It was a really precious day over here 💜 Brady and I got to sip a coffee together in bed before getting up in the morning. We spent a bit of time tidying the house up a little bit, but not too much, in preparation for my mom, and my my sister and her family to come spend the day!! It was incredibly special to be together again. They came out on their school break, which is different from ours, with the goal to see us here and there, and put some time and work into helping us set up the house and do some of the things we can’t really make happen right now. As you can likely imagine, there is a LOT going on over here in terms of setting up the house and reorganizing things to be more accessible, as well as helping me catch up on some jobs that have just gotten away from me and now feel unbelievably daunting. I am SO grateful. We will part ways regularly for supper and the evenings, but our children will still see each other a few times while they’re out. Its definitely still their break, and they should have FUN! But I’m SO grateful they also want to help us out with our life things as well. What a gift.
Today, while we caught up over coffee in the living room, someone reached out to me and asked if they could drop off a meal. Not someone who has signed up for our meal train (which is almost FULL already, guys! Amazing!!! Thank you!!!) but someone who just decided to put in to show love and support 💜 How incredible!!
And then! As if we hadn’t been showered with love and care enough, yet another person reached out with the offer of a meal! I responded with many thanks, and said we had supper worked out for today but I’d still LOVE to have a batch of what she knows to be my favorite soup, but she insisted she’d like to bring it fresh, so we chose a different day later this week.
You can’t make this stuff up. I cannot explain how beautifully covered we have been by those around us, but people – God is using you!!! THANK YOU for listening and obeying and putting into our lives!! From the fresh meals to the freezer meals to the baked goods to the grocery hauls that have walked through this door, you have saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars, and hours upon HOURS of time, both of which are incredibly valuable.
It costs an immense amount of money to have a disability, and now the entire game has changed, and we are on our way to purchasing Bradys new necessities. So our saved dollars are going to really important things! THANK YOU for sharing so generously with us! And time is enormous and important and we don’t have a ton of extra of that. This makes it easier to be out at appointments, at kids things, and hauling and caring for babies without having to worry about standing and sweating at my (very beautiful new enormous) stove. Not that I don’t have help in the home, but there are more limitations, and realistically, there is more that rests on me now. I’m happy to do it all, but having meals made is a HUGE saving grace while we adjust to this new normal.
Its been a really nice day. Tomorrow holds more beautiful things. Kids to school. To their activities. Brady to his rehab appointment at City Hospital! And I get to GO WITH HIM!!!! Ack! Radiation fraction #4, and home to another supper brought to our door 💜 How in the world does it get any better??
Praise the Lord for EVERYTHING. He is still good, no matter the circumstance!