Judy's Son Needs Prayers

Dear Readers!

I know that many of you follow Judy @ Benmakesten as well! (Or one her other sites such as Daily Blessings, Thankful Woman or Homeschool Faith and Family Life). Anyway I know many of you follow her as well so....

Her son fell down the stairs yesterday. They feared that he may have had a concussion so they were closely monitoring him and his condition.  When it became clear that he was not improving they took him to the ER.

He had a CT scan done and there appears to be NO visible cracks or bleeding! That is a very good thing, however he still is suffering from a concussion. He's home and they have to routinely wake him and ask him simple questions. Not only that but his diet has been restricted to liquids only.

Thanks for keeping her son in your prayers! I know Judy and her family would be thankful to have the extra prayers right now!

Comments Are Moderated!

I LOVE comments but they are moderated for a good reason! From time to time I get the SPAM post about this or that and other things that would not be good for my blog or readers. Sometimes I get comments just letting me know about xyz, because it's tends to be an easy way to contact me :)

I know there are SPAM bots out there that will deposit their SPAM comments and those don't really bother me, it tends to be clear when it's a SPAM bot. I do NOT mind the comments letting me know about xyz, because I know they are doing it for a good reason and they just want me to know about xyz.  NO Biggie! I don't approve them because they aren't related to the topic of the post, but I do see them because of moderation!

I also know that not everyone is going to agree with me and that's cool too! I don't expect everyone to agree with me and for the most part I will approve any comment as long as it's related to the topic of the post. However, I had a comment today regarding my sons surgery that totally crossed the line! This is the first time I've had this happen and I've been blogging for almost a whole year! (I'm sure it won't be the last)

I didn't approved the comment because it totally crossed the line and I'm sorry that someone would say something so cold hearted, mean, and uncalled for about my 8-year-old son!!

Well I've said my piece! Carry on! For those of you that pray please keep my son and the unnamed commenter in your prayers. DH is right someone that would say something so mean and cold-hearted is in need of some serious prayers!

Surgery Is Tomorrow!

Just a quick note! Superstar's surgery is tomorrow morning. Please keep him in your prayers.

For those of you that are new to my blog, Superstar surgery is for ITW. (Idiopathic Toe Walking). He was suppose to have the surgery the Wednesday before Halloween, but that got canceled due to illness. (We had the flu). So it has been rescheduled and will be tomorrow morning. Thanks for the prayers.

Kids Say The Darnest Things!

"Daddy, be a MAN!!! You can do it"

That little gem above came out of web-princesses mouth this passed week while playing a friendly family game of soccer in our backyard. Web-prinecss and DH were a team, and Superstar and I were a team.

The kids were acting as the goalies and DH and I were running, grasping for air, trying to keep the ball a way from each other. Web-princess got a little excited and started to shout words of encouragement to her teammate! As soon as she started to shout at DH to be a "man" I started to laugh! It was so funny, just the way she said it!

But I didn't totally lose it until Superstar started to yell at me:

"Come on Mom! You can do it! Be stronger then a MAN, be a WOMAN!"

As soon as my darling son, Superstar, started shouting that at me I collapsed to the ground with laughter! Both of my kids just had me in stitches! Kids to do say....

Speaking of in stitches, the following may be a little to much info, but it was just to funny not to share. So Saturday Morning we meet up with my FIL (father-in-law) for breakfast. The restaurant we met him at is a part of a shopping center, grocery store, hair salons, hardware stores etc.

In the course of our meal at the restaurant I realize I'm in need of some feminine products, so as we were walking out of the restaurant I tell my DH I'm going to go to the the grocery store right there to get the feminine products (pads) that I need. I walk into the store; a store I do not shop at, so I'm not familiar with the layout. I walk in with a mission to get out as soon as possible.

I find a row of items that I believed to be feminine products. To be honest, I didn't really look at the packages. I was just trying to get in and out, seeing my family was waiting in the parking lot, we had plans to go mini-putting so I didn't want to keep them waiting.

I grabbed a small bag of the generic store brand. I just wanted in and out. I didn't really pay attention to what I had, after all I'm 30 and surely I know what a box/bag of pads are! So I grab them, bought them, got in the car, and we proceed to drive to the mini-golf place. During the drive I open the bag. I was going to pull one out to put it in my purse so I can take care of things as soon as we got to the mini-golf place.

DH, said to me, didn't you do that in the store? And I explained no because you can't take merchandise into the bathrooms etc. I told him it's okay as soon as we got the mini-put place I will go to the bathroom and take care of things.

So I still haven't looked at the package, I open it...and say "That's odd! They're not individually wrap?". I then also realized they are much larger then what I'm use too, but it's some generic store brand. It still hasn't registered with me that perhaps I have the wrong type product.

DH take the package out of my lap to read the label! He then exclaims, "Nikki, these are depends for MEN! Didn't you read the label?" I just started to laugh so hard that I couldn't breath or talk! So the only thing I could do was shake my head no in response to my DH's question.

The kids were wanting to know what was going on and DH told them, "Mommy didn't buy pads she bought men diapers."

After seriously debating if I would use these or not, (I have pads at home, I just needed something while out), I decided that I can't use them so I had to ask DH to stop at the drug store on the way to the mini-golf place.

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I have added some updates to the post about Ryan, the latest update is an email from Mary Ellen, Ryan's mom. My heart goes out to them as they grief the lost of their son. Mary Ellen express that it's hard on everyone right now, especially Ryan's siblings. Please Keep Mary Ellen and her Family in your prayers.

Prayer Chain For Ryan: A Missing Boy

Ryan went out on father/son camping trip Thursday Morning and by Thursday Night he was missing! Mary Ellen, Ryan's Mom, is hoping for Ryan to be covered in a massive prayer chain and that he will be reunited with the family soon. Please say prayers and ask others to do the same.

Mary Ellen's Blog: Tales From the Bonny Blue House.

UPDATE: I'm now seeing blog reports that are stating that Ryan has drowned: With Sadness
UPDATE: More details on what happen: Lindenhurst Family mourns autistic teen's drowning
UPDATE: Mary Ellen's email in response to what has happen. Thanks Maureen for posting it.

Please still visit Mary Ellen's Blog and let her know and the rest of her family that you care in their time of grief!