My Friend

A few days ago, I was really struggling. I was tired and weak and weepy. I was cleaning the floor in our office and I randomly found this. Needless to say, it melted my heart and I knew without a doubt that the Lord was extending His loving arms and giving me a priceless gift. The gift of words from a dear friend who is worshiping her Savior in Eternity.

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My Friend

To My Friend

"The Note Song"

by Late Tuesday

/I hope you find this note where I leave it for you/
/I’ll hide it just enough to maybe surprise you/
/And I will seal up this envelope, to hide this little note I wrote/
/And I’ll write your name on front like I always do/

/And when you return from the place that you have been/
/You’ll find this little note left from you little friend/
/You will see your name upon it, and you’ll open it to see what I wrote on it/
/And here’s what you’ll find when you do/

/My friend, it’s been a long day for me/
/I miss seeing your face and I miss your company/
/I could use a hug from you and you know I would love talk with you too/
/But I will just have to wait until I see you again/

/And this is only the beginning of it all/
/There’s much to say, but I will wait until you call/
/And then when you do I will hear the voice of my friend on the other end/
/And I will probably say, “Oh Good! you got the note!”/

/Let me tell you/
/My friend, it’s been a long day for me/
/I miss seeing your face and I miss your company/
/I could use a hug from you and you know I would love talk with you too/
/But I will just have to wait until I see you again/
/I’ll just have to wait ‘til I see you again/

Thank You Mom - You Brightened my Day

(no editing, everything really was this color one evening)


Almost one week down... I met with my nutritionist last Thursday afternoon and she really helped me gain more perspective on what's going on with my body while I finish out this pregnancy. She also provided me with a really helpful list of foods I can eat during the rest of my pregnancy. At least they are all good foods :) I had to say goodbye to ice cream and my 6 glasses of milk a day though. Man, I really CRAVE milk... Anyway, it is very similar to the South Beach Diet eating plan in that you can have fruits, veggies, and carbs, you just have to count them and limit how much per meal. I have to keep up with my blood sugar by pricking my finger and taking a reading of my blood four times a day as well as eating every two hours. Good thing I don't get squeamish with needles or the sight of my own blood, because I get to see a lot of it.

It hasn't been as difficult as I thought. Jason is doing an amazing job (that's and understatement) in supporting me and encouraging me. He always asks me how I'm doing and how my blood sugar reading is going, and if he's around me he sits there and watches with me.

I had my bi-monthly appointment with my OB yesterday and she was incredibly encouraged to see how well I have done on my first week. My numbers are all where they should be and she said that is great, especially for the first week! I also learned that I will be practically be living at the dr.'s office. As she put it, they become "very involved" in my pregnancy from here on out. So, I will go once a week for the next two weeks then after that (at 32 weeks) I will begin going twice a week. I'm very grateful for my dr.'s and their level of involvement and how they are really great with explaining everything to me and walking with me instead of just telling what I have to do and when I have to do it. They are definitely patient oriented!!

Thank you all for your prayers, Jason and I both would appreciate your continued prayers that everything goes smoothly throughout the rest of the pregnancy and that there are no complications with our baby girl and her health. Gestational Diabetes is just that, gestational. So once this girly comes out I'm in the clear and will have learned some really good eating habits to help me lose my pregnancy weight :)

Thank you

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths." (Proverbs 3:5)

This passage kept coming to mind this morning after receiving the call from my dr.'s office that I indeed did not pass my second glucose screening. Thank you Katherine for posting this verse last week :) It really did encourage me this morning.

I go on to the Diabetes Educational Facility tomorrow afternoon for my first consultation. Basically they will ask me what I typically eat and help me come up with a diet plan that will essentially be balancing carbs and proteins. I am looking forward to learning more tomorrow and could definitely still use prayers that I would not be discouraged and overwhelmed by changes I have to make and that I will be able to manage my diet so that it would cause any harm to our little baby girl.

Thank you all again for your prayers. I am very grateful!

More Labs

So, the my doctor's office called just now... and my lab results came back and my levels were high. I have to go back in for a more extensive test which will keep me there for about 4 hours.

After this test they will know whether or not I will be diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.

Keep those prayers going... :)

update...

I called my dr. yesterday and they told me that they would call if I did not pass the test. I haven't heard anything, so I'm thinking that no news is good news :)

Thank you all for your prayers :)

Prayer Request

I would covet all of your prayers that I pass my Glucose screening test that I took this morning. I had to drink this "Delicious" orange juice and then have my blood taken an hour later. This is to determine whether or not I have Gestational Diabetes... If I fail, I have to go back for a three hour test. If I fail that one, I do have Gestational Diabetes and it could lead to complications with my pregnancy as well as down the road. So, please be praying that my body is responding well to being pregnant and that everything is working as it should! Thank you :)

I should know tomorrow if I have to go back for more labs... I'll keep you posted.

No Computer

Well, my Mac is at the Apple Hospital :(

The hard drive failed last week and it is unrepairable, so they are putting a new one in. So sad... I will lose all my music and documents, but thankfully I had backed up all my pictures. So no more music and no more letters and journal entries.

Needless to say, it'll be a little bit before I can post any pictures or anything.

Fly to Jesus...

Maria Sue Chapman (2003-2008) went home to be with Jesus. Please be praying for the Chapman family. God is truly near to the broken hearted.

Thank you!

Thank you all, so much, for your prayers last week! My appointment with the cardiologist went well and he saw no visible problems with my heart :)

He told me no more caffeine (that includes chocolate!!) and to come back and see him a month before the baby is born. He also said my blood pressure was high and that I need to keep an eye on that because of complications it could incur. I should hear from by OB sometime this week on whether or not she wants me to come in more often to watch my blood pressure.

Again, thank you all for your prayers :)

Prayer

I had a very fun and exciting Dr.'s appointment today :) My Dr. couldn't get the heartbeat with the doplar, so she said she'd let the ultrasound do all the work!

I got to have an unscheduled ultra sound! It was so neat getting to see the baby at this stage. It made it seem so much more real! Unfortunately the little stinker was buried deep in my womb and had its legs crossed. Otherwise I might have been able to find out early if its a boy or girl... Oh, well! The heartbeat looked good and that's what's important. And, I got to see its little legs move as well as its skeletal structure. AMAZING!!!

I do covet your prayers in one area... My Dr. would like for me to get an ECG/EKG done because of some irregular heart palpitations I've been experiencing since last August. At first she said its normal in pregnancy to experience those occasionally because of hormones and increased blood flow. But when she examined my chart and saw that I had mentioned it in August and had my thyroids tested, she was concerned because obviously at that point I was not pregnant... My appointment is this Friday at 11:30, so if you think about just pray that everything is fine and normal and they could may shed some light on why I'm having these annoying palpitations :)

Thank you all!!

Delight yourself in the Lord...

I was reading Eternal Perspectives, Randy Alcorn's blog, this morning and was really encouraged by his latest post. He is someone who is full of wisdom, yet struggles with deep depression at times, yet always manages to bring his eyes back to the hope of the Cross and the truth of Christ. I thought I would share this with you all and if you haven't already, save his blog to your favorites!

"God offers us joy. But it’s a joy to be found in Him. It’s a joy that comes to us only when we are in his presence. If we know Christ we will be his presence forever. But the wonderful news is we don’t have to wait until Heaven to find joy. We are in his presence right now, since Jesus promised “I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.” He indwells us, as Scripture says, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” He has sent His Holy Spirit to live within us too."

I was exploring the newly refurbished NA website and I came across the latest article by John Smith. It's titled With those who Weep. I thought I would share it in case some of you did not see it or read it.

I highly recommend everyone take the time to read it. As someone familiar with grieving, I was very excited about his encouragement in how to "weep with those who weep". So, I believe it will likewise be encouraging for those who are trying to love someone who is grieving as well as those who in the midst of pain and loss.