Upon arriving at Stanford 9 months ago, Josh was flooded with so many different doctors, attendings, residents, etc. It was explained to him, that this hospital (a teaching hospital) was a lot like Greys Anatomy. Well, yesterday the girls and I rode over the hill for one last follow-up visit. As I drove into the Stanford area, my stomach got the ever-familiar pitted feeling I would get when we first visited Selah there - lots of memories. We met with one last resident or attendee - I'm not really sure and then finally with her Surgeon. It was niced to end with him - to tell him thank you and to hear him say "I think we are done." We were told when we first started these visits that we would probably be doing them for the first few years. And here we are only 9months later and we are done. As we started walking out the door and into the parking lot, a flood of emotions hit me really hard. The realization of what has happened in our lives the past 9 months - I almost broke down crying until Ocean (oblivious to the depth of all that has gone on) snapped me back into the world of 20 million questions. As crazy as this sounds, while I was so excited and grateful to hear the words "you are done", there was apart of me that felt sad. You have to understand that this place is a large part of our family, of Selah's story, of an amazing work of the Lord. And to one day have that stop just seems well, a little emotional. I couldn't help thinking of all the children that weren't "done" that day and the many families who had only just begun their time there.
And so we say good bye to OUR Greys Anatomy... Thank you Father for the reminder we have in Selah of the great things you have done. May we NEVER forget!!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Good-bye "Greys Anatomy" - The Final Chapter
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Night-Time prayers...
I was putting Ocean to bed the other night, trying to get her to stop moving long enough to "thank the Lord for our day" when she jumped in (as she often does) with her own "thank yous". It went something like this - "Thank you for my friends, for Sammo (our dog), Home Depot, and all the people in the world. Amen."
The One Adventure of the Tooth Fairy and the Tooth
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who told everyone she was going to be Spiderman for Halloween (yes, I said Spiderman - even though she has no idea who he is and what he does). Her mom waited a little too late to get the costume and had to come up with a new idea at the last minute. After some explaining and much pleading to the little girl, her mom finally convinced her to be the Tooth Fairy while dressing her little sister up as the Tooth. Together they got many chuckles.
I got a little carried away with my machine. =)
