Wednesday, October 10th 2007

12:55 PM

Updating some things.....

Jessica has been experiencing some more issues with her liver disease and stomach. She was starting to have some bleeding due to her varices, so at Jessica's last appt. with her specialist, he wanted to change the dosage of the medication that helps her blood clot, so instead of 2 times a week, she now takes it everyday. So far it seems to be helping. As for her stomach issues, the medication helps some but still not fully, so this will be brought up at her next appt. I feel like a broken record at times...it seems like everytime I have an update to post here, there is some other problem to add .

HOMESCHOOLING UPDATE~

My beautiful little girl is now a 3rd Grader!!! Jessica had her homeschool evaluation in September and did wonderfully . Her evaluator said she was impressed with Jessica's reading and the neatness of her handwriting. We are very proud of her for doing so well even though she had so many sick days and extra trips to the childrens hospital for tests this passed year, she still did a great job with her work.

CONGRATULATIONS BELLA JESSICA!!!

Our 3rd Grade Curriculum is~

READING:

Bob Jones 3

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Learning Language Arts Through Literature 3 (Yellow Set)

HANDWRITING:

Pentime Cursive 3

The Complete Book of Handwriting

SCIENCE:

Apologia Exploring Creation with Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

Lapbooks for Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES:

Lapbooks for Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Mummies, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Mythological Creatures

MATH:

Saxon 3

HEALTH:

Skills for Success Human Body

Lapbook~The Human Heart

HOME ECONOMICS:

Home Economics for Home Schoolers

Abeka Home Economics Food Preparation

FOREIGN LAUNGUAGE:

Rosetta Stone Italian

ART:

Life Pac Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkade

Learn to Draw 50… Series by: Lee J. Ames

We have started some of our curriculum and love it! I feel really excited about this years curriculum. As all other homeschoolers know, a huge part of homeschooling is trying to find the right curriculum for your child(and you..lol), its a lot of trial and error, but once you find the right fit, homeschooling is extremely rewarding and can be a lot of fun. I really think this year is going to be our best so far curriculum wise.

I would like to share something that I wrote a couple weeks ago while thinking about the things we have been through with Jessica's illness and how I feel about it at times~

~My Name is Heather~

Who I am is a mystery

I know not from where I came

But it doesn’t matter all the same

For now I belong in a family

A family made just for me

I hope it will never come to end

For my heart would surely never mend

My daughter’s life has been filled with illness

Dealing with this leaves me with sadness

I pray each day that she shall live

To live a long life

To sing and play

With her own children someday

But alas this may never come to be

For all we can do is wait and see

I thank God each day

For the child he gave me

She has filled my life with love, joy, and laughter

I now only long for a happily ever after

For she is all I could have ever hoped for

Beauty, strength, pure heart, and so much more

Wisdom beyond her years

A fact in which brings me to tears

A parent’s heart so filled with fears

I know that I am not the only one

For another mother that I know

Has recently lost a son

For her I wept in silence

While others slept through the night

I’m sure he is in Heaven

On clouds of snowy white

A little angel up above

Watching over his family with delight and love

For when a child is ill

A parent’s mind wondering, can’t be still

The thought their life may one day be taken

Leaves us with a heart that is breaking

Know matter how soft spoken

A family’s heart will be broken

Leaving gaping holes

In our hearts and in our soles

Please God don’t let it be this way

I’m asking this of you

As I hope and I pray

That our child’s life be spared

So very loved, cherished, and cared

Though I know it all too well

The blessings that you give

You can take away

Know matter if it be night nor it be day

But for now I will still hope and pray

Enjoying my child day to day

Even though she is very ill

And one day might be taken

To Heaven on angels wings

Oh how I hate the thought of such things

I will still thank you

For all my woes and sorrows

For the thoughts of many more tomorrows

Still fill my heart with joy and laughter

Only hoping it will last

This year, the next year, and many years after

Though some days my heart maybe filled with sorrow

I will still treat each day, as there is no tomorrow

BY: Heather B. ~Blessed Mother

3 Comment(s).

Posted by Amanda:

I realize that you do not know me for I was researching painted lady buterflies for my class ( i am a teacher). I feel that it was God that led me to you site. I want youto know that the Bible says the we are healed by the stripes that Jesus took on clavery. I am not even sure how you believe but I want you to know that I am saying a prayer for your daughter right know. I know that GOd has a plan for everyone. We may not understand what or why His plan is what it is but in the end we will understand. God loves you and your daughter and I truly feel that she will be healed. If you are not in church now then I encourage you to go to church. I go to an Assembly of God church and we believe that you are to lay your hands on the sick and pray for them and with faith they shall be healed. Anyway I want you to know that I will be praying for you and your family. (I to have a daughter who has a conjenital disorder) GOD BLESS YOU!!!!:)

Monday, November 5th 2007 @ 8:19 PM

Posted by Lisa:

I understand the pain that you are going though...My baby is 13 months and on december 9th he had a liver transplant....It was the scariest time i had ever past in my life waiting for a liver for my baby....Day by day he was geting worse and worse it was horribale but you know what i always belived that every thing was guna be ok cuz god is with me and my baby he is with all of us we r his children. and before i knew it he had a donor...from then on he has been great....and he is still recoperating but is doing great.....it was all god and everyone that prayed for my baby.....So i am going to pray for your baby girl and never lose hope that god is with us...take care........o:)

Wednesday, December 26th 2007 @ 6:01 PM

Posted by Becca:

Beautiful verse, Heather - I'm saving it.
Please don't think I'm a "wacko" - you don't know me. Four years ago, I lost a child due to a congenital problem - we prayed, we believed, we had faith, we did everything "right".
"Why are you telling me this?" you may be thinking. "This is not encouraging!"
What I want to tell you is this:
There were times when I was overcome with worry and fear and frustration and other days that I brimmed with confidence and assurance that God would answer my prayers to let us keep Sarah. My heart was filled with that mysterious and wonderful peace that I can not explain when I was able to lay it down and pray for His will, not mine.
My intention is not to imply that you've not done this, or that God's will is not for Jessica to live - I'll be praying that it is!
My hope is to encourage you to remember that you can trust Him with all things, and trust Him implicitly, so you can continue in joy and hope and courage.
I thought the world might end for all of us if we lost Sarah - so many "what ifs" - and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about her. I still believe that God could have healed her. Somewhere there's a great plan that I don't see and don't yet understand - but I will someday.
So hang in there - hold on to precious Jessica with everything you've got - but don't forget who's holding on to both of you.
Our family will be praying for you.

Friday, February 15th 2008 @ 12:53 PM