To life...

Kristin has just emailed us the most beautiful description of her joyously embracing the rain tonight and experiencing the awesome feeling of mud squishing between her toes. She has such spirit and such an eloquent way of describing her feelings. I wish I could have been there to see the rain dance.

I have one of those perma smiles tonight recounting the weekends activities. Friday night with our good friends, Steve and Barb and their kids sharing a pizza and catching up. Saturday taking Denver, Maya and Isaiah to the library where we loaded up on new books. And then Saturday night, experiencing "Wicked" and dinner downtown with Chris and Christa, our belated Christmas gift exchange. Pete and I were footloose for the first Saturday night, pretty much since mid December. Thank you, Scott and Susie and Phil and Valerie for taking care of the kids.

I spoke to Greg twice this weekend, too. I got his updates on his eye surgery and the cool stuff happening in Texas, like Cheryl being the professional vocalist who will be performing songs from "Wicked" at Ashley's spring concert.

And progress too with Katie. Answered prayer for an extension at Respite, another week. A setback last Monday when she had a seizure during group and stayed overnight in the hospital. Her meds have been adjusted and the results are already becoming apparent. She can not drive for six months after a seizure; she knows she is grounded to public transportation. Today was spent looking at possible rooms to rent and getting job applications, as she described, a non chaotic job, something close to Berwyn, close to the various counseling/ group meetings she will continue going to. And for the first time in a long time she came to church, Tommy picking her up at Respite at 8:00 AM. Tommy, bless his heart, running on a short 2 1/2 hours sleep, working to close at the restaurant and losing an hour due to Daylight savings time. I continue to marvel at the way Tommy keeps digging in to inner resources I doubt he knew he had.

So tonight I will fall asleep thanking Him for this life...it's hard but so worth the ride.