It's a Girl's World

Yesterday was a sad day.

We had to send Tim home and we didn't want to.  It was sad for Graysen for her Daddy to leave.  It was sad for me too.  There's just a certain security Graysen has with her Daddy that she doesn't have when he's not close by.

It's sweet really.

But, it was time for him to go home and take care of things on that end.  Back to reality.  Back to our other two children, who were home alone or with family or with friends (Thank you to all of you who  loved on our kids while we've been here!).   I told Graysen it probably wasn't fair for her to keep all the parents to herself.  Tim needed to get back home.  Back to our real life.


Today is a happy day.

It's a day of celebration.  Today is the two-week mark of Graysen's surgery.  Two weeks!  I can't believe it.  We have climbed quite the mountain during those fourteen days.  We saw some really, really hard days, we saw a young lady who is tough and fights and keeps pushing herself.  We had sleepless nights, and we had long, much-needed naps.  We saw Graysen cling to her faith and never, ever be anything but sweet and grateful throughout the whole ordeal.

This last week has been the turn-around.  She is sitting up more, standing up more, taking walks, and even starting to eat again! (thank-you for all the prayers about that last one!)  She is sleeping well and her incision heals a little more each day.  She had basically no complications from the surgery, other than some upset stomach.  No issues with movement, no infection, no set-backs.

And her back is straight.

We prayed.  She prayed.  You prayed.

Prayers were answered.  In every little way.  We are blessed.  We are truly, deeply thankful.

Graysen continues to receive cards, packages, treats, and flowers on a daily basis.  The best part of her day is when the mail comes.  She looks forward to it everyday.

I will say it again, we have the best family and friends in the world.

And speaking of sweet friends, our dear friend, Katelyn Meyer flew down to us today from Cincinnati.  You will remember Katelyn from early in the blog.  The wedding where Graysen sang in Hawaii.  That was Katelyn's wedding.

She is here for three days to help us with this part of the journey.  She came bearing gifts and jumped right in helping in every way she could.

The three of us took our longest walk yet tonight.  We walked about 3/4 of a mile!  Graysen and I had walked a similar distance this morning.  This girl is determined.  Have I mentioned that?  She is making great leaps and bounds each day.  She had one bad bout with sickness today, but we are working on getting that all figured out - balancing the meds and food, and the timing of all that together.  But she didn't let it get her down.  She just kept pushing.  Moving forward.

Tonight, it's storming and Graysen and Katelyn are piled up in her bed, laughing as they watch episodes of "Friends".

So, for the remainder of our time in Texas, it's going to be a girl's world.

It's gonna be good:)




Saying bye to Daddy

Two weeks today!

Graysen and Katelyn hanging out

Eating a little bit of supper:)

"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you will have them".

Jeremiah 11:24