This year I have finally regained my love of the Holidays. After my son died in 2010 I had a difficult time with all holidays and especially birthdays. As time has passed I have been able to feel more happiness then sadness during those times. There will always be sadness because my son is not here, but I welcome the happiness too.
I struggled to find ways to include my son, but I think I've got it now. I talk about him when ever I want and I help other families through their grief journey through an organization called Share. This has been unbelievably fulfilling.
Onto happier topics, This year we are going to one of my best friends house for Thanksgiving. We are doing it on a weekend because of work and life schedules but I am so excited. Our kids are 1,3,4 and 5 so it will be super busy, but super fun!
My 4 year old, Chelsea is going to start hockey on Saturday. I can't believe how much she loves sports. I played sports but didn't love them the way my daughter seems to. My mother has a great love of sports and was super competitive. Chelsea seems to have the competitive spirit. We had to go to the rink this week to get her equipment and the high school team was practicing while we were waiting. She was so engaged, watching the practice. She would watch and ask me questions and it was one of the rare times she was still by her own choice. Life is about to get busy!
Bethany
Bethany with her NG feeding tube. August 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
It's been a long time since I posted last. Things have been super busy.
Bethany had some alternative allergy testing done - don't ask me how they do it because I'm not sure. They take a few drop of blood apply it to some kind of index card and are able to test for like 99 allergens. So she came back reactive to dairy, gluten (no shit Sherlock) green peas (what!) a couple kinds of fish and peanuts. We have been giving her peanut butter and she has had some residual GI problem. So I'm hoping that getting peanuts out of her diet will fix that. So here we go again with another diet adjustment-hopefully not so life altering this time. I suspect this will be a lot easier.
Chelsea is doing great at preschool. She loves it! This year she has boy and girls friends, last year she pretty much played exclusively with the boys. She's a mover and the other girls are often doing projects that require sitting. So Chelsea prefers to play with the boys - I think it's great.
Chelsea just finished her soccer season and she absolutely loved it. I can ask her everyday what she did at school and she can't/won't tell me, but when I ask her what she did at soccer she can tell me everything she did. So now we are gearing up for hockey season. Luckily the hockey league supplies most of the equipment. She is super excited for that.
I decided to start exercising my right brain. My whole life I have been a left brained person, I love science and math, I'm a nurse, I never considered myself to be crafty or artistic in anyway. But I have really been enjoying making Christmas ornaments out of felt, painting signs, picture frames etc. Here's picture
Bethany had some alternative allergy testing done - don't ask me how they do it because I'm not sure. They take a few drop of blood apply it to some kind of index card and are able to test for like 99 allergens. So she came back reactive to dairy, gluten (no shit Sherlock) green peas (what!) a couple kinds of fish and peanuts. We have been giving her peanut butter and she has had some residual GI problem. So I'm hoping that getting peanuts out of her diet will fix that. So here we go again with another diet adjustment-hopefully not so life altering this time. I suspect this will be a lot easier.
Chelsea is doing great at preschool. She loves it! This year she has boy and girls friends, last year she pretty much played exclusively with the boys. She's a mover and the other girls are often doing projects that require sitting. So Chelsea prefers to play with the boys - I think it's great.
Chelsea just finished her soccer season and she absolutely loved it. I can ask her everyday what she did at school and she can't/won't tell me, but when I ask her what she did at soccer she can tell me everything she did. So now we are gearing up for hockey season. Luckily the hockey league supplies most of the equipment. She is super excited for that.
I decided to start exercising my right brain. My whole life I have been a left brained person, I love science and math, I'm a nurse, I never considered myself to be crafty or artistic in anyway. But I have really been enjoying making Christmas ornaments out of felt, painting signs, picture frames etc. Here's picture
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