As I have mentioned recently, I feel as if my recent posts have lacked direction, so I'm taking a page out of a fellow bloggers book and am going to do an A-Z challenge. Meaning.....the post I write will be focused around a topic of the letter of the day. So for instance, today being the first day, is the letter A.
Adenoidectomy:
A week from today my sweet baby girl is going to have her adenoids removed and tubes put in her ears. Ever since she was a little over a year old she's had almost constant trouble with ear infections every winter. Every time she gets sick and gets a fever, it inevitably ends up in an ear infection, and it's gotten to the point where most medicines aren't completely getting rid of it. She recently had an allergic reaction to augmentin with itching and hives and the whole nine yards, so that rules out a lot of medicines. It just makes sense to have this done, especially since I had tubes put in when I was little and evidently it did wonders for my ears, so I'm praying for the same outcome for Emma!
We won't know until the night before what time her surgery will be, but we do know that it will be a 15 minute procedure, and we will be reunited with her an hour afterwards when the anesthetic begins to wear off. I'm just glad that it's a pretty low-risk procedure and am hoping her recovery goes smoothly. We did get a piece of good news last night, which came in the form of Mom asking if we would mind having her for company next week! It will be great getting to spend some extra time with her, and I'm sure Emma will love having her around to cuddle with :)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Reflection on Faith
A while back I asked for future blog post ideas, and got the wonderful suggestion to expound on how my life and faith has changed since completing RCIA last Easter and becomming a member of the Catholic Church. If you'll remember, I wrote a post detailing my journey of coming home to the Catholic church here, but haven't talked much about my life since then.
The long and short of it is, that I have begun to keep up more on the happenings of the world and how everything affects me and my freedom of religion, i.e. the mandate wanting to require ALL institutions to provide birth control, even if it goes against a core belief of your organization/religion. It is really troublesome to me how the government is trying to force it's way into my religious life and beliefs, especially now, knowing how birth control actually functions to prevent pregnancy. I have also stopped listening to popular radio and now listen to KLove or Sprit Catholic Radio. The messages on those two stations are much better and profound, rather than the garbage that passes on the other stations.
When attending Mass, I find myself becoming more and more involved in it, and taking away more than ever from church. Yes, it is hard to fully focus some days, especially with a 2 1/2 year old, but on those days I have to remind myself that I'm still taking more away with only 30% of my attention focused what's being said, than I would be if I weren't there at all. We have begun to teach Emma her prayers, which she really likes, and at church when they get to a point where we say "Amen", Emma will usually shout it! I haven't become as active in the church as I know I should be, and there is no good reason for it, no matter the excuses I make to myself, but I do feel like I am growing in other areas, and so God will let me know when it's time to plunge into new waters.
Finally, I believe that having gone through the RCIA process at the same time as my brother, that we have grown closer than ever. When we go somewhere together it's not uncommon for us to pray a rosary and just have a theological conversation, which is wonderful because he's the only other Catholic in my family, besides Nick. Let me tell you, he is one of the most ambitious go-getters I know! Along with being in Pharmacy School, working, studying, and spending time with family, he's also a very active member in church and with his campus Focus group, and even leads a Catholic bible study class with non-Catholics making up the majority of the group! The Lord is working strong through him, and I can not be more proud to call him my brother!
When I sat down to write this tonight, I thought "This will be a short post", just because I wasn't conscious of how things have changed in so many different areas in the past year. However, reflecting on it really helped me to realize that I have made strides in the right direction, and am going to really try with all my might to keep doing the same, for my sake and for the sake of my family.
The long and short of it is, that I have begun to keep up more on the happenings of the world and how everything affects me and my freedom of religion, i.e. the mandate wanting to require ALL institutions to provide birth control, even if it goes against a core belief of your organization/religion. It is really troublesome to me how the government is trying to force it's way into my religious life and beliefs, especially now, knowing how birth control actually functions to prevent pregnancy. I have also stopped listening to popular radio and now listen to KLove or Sprit Catholic Radio. The messages on those two stations are much better and profound, rather than the garbage that passes on the other stations.
When attending Mass, I find myself becoming more and more involved in it, and taking away more than ever from church. Yes, it is hard to fully focus some days, especially with a 2 1/2 year old, but on those days I have to remind myself that I'm still taking more away with only 30% of my attention focused what's being said, than I would be if I weren't there at all. We have begun to teach Emma her prayers, which she really likes, and at church when they get to a point where we say "Amen", Emma will usually shout it! I haven't become as active in the church as I know I should be, and there is no good reason for it, no matter the excuses I make to myself, but I do feel like I am growing in other areas, and so God will let me know when it's time to plunge into new waters.
Finally, I believe that having gone through the RCIA process at the same time as my brother, that we have grown closer than ever. When we go somewhere together it's not uncommon for us to pray a rosary and just have a theological conversation, which is wonderful because he's the only other Catholic in my family, besides Nick. Let me tell you, he is one of the most ambitious go-getters I know! Along with being in Pharmacy School, working, studying, and spending time with family, he's also a very active member in church and with his campus Focus group, and even leads a Catholic bible study class with non-Catholics making up the majority of the group! The Lord is working strong through him, and I can not be more proud to call him my brother!
When I sat down to write this tonight, I thought "This will be a short post", just because I wasn't conscious of how things have changed in so many different areas in the past year. However, reflecting on it really helped me to realize that I have made strides in the right direction, and am going to really try with all my might to keep doing the same, for my sake and for the sake of my family.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Lacking Inspiration
Sometimes when I read other's blogs, I feel like mine is lacking in post direction. I have noticed that I tend to just give an update to what is going on in our lives, which, honestly, isn't much :P So, if you have any questions or any ideas that you think would make a good post, please don't hesitate to leave me a comment here or on Facebook! I will do my best to step up my game a bit :)
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