Trust

After W was born, hubby and I thought it would be a good idea to write a Will in case something were to ever happen to us. I thought it would be just a matter of seeing a lawyer to sign a document and we'd be done. A year and a half later we're still working on it! Our attorney recommended drawing up an entire Trust because it makes things a lot easier on everyone, especially W's guardians if we were to die. It has been a huge headache of a process but I think we're almost done so I feel this tremendous burden being lifted.
I think the weirdest part of all this has been being to forced to consider our mortality. It was depressing at times to think about what W's life would be like if we weren't around. It got to the point sometimes when I felt like I was planning on him being an orphan. I'd have to take a step back and realize, "OK, we're still alive, W is still living with us, and everything is still fine!" Setting up our Trust has been an unexpected lesson in trust for me. Learning to trust that God is the ultimate Father and in the event that we weren't around to parent W, he'd be completely safe and provided for in God's hands wasn't an easy lesson. But I guess this demonstrates that God has a way of using our fears to draw us to Him in new and surprising ways.

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Sledding

I don't even remember the last time I went sledding on a real hill. I think I was probably in high school. We took W out to my friend Nina's who lives in the country and has a great sledding hill on their property. It was perfect for his first time. Not too steep, not too huge and no other crazy kiddies to contend with. He wasn't so sure about it at first (cried when we put him on the saucer) but soon reacted with his typical W way, which for those of you who know him, is no reaction at all. I think he smiled briefly which in W terms means he was having a blast.

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Rocky style

Speaking of Rocky style, Corb, you may think we're taking this whole Rocky Balboa thing a little too seriously by the looks of this photo.

But alas, W is not training for his first fight, he is recovering from a nasty burn from his vaporizer. It was definitely not one of my proudest parenting moments. We turned our backs for two seconds which was about two seconds long enough for W to touch the steam and immediately start howling. Two hours of crying later he finally fell asleep and actually slept through the night. Our nurse friends recommended taking him to a doctor if it blistered and by Saturday morning, boy had it blistered.

Since it was Saturday we went to UrgentCare thinking it might be cheaper than the ER. We waited in the waiting room for an hour and half, get in the exam room, the nurse takes one look and says, "Oh, we're going to have to send you over to the ER. We don't deal with burns on the palm of the hand." Grrr....that would have been nice to know when I called UrgentCare and asked if they would see my son because of the burn on his hand before waiting an hour and a half! So we went to the ER where they looked at it, wrapped it with gauze and sent us home. Remind me again why it was so important that we go to the ER? Anyway, two lessons learned:

1. Never use a vaporizer again

2. Unless it's a third degree burn it can wait til the doctor's office opens on Monday.

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Evidence of God

My job has never been as secure as I'd like it to be. I work for a non-profit counseling agency that is fairly new and expanding faster than we can keep up with. We're never really sure from year to year if our budget will be met which forces us to depend continually on God to provide. Well, He has provided yet again. Due to changing state licensure laws our center is being forced to change to an employment status which places a large financial burden on the center. Our 2007 budget was $20,000 short as of a month ago. Then an anonymous donor came forward and offered to give a $10,000 matching donation on anything donated before the end of 2006. I just got word a few hours ago from our office manager that we received $10,155 which means our budget will be met! I had just been praying this morning that God would protect my job there and allow me to continue through the year. It is times like this that prove to me that God really is in control. Why do I worry? How exciting it is to get to see evidence of God in ways like this.

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