Wednesday

It is hard to believe that a new year has begun.  I am praying that this is the year that the Lord returns!

Now that school has started, I want to give a big thank you to OCCS 6th grade class for their continued prayers, beautiful card and gift!  What a blessing it is to know that children are regularly praying for me and to see that they care.  Thank you!!

I am doing pretty well!  My headache is still there, but at a more tolerable level.  I have been able to do some things, and although I am very tired I am not miserable at the end or later which is a great improvement.  On Monday, Kyle and I took the kids to SF to go shopping as a family.  We didn't intend to buy anything, but just to look around and check things out.  I looked at Kyle at one point and asked him when the last time was that we went as a family shopping and he quickly replied, "over five years ago!"  I don't remember doing something like that for years.  Not a big deal to most, and many would say that they wouldn't want to do that but it is quite an accomplishment for our family and time together that we enjoyed.  I did need my wheelchair because my strength is not restored but it was still wonderful.

One of the things that is exciting to me is that I feel like I will be able to get strong again.  Before I always had what felt like a barrier to restoring strength because any exertion would cause my head to get much worse and quickly.  Now I get tired but it is closer to a normal tired or exhaustion that gives me hope that I will be able to move forward.