. It's been a pleasent weekend so far ~ especially seeing someone else doing ALL the work around the house!!! ; ) A big THANK YOU to all of you that have made it so special. Until next year.................find every reason to party or celebrate something!
Halloween
This year Brandi wanted to be a fairy so as to turn boys into frogs and girls into princesses. She cast her magical spells all night long. As she past people they wooed and ahhhhhed over her.
We visited a local church this year where she won candy, braclets, balls, a box of K K doughnuts, cotton candy and more. We then went over to a friend of mommy's to visit. Lisa had candles everywhere outside. We were greeted by Lisa's brother in law, Raymond standing outside on the back deck with a black face, black cape and holding a tall walking stick with a lighted pumpkin on top. We didn't realize he was real until we walked up to him. It was a fright to see!! But not too scary to upset Brandi. From there we headed home dispite the constant coaxing of Brandi to visit another house. In the past we have gone to church events, but I'm thinking Brandi likes the house to house visits more. Next year mommy and daddy will have to be alittle more prepared on that. Happy Halloween everyone!!!
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