It's challenging to give space in my heart and brain to different kinds of emotions at the same time. You all know that, duh, we are probably all participating in this dance more than we were before due to all that's going on right now.
I can remember last 4th of July. It followed an awful night in the NICU for Annelise where no body got any rest. We were in that period of time after she got extubated, where we just had to "wait and see" how she tolerated breathing on her own. Turns out, intolerable. We are so glad that somebody invented the trach! Fast forward to this year, and she's just got smiles for days, her 4th of July bow from Etsy seems to have shrunk since last year 😊, and she's shockingly healthy, all glory to God. We are loving this season and praising Jesus for these blessings!
Last year I wrote a post making a point to intentionally praise the Lord when things weren't going so great. Like the song "I'll praise you in this storm".
I'm so glad I wrote that down so that I could read it today, when we found out that my brother Eric has tested positive for Covid 19, and has had it for almost a week now. His family of a beautiful wife and 4 of my amazing small nephews have been exposed, but are so far showing no symptoms. A band mate of Eric's had gone to a family funeral, where a cousin unknowingly brought Covid and spread it there. The band mate didn't know yet when they practiced together, and that's how my brother got it. Thank the Lord that his lungs haven't been hit hard, even with his asthma.
So there's a lot going on! I can't ignore how amazing it is to see God carry us from our NICU days to now... and I also can't ignore that we in no way need Him any less now than we did then. Like that song says, "It's your breath, in our lungs, so we pour out our praise".
Prayer requests:
Please pray with us for my brother, Eric, to have full health restored, and his wife Melanie, if she has Covid too, we are asking the Lord for her to be an asymptomatic carrier, and their 4 small boys to be free from symptoms as well. Praying this time of waiting and quarantine passes quickly for them. Waiting is hard.
It came to my mind that way back when Eric was little, and he and my sister would let me paint their faces like puppies and pose them for pictures (on film that we had to take to Walgreens to get developed!) God knew then that this Covid experience would be part of Eric's story. We trust Him, Lord over Eric's whole life. Thank you for holding him and his family in prayer!
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