Time Passages

Dawn and I have been playing an impressive game of phone tag recently. She was wonderful enough, however, to leave a voicemail on one of her "tags."

I am so very happy to report that Nicole has improved dramatically. I believe we can let out huge sighs of relief that this horrid illness is now behind Nicole. At least for now. I need to ask Dawn if recurrence is still a concern. I know I was blown away when Dawn said that Nicole had been cleared for sports and that she attended soccer practice this week. I love being able to post such incredible praise reports!

As an update, Kaitlyn is doing well. She's a happy baby girl as evidenced by the photo Shannon sent on my phone tonight (I'll get around to getting it on here but it won't be tonight). She's so precious.

Elisa and Rob are doing well. Anxious, of course. I get "funny-tummy" flutters whenever my phone rings. One of these calls will be the one...

I did receive sad news tonight. My uncle, Douthit Kimber Whitaker, died Monday. He was 83. It's funny how I still see him as the much younger man I grew up around. We worked together during the time I was pregnant with Shannon and the subsequent year-and-a-half after she was born. He sure loved coming into the office at the end of the day and seeing her big smile. It seems like only yesterday.

I honestly feel like I've been in a time tunnel recently. In addition to my uncle's passing, I've been going through papers, photographs, and items of my grandmother's. Many from the 30's and 40's. Quite a few involving my parents, great-aunts and uncles, and great-grandparents. Also many items I had sent her through the years from wedding and birth announcements, photos of the kids (the oldest 3), etc. Now we have Elisa's baby due, Kaitlyn is settled in with Shan, and Matthew turned 3-years old yesterday. Yes, my head is spinning.

And finally, the kids and I are adjusting to the new school year. They had their 2nd week of co-op today and still love it (me too!). Monday night was the first night of the women's Bible study I'm in. We're doing Beth Moore's "Daniel" study and it looks to be terrific. Ken and I also had our intro meeting with our (new) small group. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and am really looking forward to the next few months with these folks. It's been a few years since we've been in small group and that was at our previous church.

So that just about covers recent happenings. Pretty soon I'll be writing about Kaitlyn and Zachary and not about us "anxiously waiting" for them to arrive. I'm sure that will be appreciated. All this baby stuff's been going on for just about a year now. Please keep Elisa and Zachary in your prayers for this last leg of the journey. For a healthy baby and smooth, easy delivery for Elisa. These beautiful young women are having their own babies, but they are still, and always will be, my babies. There are some things that time just can't change.

God bless you and yours...