Monday, May 9, 2011

Viewer Discretion is advised.

I feel awful for not blogging. Life has taken a few turns this past year. Let's recap.

February, 2010 I was put on bed rest with my 3rd pregnancy because of my blood pressure and almost preterm labor.

April I had my 3rd baby boy.

May started to resume some normalcy and I was settling into the mom of 3 boys.

June 1, 2010 my world turned upside down. Donny had his motorcycle accident. The boys were sort of shuffled anywhere and everywhere. I was at the mercy of friends and family and neighbors. After it happened he wasn't comfortable showing the pictures. He didn't even want to see them. But he has told me I can use a few for this blog. So I will. And here is where the "Viewer Discretion" begins.








These are just a few of the pictures we have. And these are only of the major injury.


I show these to say 3 things.
1. WATCH OUT FOR MOTORCYCLES!!!!
2. Nothing in life is guaranteed and it can change in the blink of an eye.
3. MY GOD IS SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD!!!!

We went to see the Ortho Doctor today. GREAT news! He's doing very well. Shows NO signs of arthritis! Well on his way to a great recovery.

The end of July held surgery #7 to remove the external fixator.
August was the beginning of school and Noah started kindergarten!

September and October were fairly uneventful

November we became youth leaders...again! AND surgery #8 to correct foot drop that Donny developed in his bad leg. And money began to become an issue. Prayers and faith were all we had. Little did we know that God had moved the hearts of great friends who were busy putting things together that we had no clue about.

December marked a HUGE shift! God moved the legal part of things and we were able to close our suit and collect all settlements! He granted us favor in buying a van. We were blessed by Joyce Meyer Ministries with groceries, 2 months house payments, electric paid for a month and 2 car payments! AND, some sweet, wonderful and giving friends blessed the boys with Christmas gifts. Our attorney, also, got in the game and rounded up support for us and blessed our family. Our future Christmas mornings may never compare to this last one.

January we really began a struggle with Long Term Disability through Donny's job. It wasn't until just about 3 weeks ago that we finally got things figured out and found out that we were going to get paid and our benefits returned.

February was fairly mellow.
March- My baby brother got married! And I gained a new seester :)

April held several things. My oldest turned 8!! My baby turned 1!! And I was asked to come on staff at GCFIRST Assembly of God as the youth pastor and the church has agreed to help me get my Ministerial studies taken care of.

May2 I started in the office at the church. I am learning so much and I am excited to be on the ground level of the mighty things God is going to do!

And then the other day, I updated my blog turn on our website with this. Go ahead, take a look. This is my latest update called, Created for Him.

Sorry this sort of rambled but maybe now you have a taste of what my life is like. And this hasn't included the day to day normal "Mom" stuff that is required of me.

Thanks for reading and please stop by again!

2 comments:

  1. Sidenote...on the leg, all those "holes" had to be cleaned and guess who did it? Yep, yours truly!

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  2. We were friends in school, but lost touch long ago. What I remember most about you is how GOOD you were. I'm so glad you still are that good :) The pictures are jarring and that must have felt like the worst day of your life :( I'm so very glad for you and your children that Husband/Daddy is still here and getting better. I'm also glad for you that you are so blessed! Keep being good Stacey!

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