Hit

Here are some things I've heard and read that have hit me in the past 2 days. Some have even taken the breath out of my lungs...still do just thinking about them:

Curren is off oxygen and in an open crib.

"Mom, when I was in PE they had a running contest, and I came in last place. Everyone was laughing at me, and I cried. Today we did it again. I came in last again. No one laughed, though. Why did they laugh?"-Tracen

Joanne said her mom's sweater was black.-The Simple Wife (first word uttered in weeks after a major stroke, she is 38.)

"The hospital Anton is in is trying to get rid of him. He will soon be transferred to a Russian orphanage and will lose his one-on-one care. There is no way he can get the bandage changes and have the kind of care he needs in the orphanage. Things are certainly looking down. Please share his story with anyone you know who might be open to adopting him."-story of an EB child born in Russia who's mother did not want him because of his skin disease. She did want his twin, but left Anton in the hospital.

"Kate wanted to pray last night. She decided to pray quietly, and we encouraged her to do it however she desired. She took her left hand and slowly made her fingers intertwine with her right. She closed her eyes and quietly begged Jesus to heal her young body. Please do the same.

We deal with the conversations of cancer as they come up, trying not to make it the only thing we talk about with the kids. Again, we were talking and I tearfully told Kate if there were anyway I could fight this for her, take this on myself, bear her pain myself, I would. I would readily take cancer over seeing her have to battle it. In her deep desire and ability to love, she softly said, "oh no mom. I would never want you to have to fight this. I would much rather fight it myself than watch you." I am astounded at her maturity, and her deep love and compassion for others. It makes me unbelievably proud, and it hurts so unbelievably bad."-from Kate McRae's caringbridge page. Her last MRI showed new tumor growth after an already 18 month battle. She is in kindergarten.

A godly mom remembering her precious daughter here.

"Getting to the place of, 'God alone,' is painful, but that place is a wonderful place to stay. Significant rest comes to the soul when we accept that God alone is in charge of our honor. God does not just defend our honor. He defines it."-Beth Moore study of David

Hope you can breathe better...I sure can...knowing that God is our place of rest in every situation around all of us.