I try hard not to get talking about politics 'cause if you know me you know that I feel strongly about these things. I don't expect everyone to agree with me nor do I want them to - I just want people to take serious the responsibility and privilege we have as citizens of the greatest country in the world.
I don't care who you vote for but please vote.
With McCain's pick of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska things just got interesting in my opinion.
Think about it!
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Starting school and drs. visits...
We started School on Monday. We always start in August and my beloved wanted us to stay on target this year in spite of all we have going on here. So we started - it has been fine - of course we always start out with our basics and add in stuff each week for a few weeks until we are up to our full load. The girls have enjoyed starting a routine again. Of course, they still want to play too so we've had some of that going on too.
Today Michael went to the plastic surgeon again and the skin graft looks great and so we wait for another two weeks for the next visit. He is still in the splint and sling but he is released to drive. We'll see how that goes - Praise the Lord he does not have too far to drive to work.
Tomorrow we have the memorial service for Aunt Julie - we will help celebrate the beautiful, Godly woman she was with the family. We are blessed to have had her in our lives.
In Christ's Sustaining Love,
Peg
Today Michael went to the plastic surgeon again and the skin graft looks great and so we wait for another two weeks for the next visit. He is still in the splint and sling but he is released to drive. We'll see how that goes - Praise the Lord he does not have too far to drive to work.
Tomorrow we have the memorial service for Aunt Julie - we will help celebrate the beautiful, Godly woman she was with the family. We are blessed to have had her in our lives.
In Christ's Sustaining Love,
Peg
Monday, August 25, 2008
For Better or Worse, In Sickness and In Health
Yep we've been living those words this weekend here at La Geron. I don't necessarily think things are worse - they are just different than our usual normal every day life. They are better in some ways. One way is that Michael is with us right now instead of being at work or doing something else that he normally would be doing because he is not physically able to do it right now. So we are enjoying having him with us for all our meals and just hanging out time.
My beloved - as you all know - had surgery on Friday. He has not been able to do the things he likes to be doing and in some cases the things he needs to do (like shower). So this weekend I have been loving on him and serving him in different ways than normal. I have to say I LOVE being able to love on him and do for him. He's a pretty independent guy and while I know it has to be hard for him to allow me to do things for him like showers, buttoning his pants, and tying his shoes he has been very gracious. Even when I am laughing and double knotting his laces.
And,for your viewing pleasure, Charlotte has dressed him a bit herself:
This is what happens when you sit still at our house for any length of time! Needless to say, the meds were still working quite well. He sat there and let her put those glasses on him probably 25 times. She made those in VBS at my girlfriend Lisa's church.
So today I am thanking the Lord for the blessing of being able to serve my beloved in new and different ways. And for a gracious beloved who just lets me laugh while I double knot his work boots.
In Christ's Abundant Love,
Peg
My beloved - as you all know - had surgery on Friday. He has not been able to do the things he likes to be doing and in some cases the things he needs to do (like shower). So this weekend I have been loving on him and serving him in different ways than normal. I have to say I LOVE being able to love on him and do for him. He's a pretty independent guy and while I know it has to be hard for him to allow me to do things for him like showers, buttoning his pants, and tying his shoes he has been very gracious. Even when I am laughing and double knotting his laces.
And,for your viewing pleasure, Charlotte has dressed him a bit herself:
This is what happens when you sit still at our house for any length of time! Needless to say, the meds were still working quite well. He sat there and let her put those glasses on him probably 25 times. She made those in VBS at my girlfriend Lisa's church.
So today I am thanking the Lord for the blessing of being able to serve my beloved in new and different ways. And for a gracious beloved who just lets me laugh while I double knot his work boots.
In Christ's Abundant Love,
Peg
Friday, August 22, 2008
Praising the Lord for His goodness and mercy.
Today my beloved had surgery. It was outpatient to remove a bigger graft of skin around an invasive melanoma he had taken off last month.
We are praising the Lord for his goodness on many levels. The first of which is that Michael did extremely well under the anesthesia. This was a huge concern of ours as he has not done well in the past coming out of it. Never has a face awake been more beautiful to me. When you've watched him struggle to come out of the anesthesia before it was huge for him to do so well this time. It was an answer to prayer.
We are so thankful for the prayers of friends all over the country. We are so blessed to have the friends and family we do. And I was blessed to not have to sit there alone - Michael's folks were there and the time just flew by for us. We are thankful that it didn't take nearly as long as they thought it was going to take. And that he rebounded so well from the anesthesia is such a blessing.
We are on the recovery side of this surgery and praising the Lord for that. He is asleep as I type this and is doing well. I am so thankful for that. He is my world and I love him so much. So we are taking good care of him and praising the Lord that he is here with us and that they caught this cancer quickly.
In Christ's Love,
Peg
We are praising the Lord for his goodness on many levels. The first of which is that Michael did extremely well under the anesthesia. This was a huge concern of ours as he has not done well in the past coming out of it. Never has a face awake been more beautiful to me. When you've watched him struggle to come out of the anesthesia before it was huge for him to do so well this time. It was an answer to prayer.
We are so thankful for the prayers of friends all over the country. We are so blessed to have the friends and family we do. And I was blessed to not have to sit there alone - Michael's folks were there and the time just flew by for us. We are thankful that it didn't take nearly as long as they thought it was going to take. And that he rebounded so well from the anesthesia is such a blessing.
We are on the recovery side of this surgery and praising the Lord for that. He is asleep as I type this and is doing well. I am so thankful for that. He is my world and I love him so much. So we are taking good care of him and praising the Lord that he is here with us and that they caught this cancer quickly.
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Monday, August 18, 2008
Another year older...
My beautiful McGinley turned 12 the other day. She is getting to be so big and I love to see how she is growing into the young woman God intends her to be.
Isn't she just beautiful?
We had a cookout with our family and friends. It was nice to have everyone here and visit with my girlfriends. God is good!
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Isn't she just beautiful?
We had a cookout with our family and friends. It was nice to have everyone here and visit with my girlfriends. God is good!
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Monday, August 11, 2008
Back from Camp and
I took NOT one picture. I meant to take some. I took the camera. It sat in the car the whole week. We were just so blessed to be there with all of our church family. I am renewed and blessed by having been there.
Let me tell you some history of us and family camp. We have gone to family camp for several years now. Usually in the tent - in August! Yes we really like being there - so much so that we go in the tent even when it is supposed to be hotter than blue blazes.
Last year it was 107* most of the week. We only spent one night in our tent. Then we spent one night in the dorms; me in the girls dorm with all the kids and my Beloved in the boys dorms. Did I mention he can sleep through nearly anything? Then we spent the rest of the week in a sweet couple's cabin after they had to go home early. It was fabulous and cool with air conditioning.
Previous years have seen us packing up and going home early due to heavy rains, flooding and tons of red clay mud! Our friends went with us that year and they had never tent camped with their girls before. They were standing there laughing with us while we were in the midst of the mud and water to our knees. Later they said "We figured if the Geron's weren't complaining then it must not be but so bad." I told my girl friend "No Baby it totally stunk! But it was one of those situations if you don't laugh you'll surely be crying" And we Gerons always choose laughing over crying.
One year we had an RV a friend loaned us - now let me tell you - that was sweet! And I could get behind some traveling like that. We love that friend - he sold it right after that because their subdivision wouldn't let them park it by their house. Rules you know.
So this year, as you can well imagine, we pack the tent with serious trepidation. We LOVE Family Camp. Did I mention that? I mean REALLY LOVE it. So we packed up and went -trusting the Lord as always to provide a week of no rain, good weather and cool nights for us. Well, HE came through as He always does. We had no rain, it was never too terribly hot and we had cool nights. I was so blessed by the beautiful weather all week. I really praised Him all week for it. God is good all the time!
And the best part of all - we ended up sleeping in a cabin someone lent us from the middle of the week on through Sunday. PRAISE THE LORD! God is GOOD all the time!
There truly is something special about the gathering of other believers and sharing our faith and love with each other. We were truly on Holy ground. I am amazed constantly at His blessing and provision for my family.
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Let me tell you some history of us and family camp. We have gone to family camp for several years now. Usually in the tent - in August! Yes we really like being there - so much so that we go in the tent even when it is supposed to be hotter than blue blazes.
Last year it was 107* most of the week. We only spent one night in our tent. Then we spent one night in the dorms; me in the girls dorm with all the kids and my Beloved in the boys dorms. Did I mention he can sleep through nearly anything? Then we spent the rest of the week in a sweet couple's cabin after they had to go home early. It was fabulous and cool with air conditioning.
Previous years have seen us packing up and going home early due to heavy rains, flooding and tons of red clay mud! Our friends went with us that year and they had never tent camped with their girls before. They were standing there laughing with us while we were in the midst of the mud and water to our knees. Later they said "We figured if the Geron's weren't complaining then it must not be but so bad." I told my girl friend "No Baby it totally stunk! But it was one of those situations if you don't laugh you'll surely be crying" And we Gerons always choose laughing over crying.
One year we had an RV a friend loaned us - now let me tell you - that was sweet! And I could get behind some traveling like that. We love that friend - he sold it right after that because their subdivision wouldn't let them park it by their house. Rules you know.
So this year, as you can well imagine, we pack the tent with serious trepidation. We LOVE Family Camp. Did I mention that? I mean REALLY LOVE it. So we packed up and went -trusting the Lord as always to provide a week of no rain, good weather and cool nights for us. Well, HE came through as He always does. We had no rain, it was never too terribly hot and we had cool nights. I was so blessed by the beautiful weather all week. I really praised Him all week for it. God is good all the time!
And the best part of all - we ended up sleeping in a cabin someone lent us from the middle of the week on through Sunday. PRAISE THE LORD! God is GOOD all the time!
There truly is something special about the gathering of other believers and sharing our faith and love with each other. We were truly on Holy ground. I am amazed constantly at His blessing and provision for my family.
In Christ's Love,
Peg
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Addiction and dependence...
I really did not think I was addicted to my computer. It is a tool, I've been reasoning to myself, to accomplish what I need to do in my day to day work. Well, this week has proven to me that I am indeed controlled/addicted/in need of my computer in ways I never thought I would.
We've had phone issues at my house all week. These phone issues have made it nearly impossible for me to get on-line to update here and to do my everyday things (like surf the Sonlight forums, get on Ravelry, email my girlfriends) - you know, the usual.
We still don't have access - I'm posting from my sister-wife, Amy's house. Praise the Lord for sister-wives. Let me tell you I'm loving her this week. She came to my house and helped me set up my classroom/family room this week. We've done a ton and I'll post pictures when I get my access straight.
So I'll be reviewing my computer habits this week while we're on vacation. I believe there will be some time limits for me now - not just the girls.
Have a blessed week and enjoy this beautiful world the Lord has given us.
In Christ's Abundant Love,
Peg
We've had phone issues at my house all week. These phone issues have made it nearly impossible for me to get on-line to update here and to do my everyday things (like surf the Sonlight forums, get on Ravelry, email my girlfriends) - you know, the usual.
We still don't have access - I'm posting from my sister-wife, Amy's house. Praise the Lord for sister-wives. Let me tell you I'm loving her this week. She came to my house and helped me set up my classroom/family room this week. We've done a ton and I'll post pictures when I get my access straight.
So I'll be reviewing my computer habits this week while we're on vacation. I believe there will be some time limits for me now - not just the girls.
Have a blessed week and enjoy this beautiful world the Lord has given us.
In Christ's Abundant Love,
Peg
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