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Every Sunday I’m committing my blog to be “Simply Blessed Sunday”! That means I will be posting about the blessings that God has bestowed upon me and my family. I’d love for you to do the same as we all need a reminder from time to time of just how blessed we really are. If you’d like to join me in doing this, just copy the code under my Simply Blessed Sundays button and place it in the widget section on your blog, and then post your blessings every Sunday as well!

In the monotony of my day to day life, it’s often easy to forget to stop and thank God for my blessings. Things that are very important are often the blessings we overlook the most. Such as our health or our children’s health. And that brings me to Cici Fischer’s story. Cici and her twin sister Penny were due around the same time as Makenzie. Her mom and I were on the same due date club on an online message board. While Evie (their mom) was pregnant with them they had twin/twin transfusion and overcame odds to survive and be born early but healthy. The first 11 months of their life were uneventful until one fateful night. During dinner Cici was eating some fruit and began to choke. Long story short, despite all attempts from her parents and the EMT’s, oxygen was lost to her brain and parts of it died leaving her severely disabled. You can read about her story in full HERE.

There is an online auction set up to benefit Cici’s medical care. If you have a chance and the financial ability to bid on something, please do. I cannot imagine having the medical expenses something like this tragedy brings. Especially with two other children in the house to take care of as well.

BIDS FOR CICI

So let’s all hug our children a little closer today and don’t forget to thank God for the blessing of health and safety. Cici’s story could be any one of our children’s stories. Things like this happen in an instant and to anyone. Please pray that God continues to see the Fischer family through this trying time in their and Cici’s lives. May God bless them- even through this storm they endure.

Thank God it’s (almost) Friday! This week has been a crazy one here in GA with all the rain and flooding. Luckily we were not in a flooded area (although it did flood just a few miles down the road), but we definitely got the rain so I was so glad when the sun finally came out of hiding yesterday! If there is one thing I cannot stand, it’s getting the little kids in and out of the car in the pouring rain. And since I don’t have a Nanny, that pretty much meant that I went nowhere for the last week. I pretty much spent everyday in my yoga pants and tee shirt and took a shower about every couple of days. Hey, someone has to be a bum in life and it might as well be me! I was beginning to think I’d never go anywhere again (besides preschool drop off)… but thanks to the sun yesterday I actually felt like getting dressed and putting makeup on.

I suppose I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately too. Not just because of the rain. My Dad’s birthday was September 19th. He would have been 81 this year. He passed away nine days after his birthday back in 2005 so I have that date (the 28th) looming over my head in a few days. I guess time makes all things easier to take, but it never completely heals those wounds. I still kick myself for not going to see him that last night. I had put it off till the next day. Only there was no next day for him. That will haunt me for the rest of my life. I wrote a letter to my Dad on Father’s day. You can read all about him and what I said HERE.

On a lighter note… David and I are hoping to have a “date” this weekend. We have only had one date since Makenzie was born and it was on our 10th anniversary back in July. It’s certainly long overdue. It’s easy for us to get stuck in the daily goings on around here and forget to make time for “us”. I tell him all the time that he better make time for me because I was his FIRST baby :) I love him so much. He gets on my nerves from time to time (as I’m sure I do him!), but he’s a great husband and father. I want us to keep our relationship strong and remember that we are man and wife, not just mom and dad…not an easy task to accomplish with five kids in the house!