Summer Thoughts

Ok, this may be long or it may be short. Not because I don’t have anything to say but because I’m coming to you from an iPad....a first for this blog. So far so good so let’s get going.
Talk about a busy Summer! It has been full of sleepovers, TopGolf, a birthday party, VBS, All Rec camp at church, baseball games, camping, medical tests (I’ll get to that in a minute), a wedding, pool time and our annual trip to California. There has been very little rest or gym time. At this point, I am ready for a vacation from Summer (Ha!). Seriously though, I don’t take for granted that we are blessed enough to do all these things. We have made so many great memories this Summer and I love that all but the Cali trip have been made with the 4 of us as a family.
When the boys and I get back from Cali life will be busy in a different kind of way. The day after we get back Rob is scheduled to donate his kidney to his best friend. It has been a long process of blood work, medical exams, psych evaluations and urine samples. For many reasons, we had hoped that the surgery would take place at the beginning of Summer as originally planned. But we are thankful that we got word last week that the committee had approved Rob as a living donor. His best friend has been on dialysis for a month now and it hasn’t been going well. So Rob, being the selfless guy that he is, is glad that he can help save his best friend’s life with his healthy kidney. We will have to stay close to the surgery center for several days after the surgery, meaning we will get home a day before school starts. Yikes!! The week before we left for Cali, I did all the back to school shopping and laundry so we’d be ready to go. It’s all a little stressful for me to think about but I know God is in control so I’m not worried about it.
Speaking of stress, I’ll jump way back to something that once consumed my every thought but rarely comes to the front of my mind these days is 10 years ago. I realized this morning that it was 10 years ago today that we were in the NICU with P, waiting to hear if he’d live or have brain damage because of a virus he had contracted when he was a week old. It was a scary time in our lives, one that was spent in a lot of prayer and with a lot of tears. It’s also one I look back on, thankful for miracles. It wasn’t until last week when P asked what was my scariest moment in life that I told him about the events that followed after his birth. I went into more detail than I have in the past and when I was done he said, “Wow! That does sound scary!” Around this time every year, I reflect on that scary time and thank God that He chose to spare P’s life. P is a real blessing to so many people and his young life is already a testimony to those who know his story.
I have more....Hurricane Barry, wonderful neighbors and friends, family time, etc but that will have to wait. I didn’t sleep much last night so Dutch Bros coffee is calling my name. Until next time.....

(Oh, and I’m not really going to proofread this so excuse any typos, spelling mistakes or grammar errors.....ROB! 😊)