God Is Still Good

We were disappointed today to find out that Hadassah’s biopsy last Friday showed mild rejection of her new heart. We have been told (and I think I mentioned before) that over half of heart transplant recipients experience some degree of rejection during the first year. She has had 5 months of no rejection until now and we are so thankful for that. Hadassah continues to look and feel well.  God is still good and He is still in control of all of this. He is choosing the path that is best for us. And we will walk it.

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Please pray for us. They are changing some of her medications for now but the doctors need to collect more data before making a plan. We will be going to New York again within a week for some blood work, an echocardiogram and to meet with the doctors.  Please pray for wisdom for the doctors. Pray for Hadassah especially that her body will again fully accept her new heart and that this too will stir her heart toward the suffering Savior.

Good when He gives, supremely good,
Nor less when He denies.
Afflictions, from His sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.

Memorial Day Parade

We all met up again this year.  So many of us.  Same time.  Same place.  Same parade.  My kids wouldn't miss it.  Here are a good majority of the kids present - though many are missing!

Hadassah and I could not resist getting her this hat.  Isn't it just so Shifrah?

Friends and cousins:

Some Cape May Birds

Here's a few birds we saw last week in Cape May.  First, a Least Sandpiper:

American Oystercatcher

This Osprey had a fish and this Gull just sat below him waiting for scraps.  He didn't get much though.

Great Egret:

And Baby Swans!  These are no ugly ducklings.

I Get To Do This!

So, Paul and I are back from Cape May and I am back to the "grind".  I am carting kids from buses to appointments to who knows where else.  I am cleaning up mud again. But, as Ann Koskamp said so appropriately, I "came home to bedroooms and bathrooms and kitchen and fridge and windows.... I was a woman who didn't live by a deathbed or in a refugee camp or a war zone or the rubble of an earthquake.... I got to be here and do this!"

Cape May Lighthouse

So, Paul and I are spending a few days in peace and quiet.  I am not taxiing children to karate or Boy Scouts or buses.  No one is asking me for a juicey.  I am not cleaning up the mud dragged in by rubber boots.  I am not grading papers.  I am not combing curly hair or putting bandaids on boo boos.  Oh.  I better stop before I start missing those rascals.  Having a great time together in Cape May!

Let Me Introduce You

Here we are, folks! My parents, my siblings and me.  Thankful for a family who all love the Lord.

from left to right:  Mark, Jim with Cindy in front,
then my parents, then me, John, Mel

Another shot of my Mom and Dad.  I like this one.

Singing Praises To Their Maker

A Weed

Click on this dandelion to see the beautiful detail God has put in a weed.

Will He not much more care for you, O ye of little faith?