Family Time

This weekend Trammell and I were Blessed in so many ways.

We were able to take a Road Trip to the Upstate of South Carolina where we spent time with friends and loved one we rarely get to see.

We met so many wonderful people.

We celebrated the wedding of my sister Glenda and her new husband Jerry.

And
we enjoyed two full nights of sleep!

We are So Very Thankful to my sister for putting us up in our Wonderful Hotel. 
For a Dear Friend for giving us gas and food money.
And for Waccamaw Family Caregivers Council for paying for our nurse to stay here with David for 2 nights and 3 days.

This trip would not have been possible if not for these Amazing people.

Feeling So Blessed

Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

S L E E P

These days one of the most precious things I can receive is SLEEP. 
I have now gotten 87 nights of sleep in 7 years and 2 months.

This weeks has been especially rough.  Each night when I get up to check David around 12:30 or 1:00 I can't fall back to sleep. (So many nights I'm STILL awake when the timer goes off 2 hours later.)
But
All this week I've been awake from around 1am til after 5.  Tossing and turning.  Jumping up every time David rolls around or moans.
Last night was so exhausting as I woke up around 12:30 to the sound of David crying.  This is very rare for him. It's rare for him to show emotions. He'll smile when I say "Smile so Mama can take a picture" but that's about it.  When he's going through the "older stage" he shows anger and get mean but no "happy" or sad emotions.
I think he must have been having a bad dream to cause him to actually cry.
Either way, it broke my heart.  I jumped up to check on him. Changed his diaper and got him some water. (He doesn't know how to let us know when he's thirsty. I asked him and he shook his head yes.)
After I tucked him back in and laid back down he became even more  restless.
I got back up and asked him if he had to go potty. He shook his head yes. So for the next hour he sat on the potty, shaking his head no each time I asked if he was ready to get up.  By the time I got him ready for bed again and crawled back into my bed it was after 4:00am.  I think I must have fallen back to sleep around 4:30 or so.

The next thing I knew it was 8am!
I had slept right through the timer that had gone off at 6am. 
Thank the Lord he was still dry.
I ran and did my morning chores and then rewarded myself with a Nice Hot Cup of Coffee!!! :)
Ready for another busy, none-stop day.

Excited today for Trammell.  A friend of his from Church (Barefoot Church) just picked him up so he can go turn a refrigerator box into a "SPACE SHIP"!
Getting ready for the next THEME in the children's department.  FUN!

Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Distractions

In our daily lives we have SO Many distractions.

And the devil just loves distractions.

Even as Trammell and I sit down each morning for Bible Study and Prayer Time, we hear the sounds of our phones as emails or Facebook messages come through.
It's a challenge just to stop ourselves from picking them up to check.

So I've started turning the sound off on my phone during that time.

I've also started turning the sound off from 8:30pm until 7:00am so I won't be tempted to pick it up during the night.
STILL working on THAT Temptation because of being up so much during the night taking care of David, it's so easy to grab my phone, as I lay back down, and begin checking on things, sending out emails, getting work done while everything's so quiet,
When I Should Be Trying To Get Back To SLEEP.  Therefore when the timer goes off in two hours to check his diaper again, I'm Still awake from the last time I checked him.
Yes, I'm Still working on that one.

The fact is there are far Too Many Distractions as we try and Should focus 100% of our attention on GOD and what he placed us here
for to begin with.

We must STOP wasting our precious time on things that do not matter in this world.

We Must
FOCUS
FOCUS
FOCUS On GOD.
On HIS Plan for our lives.
On HIS To Do List.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

GOD ALWAYS Supplies ALL Of Our Needs

There were 3 concerns.
The 3 things I am concerned about each month although I know in my heart I should Never worry about anything for GOD Is In Control,
Are
Food for my family.
Diapers for David.
&
Nursing Care For David so Trammell and I are able to go to Church and run errands.

My heart was heavy as I worked on our February budget knowing we would not have funds for any of these things this month, not to mention funds to help the families in need that we help each month.

Well Let Me Tell You About My Precious Lord and How HE Supplies EVERY NEED!

Before February even got here we received a call from The Waccamaw Regional Family Caregiver's Council telling us they were sending us a $1000 Respite Voucher for nursing care for David that we can use through June.  PRAISE GOD!!!!

Then I called a friend of ours in Conway who sometimes has diapers and other supplies that are given to her to pass on to us.
She had just received a large donation of supplies which we are now going to be able to pick up next week now that we will be able to get a nurse with our Respite  Voucher.  PRAISE GOD!!!!

THEN Today we were surprised with a ton of Groceries donated to us by a dear friend and a group of our neighbors here at the Condos.
PRAISE GOD!!!!!!

HE never let's us go without.
HE supplies EVERY NEED.
We Are Humbled.
We PRAISE HIM With Every Breath HE Gives us.

Matthew 21:22
And all things,  whatsoever ye shall ask in Prayer, believing, ye shall receive.