thank you cards

so last night i had a dream that we were going from doctor to doctor (isn't my subconsious creative?), but along the way we were stopping to write thank you cards and send thank you gifts. i'm not quite sure if they were to the doctors or to friends or what ... but when i woke up i was so aware of how thankful we really are right now. we have such a GOOD Father. so this morning i wanted to write this short note as a thank you card to Him.

spinal tap thursday

okay, not every thursday, just this thursday. if you read this before then, lift J up since they'll be sticking a needle in his spine. should tell us a lot, though, so that will be good. thanks!

filling in the blanks

wow, how sad that we're so much worse at keeping this up-t0-date now that we have internet at our fingertips just about 24/7. umm, yeah ...

so the last three weeks have been, well ... exhausting. we've been in and out of doctors' offices, labs, specialists, and each other's arms as we try to find an idea or two about the craziness in jason's head - no, not his loveable and zany wit, but headaches, vision issues, numbness in arms and head/face, swollen eyelid, small pupil, pounding metal in rythym with his heartbeat, sleep paralysis, etc., etc., etc.

we have been receiving EXCELLENT medical care and attention, but right now we're in the place where we've ruled out a lot (all the serious stuff like stroke, anurism, hemorraghing) but still have the doctors scratching their heads in fascination of a weird combination of symptoms.

in the midst of all this, we moved to corona (yay), and i have been re-adapting into a work-from-home schedule to juggle.

we have been so blown away by the countless reminders from our Dear Father that He is intimately involved and keeps providing in amazing ways. around random bends in the road, from work phone calls right when we need it, to dinner being brought over by friends at church , to an anonymous envelope with cash (hello!?), to other surprises, there is no way we can question that He wants us to KNOW He is at work.

so that's us. we're tired. we've had to apply a lot of this year's life lessons this month, especially Who to Fear. but we're together, so we're good.

Door #2

So, it's been some busy days. Lots going on - moving to Corona, working hard on what comes while watching our funds dip lower and lower, visiting doctors and hearing fun things like "hmmm, weird". I mention it all not to complain but because with all that have come reminders of lessons we learned that need to be put into practice - we can fear everything, or fear God. We choose door #2. He's provided an abundance of practical reminders that He's two steps ahead.

Now in the midst of this crazy week, we got an email from a friend in Bangladesh - yeah, turns out they've got a flood covering most of their districts. He sent some pictures and all week they've been in my head. Reminding me what to be thankful for here. And what to pray for our brothers and sisters there. The pictures are pretty intense and I'm going to upload them here even though they're pretty small. Let them remind you, too ...