Ahhh, I'm in a funky mood tonight. It's been a rough day. And it is now quiet in the house as Jerry has taken the girls to rent a movie. I'm sitting here with a saddened heart as I have recounted the events of a precious baby that I have never met. Her name is Katherine, and she is now in the arms of Jesus. I found out about this family a few weeks ago from an e-mail that I get from Homeschooling Today. The father is on the board of the magazine. Six weeks ago they had a baby girl who was born with a heart defect. They have a website that has tracked her progress from day one. She seemed to be getting better, something they needed to happen before she could have surgery on her heart. But then things turned quickly down hill. I have been in tears about it for days! The Lord has placed this family on my heart, and I have never felt such grief for someone I never even met. I suppose that one of the reasons this baby made such an impact on me is because she reminds me of Saoirse. and every time I look at Saoirse I can not imagine what this family must be going through. Anyways, I ask that everyone would please pray for this family. They are the Bakke family. Their insurance is not going to cover all the costs of 6 weeks of ICU care, and I have the notion to make a baby quilt and raffle it off, sending them the money to put towards the costs. I'll let you all know when I get it done. I think as soon as I make the top I will take pictures of it and start collecting "tickets". Then by the time I collect all the donations I will have it quilted (by machine to get it done faster). Right now I have to make a few laundry bags for a friend of mine who sells cloth diapers on-line. After that I will be working on the quilt.
I have really got the itch to start quilting and knitting. Maybe it's the fall and cooler (um, well it is supposed to "only" be in the low 60's tomorrow) weather, but I have checked out some books at the library for some knitting and quilting ideas. Not to mention that reading up on Baby Katherine had sent me to a site called Newborns In Need. They have a local chapter in the next town over. They make blankets and hats for premies and other babies in need. I figured that the girls and I will make a no-sew fleece blanket to send to them. I have about a half of a hat done as well.
Well we got out to vote on tuesday. Funny thing is I figured it would be better to go around 9 am as opposed to the evening. WRONG. It took us an hour and twenty minutes to vote. Then Jerry comes home to grab a book that evening, ready to stand in the line and there were all of 8 people in front of him!!! Not fair. I had at one point, after standing in line for 15 minutes started counting the people in front of me. There were 100! The girls got to vote as well (they had a kid's voting booth). And they even got a really big sticker and a coupon for a free buffet at the local pizza buffet restraunt. So guess where we had dinner that night? As we were getting ready to leave to vote, I was explaining to the girls what behavior I was expecting from them. The older two went to get their shoes on and Flannery and I were in the kitchen. Flannery asks "where are we going?" I told her to go and vote. She says " oh, are we going to stand in the boat?" I say, "no, not a boat, we are going to Vote" She says" do we get to go swimming?" Me: "Uh, no, honey there won't be any water there, we are not going in a BOAT, we are going to V...V...V...Vote" I was emphasising the "V". She still didn't get it. Poor thing. All there way there she kept asking about the boat. Although boating may have been more fun...
Isabella just received an invitation to a birthday tea party from a friend of hers. Poor Moira was in tears, because she was not invited! She is a friend from church and Isabella and the birthday girl are in the same sunday school class, Moira is in another class. I told her that some day she will be going to events that Isabella won't be invited to go to, but she was not in the mood to be consoled.
Saoirse is rolling over to get places now. We gave her "food" for the first time a few days ago. I had baked up soem sweet potatoes and we put some in the food processor for her. She really, really liked them. She is our first baby that we held off til 6 months for solid food. Of course, as I was talking to my sister about this, it just seems pointless to feed her anything if it's "dead". She and I have been reading the same nutrition books of late. Some of you may have heard the term, raw foods. You see if you heat your food above 120 or so degrees you kill off the enzymes in the food that are supposed to help you digest that food. So you are over taxing your body by filling it with lifeless foods. And it's worse if you eat processed foods, and white foods (pasta, white bread, sugar, white rice....). After reading the book' "Toxic Relief" you will never look at your food the same again. So I was holding off on giving the baby any "food" since she can't chew it up herself, so you have to cook it, and cooking it means killing the enzymes and it all seemed so pointless. I bought some organic brown rice to put through my grinder and I figure I will make some rice cereal for her tomorrow. I also bout a squash to see how she like that.
Well, the baby woke up and the puppy is barking to go out, and I'm the only one here to take care of them both. So toodles.
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