Day 200

I got to see my sweet niece Katie today for the first time in a long time. I really hope we will be seeing much more of her. When she was young she was stuck in a mess and I wanted nothing more than to adopt her and her brother but all I could do was pray for them. Since then our family has adopted many young ladies and gentleman. We enjoy being a safe place for everyone to land and there are many still young and many who are adults who still thing of us as their second home, second parents and I wouldn't have it any other way. I used to cook and bake for everyone. If someone had a birthday they got a cake here no matter what else they had planned. I really hope I will have the ability to make all the special food for Hope's Sweet Sixteen, especially her over the top cake.

For some reason my pain is getting worse and my symptoms are progressing at a rather rapid rate. Sure I can get my doses of medication raised but I would much rather God's healing power to get me off of all medication. I am unsure without help I will be able to pull my foundation together in time but I still want to have my prayer session the weekend before or after September 8th. August 19th is both my husbands and my brothers and my husbands aunt Patsy's birthday. Clint will be 39 and though our children birthdays are a really big deal, he never wants anything for himself. He is such a kind, giving, loving, close to perfect man. Even after almost 18 years if marriage, when I look in his eyes he still makes me melt, when I am in his arms I feel like I am in the safest place in the world. Before I met him, my mouth had a permanent frown, just the natural look on my face; but after I met him he has given me a permanent smile. For the longest my face would hurt from smiling so much. With him it wasn't just my mouth smiling, my eyes and my heart were smiling, overwhelmed with Joy over the man God created for me and for our children. I do wish everyone could have a man as wonderful as mine but I also know he is one of a kind. Sure we are weird, but we are wonderfully weird an I wouldn't have it any other way! I have a friend at MD Anderson and she could really use a good report, some encouragement, so please take a moment to day a prayer for this amazing lady named Amy!