tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post6167745506201816889..comments2023-03-30T09:41:37.932-04:00Comments on penny for my thoughts: miss c~cjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10435581940217387304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-7257722463485891032010-02-04T16:04:20.285-05:002010-02-04T16:04:20.285-05:00I don't know that I had heard this part of you...I don't know that I had heard this part of your journey before. One moment, one step at a time friend!<br /><br />I do know how easy it is to beat ourselves up over the could have, should have, would have. <br /><br />So often I feel defeated in my days, but it's then that I remember it's only through the grace and strength of God I can endure those moments of discouragement, disappointment and frustration. <br /><br />How wonderfully exciting to hear the questions of her little heart as they search truth and Jesus for herself! :-)Donnettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692862365425939349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-90661049156306245802010-02-04T13:04:29.986-05:002010-02-04T13:04:29.986-05:00I agree, Hannah - He does give us more than we can...I agree, Hannah - He does give us more than we can handle...because THEN God can, God is, God will.~cjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435581940217387304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-80902847491786499822010-02-04T12:27:41.588-05:002010-02-04T12:27:41.588-05:00So moving. And proof that He knows what we need be...So moving. And proof that He knows what we need better than we do. I believe sometimes He DOES give us more than we can handle -- just so we can grow into dependency on Him. Your little one seems to be a wonderful instrument in that process.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034180396689442335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-51266893822167713122010-02-04T10:24:59.732-05:002010-02-04T10:24:59.732-05:00Yes, she's the one in braces. Just one boy an...Yes, she's the one in braces. Just one boy and one girl....<br /><br />I will be praying!StephieAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17543298283557610542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-53124460220640666972010-02-04T08:27:35.831-05:002010-02-04T08:27:35.831-05:00I love when God solves the problems - which is His...I love when God solves the problems - which is His job - and our hands are truly left empty of decision making. The feeling of needing to decide about a surgery for a child is so desparately difficult. Is this the one wearing braces now? I haven't quite figured out who everyone is yet. ;)<br /><br />I covet your prayers - and they are not at all unrealistic. When our friends prayed so many years ago, the changes were drastic and unexpected. I do think increased activity and growing up will be have a huge impact. That is exactly what I was told.~cjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435581940217387304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017244.post-81863394165214146252010-02-03T23:07:11.585-05:002010-02-03T23:07:11.585-05:00Wow, what an amazing story. Being surrounded by f...Wow, what an amazing story. Being surrounded by friends with children who have vision issues (requiring therapy), speech issues (requiring therapy), autism (requiring much more than therapy) - and so on - I think we all know how hard we can be on ourselves and how tremendous the guilt can be. I will be praying for you that the 5 year evaluation shows marked improvement - so much that there is no longer need for active therapy - that time and the increased activity in growing up will solve it. (Maybe that's not realistic, but it sounds good).<br /><br />When my (currently 8 year old) daughter was 2 months old, we discovered she had some sort of mass in her cheek muscle. No one had answers - lots of imagings were done, but nothing really concrete showed up. The doctors were concerned she had muscle cancer and were deliberating cutting her cheek open to do a biopsy. Even that action could have severed her facial nerve which would have forever kept her from being able to smile. But, we agonized that ignoring a potential cancer would be even worse.<br /><br />Ultimately, the doctors were able to review the films enough and determine it wasn't cancer. (We ultimately came to the conclusion that it was a mass originating from the trauma of coming out very rapidly......she had a very fast delivery - and it's basically just disappeared over time). Just like you described, I remember where and when it was that I got that phone call telling me surgery wasn't necessary. The tears, the relief - and of course, the praising of God!StephieAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17543298283557610542noreply@blogger.com