Thanks to a good man...

Let's start this post with some happy thoughts....pictures of our kids. Aren't they beautiful? I know the directions of the pictures are all over the place....but I'm terrible at this! I also know that three of the five pictures are of Emmy...but she's the little poser! She loves to have her picture taken! I promise more of Isaac and Ronnie next time...

We received some horrible news last night. One of Isaac's pulmonologists (lung doctors), Stephen Snedden, was hit from behind while riding his bike on River Road. The driver of the SUV was drunk, and didn't stop after the accident. Dr. Snedden was pronounced dead at the scene. They caught the man who did it, and he should be charged soon. Does this sound mean? I hope they throw the book at him.

Stephen Snedden was one of the wonderful men at Toledo Childrens Hospital who saved Isaac's life more than once. We own our son's life to Dr. Snedden and the rest of that team, and he will never be forgotten by this family, that's for sure.

More from me later...

It's a new year...

Happy 2006, everyone! It's so hard to believe it. It seemed like forever until 1981, the year I graduated from high school, and now I'll be celebrating my 25th graduation anniversary!

I love New Years. I remember my dad saying that it was another time to start over, clean slate. Wouldn't it be nice if we could do that with our bills, and our debts? But we can with our relationships. I want my husband and my family to know that I love them more with each passing day. I want the Lord to know that I love Him more with each passing minute. This life that I have been given is so blessed, and so wonderful. In years past, I never would have imagined that my life would be where it is now. But even with all our difficulties, I love my life here on earth. And now that Mom and Dad are both gone, I love looking forward to my life later in heaven with them and with Jesus.

My prayer for 2006 is that I draw as close as humanly possible to God, and then I'll be drawm even closer in my relationships here on earth.

What is wrong with people who drink themselves into oblivion on nights like this? Is it that they don't want to think about their life like I do? Thank God that I'm not in that state any more.

More later...