Still trusting and believing...

    Prissy is doing well. Today she is experiencing some pain because she is out of her pain meds and can't get them refilled until tomorrow, so she has been in bed most of the day. She is in great spirits and laughing and joking with everyone.

     Today while visiting with her, I had to rub her heels, stretch her legs and rub her back  (a small work-out). She enjoyed it and didn't want me to stop.


    This week in her therapy session on Tuesday, she will be cooking a meal as a part of her occupational therapy. I am hoping to get some pictures via Greg, since I tutor in the mornings during her therapy time.

     I am excited for the 4th of July weekend, but  I am also nervous because this will be our first big family gathering with her since her accident and my Aunt's house is NO WHERE NEAR ACCESSIBLE and I do not know how we will get her indoors if we need to. But I am just going to pray that all goes well.


I will try to post again this week and hopefully have some pictures for you. Kelle, Scilla's daughter dropped the camera in the water at Fall Park, so I can only get photo's if I give them my camera to use.


*UPDATE* Emma is doing awesome! God has showed his grace and mercy upon her. Emma's body is healing, she is progressing, and in therapy now. 

Continue to pray for both Scilla and Emma.

"Walking in Faith..."

Let me clarify...

    First let me start with Prissy. She is doing OK, not having a great night. She was suppose to come over to my house to visit tonight with Greg, but they did not make it because she was "having a bad moment" as she put it. She and Greg have been very busy looking for a house, but just about everyone they have found is not completely accessible. I have told her they might just have to get one and make the necessary changes to the home.
       In addition to looking for a home, they have been looking for and found a new car. Currently their BMW only allows for her, Greg, and one other passenger because the trunk is not big enough for her wheelchair; they have to put it on the backseat, which is not convenient for a family of 3 to 6 (depending on which kids are around). So they will be purchasing a Chevy impala which has a really good size trunk and her wheelchair fits inside, YAY!

     So now to the things I would like to clarify:
                        1. Fewer blog posts- because there is not much going on these days and I don't want to bore everyone by posting just to post. So as I stated last week; I will only post a few times a week or if there is something going on and I need to inform everyone.

                         2. When I said I had some personal issues I was dealing with- this blog is not about me, so I did not elaborate when I posted that last week. But for those who are worried; it is nothing major. I will be celebrating my 30th birthday in August and the issues I were referring to are basically I am trying to make a decision about my career path/future/entrepreneurship. Also my hubby wants another baby and I am not interested in having one and I am trying to decide what to do as far as having more kids, since circumstances would be different this time around. So as I said nothing major; just things I am thinking heavily about right now!

As always continue to pray for Scilla and Emma. In addition to praying for their healing; pray also for their comfort.

"Walking in faith..."

Happy Father's day...

  to all the great men out there who step up to the plate and take care of their responsibilities. To my wonderful husband, I am forever grateful for all you do. I never had a positive example of what a real man, real father was suppose to be and you came along and turned my world upside down; treated me like royalty and has shown me what true love and true fatherhood is suppose to be; so for that I say thank you and I love you.

       I would like to wish a special father's day to Greg, Scilla's husband. He is the face of character, a man of good faith. He has been through a lot the past 3 months; but yet has stepped up to the plate and taken on the role of mom,dad, and caregiver. He must sure the kids are taken care of; Scilla and the kids get their meals and he does the laundry and all other tasks around the home. He has so much on his plate and rarely gets a moment for himself, time to relax or just chill. I thank Greg for all he does for my sister because there are some men who would have fled at the thought of life with a wife who in a matter of hours had just walked out the door and then an hour so later would be found over the edge of embankment faced with a future of paralysis.

    Greg is really supportive of Scilla; he encourages her and strongly believes that God is going to heal and restore her to walk again someday.


    On to Scilla, she is doing great, only a small amount of pain today. She got her new chair on Friday; I will post pics sometimes this week.

       Happy Father's day to our mom who played both roles and did an awesome job at providing all our needs and wants.

       Continue to pray for Scilla and Emma because God is listening and making moves in their lives. He is doing great things and healing them and making good on the things he promised.

"Walking in faith..."

Things Change...

 Hello All! First let me start with how Prissy is doing. She has been experiencing some infections lately. She had a kidney infection a couple of weeks ago and now a bladder infection. She is on another round of antibiotics and is hoping to feel better soon. She hasn't really felt good the past couple of days and her infections lead to weakens certain organs and cause her to have accidents, which she hate. So I hope that she feels better very soon.

I know that I haven't posted a lot lately and it is because things change. I plan to continue to keep the blog updated, but just not as often. I am going to try to post 3 to 4 times a week. Since school is out; I am tutoring mid-morning, early afternoon and then I try to make it home to have dinner ready for my hubby; because during the school year I don't really cook because of time. Also I have had some issues that I am dealing with (nothing major or big) that I am hoping to work out very soon.

Baby Emma is doing great! She has been doing well and has been one traveling little lady. She is starting her therapies tomorrow (occupational, speech, and physical). Isn't God good?

I ask that you continue to pray for Emma and also pray that Scilla is healed from the kidney and bladder infections that has been causing her some discomfort lately.

"Walking in faith..."

My beautiful baby girl

TURNED 4 on June 11. I do not know where the time has flown. Aunt Scilla asked Mimi all last week what she wanted for her birthday and Mimi told her a doll house!

     On Saturday, June 12, Scilla made her way to Gatti Town, although she did not feel too good. Once inside, she only stayed in about 20 minutes, if that long. It was too cold inside for her because she is on blood thinner medication and she is always freezing. So she went to sit outside of Gatti Town and she stayed out there about an hour. Everyone kept going in shifts to sit with her and talk to her and check on her. MIMI AS WELL I REALLY APPRECIATE HER COMING OUT TO HER FAVORITE GIRL'S PARTY! Prissy stayed until it was gift time at which point we took the gift she had bought, Mimi and party goers outside so that she could see Mimi open the gift she had bought.

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL

OPENING THE GIFT FROM AUNT SCILLA

 ABOVE: A BIG GASP

EXCLAIMING "OH MY GOSH"

ABOVE: A KISS AND HUG FOR AUNT SCILLA BEFORE SHE LEAVES!

THE DOLL HOUSE THAT SHE WANTED TO GET A PILLOW AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR BESIDE. MOMMY IS KIND OF JEALOUS THAT AUNT SCILLA OUTDID HER ON THE GIFT...LOL. ERIC AND I BOUGHT HER A SWING SET AND A NEW PORTABLE DVD PLAYER, BUT SHE COULD CARE LESS,  THE AWARD FOR THE BEST GIFT GOES TO AUNT SCILLA. IT IS GREAT THAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH SO MUCH RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING PAIN ON SATURDAY, BUT YET SHE WAS DETERMINED TO GET MIMI A DOLL HOUSE AND COME TO HER PARTY AND GOD IS GOING TO BLESS HER FOR PUTTING MY BABY GIRL'S HAPPINESS FIRST AND PRESSING HER WAY TO CELEBRATE WITH MIMI.

On another note when I visted her today, she asked when was the last time I updated my blog; so I guess she has been reading it! So, I had to do an update tonight. Also my little Angel, Emma is home and although she is still having some choking and breathing problems; God is continuing to bless her and keep her, she is doing well.                                                                                                                      

As always please continue to pray for Scilla and Emma. God is listening; he is healing and restoring and showing his grace and mercy upon.                                                                                                      

"WALKING IN FAITH..."

wee word wednesday :)

Here is a picture I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ! Mimi and I were in Sams Club when we got a call that Aunt Scilla was on her way there too!  I hadn't seen her since taking her braids done and her new hair style. I just kept thinking how beautiful she looked and had to take a picture.

    I love this picture because I see the smile I remember that we haven't seen in a long time, but also for me; it is surreal. I see her in a wheelchair, the wheelchair is a part of her and her life now; but it is like whoa! When I looked at the picture for the first time on the computer last night, it sent a chill through my body because she was home, out and about, but in a wheelchair; it was reality, but it  was something I can't even find the words to describe.

    But in any case here is my beautiful Miss Prissy!

Please continue to pray for her and for the little angel, baby Emma. The two of them have been progressing well and God is blessing them and showing us that our prayers are not falling on deaf ears. Emma got a great report from the doctors today and may be going home today or very soon. Thank you God and I am going to continue to praise you and believe that you are going to continue to heal and restore Prissy and Emma!

She is home and looking good...

    As we all know Scilla has had a web of things to untangle and one of the things we discovered is that she had been taking her medications wrong, which contributed to her pain being so severe and also her coumadin doctor said her blood was too thick on Friday because she wasn't taking that medicine correctly. We have discovered that she putting her medicine in the pill boxes when she was heavily medicated. I have seen her smiling a lot more lately and I love it.

     Baby Emma is doing better. They now know what has been contributing to her breathing/choking problems. You can check her out on my blog list. It warms my heart to get a good report on Emma because I know that she is destined to be blessed and God is going to work a miracle in her life.


     On a side note, an older pastor asked me on Sunday, how Scilla was doing and if she was walking yet. I replied "no" to which he simply said "if she doesn't walk down here, she will when she get to Heaven" and I just looked and smiled because I wasn't sure how to take it; because we still have hope that God is going to work a miracle so great in her life that man will never understand. Still believing and still standing on his word knowing that God makes no mistakes and that he does what he says he will do.

Continue to keep Prissy and Emma lifted up in prayer because we know from the reports we have been getting that God hears our prayers and he is answering them; it may not be as quickly or the answers we want, but he is showing his mercy and grace upon them.

"walking in faith..."

Sometimes your storm isn't that big...

    Since I have been writing this blog and dealing with Scilla's accident, I have learned that sometimes your storm is not as big as it seems. I absolutely adore Mary Beth and baby Emma. Their storm has inspired me. I find myself checking MB's blog or facebook many times throughout the day hoping to hear some good news about baby Emma. I look at what they are going through and I see that our storm is not as big as theirs and I know that MB sometimes feel that her storm is not as big as she thought. I think our minds and our faith plays a big role in how we view our storms. If we think our storm is big, then it is going to appear that way to us, but if you believe that your storm is just a passing shower and that on the other side of the storm clouds, the sun is going to shine and there is a rainbow awaiting; then your storm will appear as just that, a passing shower.

      I know some days it seems as though it storms and pours down on us daily, when the sun is shining a few feet away from us, but we must remember that with rain comes nourishment for the flowers and grass to grow. Sometimes we need some rain in our lives to nourish us; to allow us to grow closer to God; to turn our brown grass green; to help recover from the drought in our faith (for times when our faith begins to dwindle).  Sometimes it seems like our storms are lasting much too long; just when it seems the rain has slowed and sunshine peeks out, then comes another down pour. It is during this time that we must look to God and say God, this storm is lasting longer than I thought or would even like for it too; can you just please show your face to let me know that this storm will pass soon; just give me a sign; show me your ark for which I can run to for your cover and protection.

      Remember that faith is the key to weather the storm because whatever your storm may be; someone else's is bigger.

SN: I received a card in the mail from MB and it was a great surprise for me. The card touched my heart and is a testament of the type of person MB is. I loved the card, but my first thought was that Mary Beth shouldn't have taken the time to send the card because she has so much on her plate right now, so many more things to do that are much more important; but that is just how great she is, that she took the time out to show her appreciation and I admire that about her and Emma has been blessed with such a great, loving, caring, and FAITHFUL mom.

"walking in faith..."

Still trying to untangle the web of things

that are going on with Prissy's body since her injury. She is having problems with swelling in her abdomen and lower body. This swelling occurs sometimes randomly and we have yet to figure out what triggers it.

Please continue to be prayerful for her and Emma. We know that God is an awesome God and a great God. When it seems like we have taken all we can take and like we are at the end of the road, God shows up and restores our faith. So please keep believing, continue to have faith and don't give up. Whatever you are going through; God is right there with you!


"Walking in faith..."

We returned home excited and overjoyed only

to discover that Prissy was taken to the hospital today by Greg. She called me at around 7 p.m. to see if I'd gotten home and informed me that she was the hospital because of the pain she was having and the swelling she has been experiencing. I called her at 11:30 p.m right before this post to see if she was home since I hadn't heard from in a few hours. She is still at the hospital, they have performed at cat scan and are trying to determine if her intestines are blocked and if so what they need to do about it. Please pray for her and hopefully they will find something out very soon.


   On a lighter note; today was very important for my family. This morning (June 1) we were in Charleston for my husband, Eric's naturalization ceremony.  My daughter and I were super excited that he became a citizen today and are thankful this very long process has now come to an end! Prissy really wanted to travel with u; but the fact we were out of town for 4 days and that she is still healing and having some issues with her health, she was not able to go; but I know she was there in spirit and I can bet you a million dollars if she hadn't had her accident, she would have been there to support Eric.
  

     Below is a picture  of Eric, Mimi, and I after the ceremony; it is not the best picture, but it will do!

Please continue to pray for Scilla and sweet baby Emma!                                                             

"Walking in Faith..."