Life was run by google calendar telling my husband where I would be, what he needed to do and what each child's schedule was for that day, week and month. Sydney had been peeing clean for a while and we had been at the Seay Center for a while. We settled into our new normal. And for a while we rode the wave of status quo. I wouldn't say life was great, but my daughter seemed to be on the road to trying to get healthy. The marriage was hanging in and Edward and Ashley seemed to not be busting at the seams. I was exhausted, though. Physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally.
Back in junior high, Sydney went through a tough period with girls (girls in junior high suck....never has there been a more vicious animal than a highland park middle school girl who has been raised by her highland park mom to assume the world centers around her and anyone not ok by her standards deserves to be victimized). I wrote a verse on a notecard for her. I love, love this story because this notecard has been around for 4 years now. It gets misplaced, put up and disappears. This is how cool God is...whenever I need that verse, the card shows up when I'm not even looking for it. Romans 5: 3-5, "We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment..." I loved that God showed me this verse again. I am in awe of the details He pays attention to our lives. My character was being developed. And God is judicious, He was not just working on me...He was working on everyone. He had more work to do on my pride.
So, if you're counting, two kids have already endured trials. That leaves one child and a husband.
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