SEASONS....

   I don't normally write about me in this blog, but this entry is about the ending a season, in my life and the beginning of a new one. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1 "For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven."
 
     In this new season of my life,I have taken on a 30 day challenge where I have been fasting and praying for God to act upon some of my desires. During this time of fasting and praying, a song by Bishop Paul Morton has been a song that I have sung so many times and it says " Lord, whatever you are doing in this season, don't do it without me; Lord, if you are HEALING in this season, don't do it without me; Lord, if you are BLESSING in this season, don't do it without me!" And although this song says don't do it without me, when I sing it I am singing out for some of the people who mean the most to me. Some family and friends are suffering financially; So many people need healing from various things and so I am crying out for everyone on my prayer list(which is growing lately).  I have so much faith in God that I honestly believe he is getting ready to do some great things in my life and the lives of the people I love most.

     I decided to write about seasons because I chose not to return to my job as a teacher in the After School program with the City of Greenville in September. This was the perfect job for me; for 3 years it allowed me to be the mother/wife I wanted to be and allowed me the flexibility to do some of the things that I wanted to do. Most importantly, during the time of Scilla's accident; my co-workers were not only understanding, they were great at accommodating me! I was out of work days or weeks at a time dealing with stuff related to Scilla's accident. I would go to work, only to get a call from Scilla that she needed me, could I come to the hospital and my immediate supervisor worked with me, she would let me leave and do what I needed to do in order to be there for Scilla, my mother, and my family.
 
      I am forever indebted to my co-workers for being a source of relief from the hectic-ness and stress that came along with Scilla's accident. I worked with 4 beautiful, smart, and talented women. Each of these women touched and forever my changed my life in some way. They may not know it; but they made life a little easier for me, their smiling faces and jokes that made me laugh were the highlight of many stressful days and sleepless nights. I will never be able explain it, but for some reason; I just felt my time working with "the city" was up; I felt like it was my time to move on to the next season of my life. I prayed hard and long before making the decision to not return in September.

    But I am forever grateful and thankful for my "season" with the "the city" because they provided healing for me during one the most life changing times in my life; theses ladies made Scilla's accident easier for me to handle. They would listen to my daily updates, my worries and my fears; they allowed me to talk about the accident and listened and gave encouraging advice; they were my therapists and played a big role in MY healing and in helping me to be strong for Scilla. They allowed me to just let it all out and for that I appreciate them. So to Ms. Octavia Jones, Ms. Katrina Wofford, Ms. Ereaka Binns, and Mrs. E. Wofford; I LOVE each of you and I miss you dearly and I am thankful that I had you all during this very difficult "season" of my life. I was glad to have the opportunity to work alongside each of you, but more importantly, I made friendships to last a lifetime.

       As I mentioned I have been fasting and praying and God has delivered on my one of my desires and I have been offered a job here in Greenville; if things work out, I am hoping to start early/mid November. I am so excited about this new season in my life and the new season in Scilla's life with her going to the rehab facility and gaining the therapy, insight, and healing that she needs and ALSO for HER STILL BEING HERE WITH US TO CELEBRATE HER 40TH BIRTHDAY ON NOVEMBER 2ND! Her life was spared and she is entering a new season; a new stage of her life.

     As always, please continue to pray for Scilla and baby Emma (whom I received the most adorable photo's of ). I am also requesting prayer for me and my new job (specifically that we come to terms on a good salary and that I am able to get everything done to start in November).

Oh yea, I forgot to mention Scilla got a new camera, so we should have some photo's of her and the work she is doing in rehab very soon!

"Walking in faith..."

  

Happy Birthday Mom!

We are so blessed to celebrate my mother, Patricia Booker's birthday on today. She is an awesome mom and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. WE LOVE YOU MOMMA!

"WALKING IN FAITH..."

10-10-10

      So today is the 10th day, of the 10th month of the 2010th year; otherwise 10-10-10. They were so many weddings going on today that it was RIDICULOUS! But the number 10 in Chinese culture is considered perfect and in some cultures lucky; biblically The number 10 represents COMPLETENESS - DIVINE ORDER; There were 10 Commandments, We are commanded to give the 10th of all income, A new world order/promise came out of Noah (the 10th generation) [thanks to Pastor Lenny Gaines for the biblical insight] so I guess today was the perfect day for Scilla to start the 2nd leg of her rehabilitation journey at a facility in Columbia. She left Greenville around noon en route to Columbia where she will spend the next 6 weeks in a rehab facility; participating in all kinds of therapy including water therapy and maybe even learning to drive. I am super excited for her and can't wait to call her later in the week to see how it is going and how she likes it. I hope this facility gives her the tools to properly heal. I pray for her healing daily, but not just for physical healing; but for mental and emotional healing. I know that some days are mentally and emotionally are harder for her and I think that once she is able to come to terms with her injury, she will be truly healed.

     Please continue to be in prayer for her healing and pray that she comes out this with a new outlook and ready to take on the world. I know she is going to do great!

     Also remember to keep sweet, baby Emma in your prayers. She is doing well and is such a cutie!
     
     Scilla will be coming home this weekend  to move some things into her new home and to celebrate my mother's birthday on October 15.

"Walking in faith"

October 10th is the day...

Not much to report here.

• Just wanted to let everyone know that Scilla will be going to Columbia to a rehab place on October 10. I am so excited for her and I know she will do well for the 6 weeks she will be there. She will be coming home on some weekends.

• I also plan to post pictures of her new, more accessible home, as soon as I can get by there and get some pictures. 
  
• She went to the Urorologist last week and they put her on a daily, small dose antibiotic and a probiotic to help with her  frequent Urinary tract infections.
• She also keeps talking about feeling things, but I am not sure what to think; but I take it as it comes because after all I do pray daily for her healing and restoration and who knows what God has in store for her.

I know this is not too interesting, but I wanted to give an update. Emma is doing great also; she had a CT scan to make sure her shunt is working as it should and there is a really cute video on her blog of her eating applesauce and she appears to love it! and she also gives a glimpse of that beautifully, blessed smile.

Please continue to pray for Scilla and Emma.

"Walking in faith"

Didn't realize it had been so long....

Hello! I apologize to everyone for I did not realize that entire month of September has nearly passed and I haven't blogged. I have been super busy with working, remodeling projects around my house and just life in general.

   Scilla is doing great. She will be journeying to Columbia to a rehab facility on October 10 for a six week (I think) stay. I am excited for her because this facility will give her the tools and therapy necessary to become more independent.

   Also if everything goes as planned, which we will know for sure on Monday (9/27/10), she will be moving into a house and out of her apartment which she is also excited about.

     We are still trusting God and praying for a miracle, but we know he has the final say in this matter. But I a will not be satisfied with incompleteness; yes God has blessed us, but I am certain that he is not finished blessing me, my family, and friends. So I want become comfortable in my present state because God has greater things in store for us and the Evidence is clear.

     I pray continually for Scilla and Emma's healing; their names are consistantly in my mouth, as I give praise to God I thank him for them and I ask that you do the same.

"Walking in faith"

Not much going on around here...

  Hello everyone! I know, I know it has been 2 weeks since my last post;but not a lot has been going on around here lately.  Also the start of a new school year means a return to work for me. In addition to work, I am pursuing a second master's degree in mental health counseling in hopes of owning my own practice someday (thought about going for my PhD, but I am not into research...ha ha!) So if there are no entries for long periods, that is why.

 Scilla is doing VERY well and getting around well in her chair.

    Greg returned to work on Monday the 23rd and Angelic spent the night with her on Monday night and My Aunt Robbin on Tuesday. Thank you to them for helping her out. She asked me to stay one night, but I didn't. I think that it is very important that she learns to gain some independence and that was why I didn't stay the night because I didn't feel like she needed me. My hope is that she will learn that there are going to be times when you are all alone and you will have to figure out how to do things when it's just you.

  She is continuing to work on gaining strength and I am hoping that by the time we reach the 1 year mark, she will be able to transfer in and out of her chair independently; right now she still needs some assistance.


Please continue to pray that she continues to gain strength and independence. Also pray that she remains healthy because the less health complications we have the sooner she can become completely independent.

Also sweet baby Emma is doing awesome. Check out her blog and look at the recent pictures; Emma is absolutely adorable! She is making progress and is holding her head up now and improving in all areas. Go Emma!

God is truly working miracle's in the lives of the people we care about so much and I thank him for blessing Scilla and Emma and taking care of them, like only he can. Thank you God.

There is a celebrity in the building!

   On Aug. 5, I celebrated my 30th birthday. It was such an exciting occasion for me. I enjoyed a week of pampering, fun, dinners and a party. I have to give a shot out to my husband, Eric for treating to me to the most relaxing massage ever and  giving me an awesome new digital SLR Camera, the Nikon D5000! This camera is the cream of the crop, the best of the best (he did his research before buying it...lol)! And he also footed the bill for my awesome birthday party and we had a BALL!

    So enough about that, I mentioned the party and my birthday for one reason only and that is that I was so EXCITED that Prissy came to my party! I was not sure if she was going to make, because she has her good days and she has her bad. My heart felt so much JOY that she came out to celebrate with us and on top of that, SHE ENJOYED HERSELF! YES! She smiled, laughed and was her "old self"! There was only one moment where she said to me she doesn't like her chair to show when I take her picture, but of course I ignored her and kept snapping because that chair is apart of who she is now! My sister, Trina rolled her out onto the dance floor and although she didn't dance, she took a lot of pictures, so many that the question was asked "Dang, is it your birthday? You are a celebrity tonight"...HA HA. Of course I didn't mind her getting all the attention because I am not that type of person in fact, I was just happy to take the pictures and have her present. So here are some of the party pictures:

When she first arrived she didn't want to take a picture, but I got it

Scilla and one of her bestie's Robin

There is about 20 of these with half of the party goers surrounding her

Another fun shot!

With her Aunt Robbin, she loves her some Aunt Robbin!

I was finally able to get in a photo with her...lol (I have on the blue dress) Also note this a picture with all my mom's girls (4) plus our cousin with the hat on!

She decided to have a little fun and roll into the picture, as you can see Angelic and Trina wasn't expecting her..lol

having a little fun with Sherrica's leg/shoe and her son, Adrian.

And she rolls into another picture...

I am so glad that she came and had a good time! She also came to my little cousin, Ziyon's party on Saturday! I was worried about how we were going to get her into my Aunt E-Mae's house. I didn't get the picture, but Kendrick and Greg, lifted her(wheelchair and all) and toted her up the 5 to 7 steps into my Aunt's house and according to them it was "light" work! I am so glad to know we have some strong men in our family who are able to "lift" us when we need them!

God has definitely blessed Prissy and our family. We have had some tough times over the past 5 months, but God just keeps us showing us favor. He is continuing to heal her and giving her strength to make through and play the cards she was dealt.  Also baby Emma is doing well, continue to be in prayer for her. She will be having another swallowing study in a couple of weeks and she is also still dealing with some breathing problems; but her mom said it best, Tomorrow has too many problems to worry about them today, so live for the present and enjoy today and don't worry about tomorrow.

"WALKING IN FAITH..."