Operation: Asa Joy

I had an appointment with the podiatrist today. I have been having problems with my right foot lately. I got a steroid injection 11 days ago and also started physical therapy, which really means pain and torture. Today I received a second injection and got more medicine put on a stubborn wart on the ball of my foot. I then went directly to physical therapy for an hour. All of that to say that I am now home with my foot propped up on several pillows. I am done for the night so I finally have some time to update my blog. It has been a busy couple of weeks. The Monday after we put the house on the market we made sure the house was clean, packed up the pop up and headed to Stone Mountain State Park in the mountains of our beautiful state. Carl had Army duty the weekend before so I braved church on my own. It did not go well. The kids were...rambucious. The younger four anyway. I ended up leaving during the worship time. I did get to hear some of the message in between finding coloring pag...

My, it has been a whirlwind the past few weeks. The photographer was supposed to come Monday October 6th. We knew we would not be ready so we pushed every thing back a week. We knew it would be tough. We still had the entire house to paint and stage. I prayed hard that we would be able to get it all done. Sunday I did not think it was possible. I had the upstairs mostly done but the downstairs looked like a bomb had exploded. Not one room was ready for me to stage. Paint supplies were everywhere to the point that we could not move. It was a mess. I was very discouraged. Sunday night we did not even have the front garden planted and the driveway had a big pile of mulch in it. My wonderful husband planted the garden by a light we plugged in. He also pulled an all nighter and painted the entire downstairs. He graciously allowed me to sleep a few hours. I woke up at 7:00 and began to stage what I could. He still had not painted any of the trim. The realtor came about 9:30 and I was fluster...

Yesterday my sweet Esther girl and I had a little bit of an issue in the morning. She had fixed her cereal and Tirzah's  and sat down at the kitchen table. She told me she was going to pray for her and Tirzah. I told her just to wait a second and then pray for everyone. This began a 45 minute ordeal that ended up with both of us in tears and one REALLY soggy bowl of cereal. She absolutely refused to pray for the whole table. This is something we have been working on with the kids. We want all of them to feel comfortable praying in public. This is something I struggle with too so we are really trying to start early with the kids. They all take turns praying before meals. Esther was defiant in her attitude and very disrespectful in her prayer. I told her that she was not allowed to eat her cereal until she prayed with respect. We had a conversation about how holy God is and how he demands and deserves our respect when we speak with him. She refused. She sat the entire time during fa...

Today, seven years ago, I gave birth to our 6th child. The 5th boy of 6. I remember being in labor with him and praying the pitocin would work this time. I have long labors. He was born in the evening. I remember because Jeopardy was on. One of the things I remember from hi birth is that he got stuck. I was pushing and I remember my husband and midwife getting very concerned and they were telling me to push as hard as I could. What I did not realize was that he was turning blue. When I did finally did deliver him, he was very blue. He recovered quickly snuggled next to me. He had no other complications other than a broken collar bone from the traumatic delivery. We found that out later. He was my biggest baby weighing in at 9lbs. 11oz. He has grown into a wonderful 7 year old. He loves to sing. His favorite song is Newsboys Restart. This Sunday at church he made me cry because he was singing at the top of his lungs. It made me so proud. He has a beautiful smile and gives the bes...