"Mom, why are all these bad things happening?" Deep question from a 10 yr old. The New Year has brought a series of events which at least one of my children views as "bad things". It's very easy to read Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good, for them who love God and are called, according to His purpose", but it is much harder to live that out in the middle of "bad things". Yet it is the KNOWING that gets us through.
Along with the 'bad things' we have had lots of busy things keeping us occupied. Hannah started violin lessons with a new teacher. This means one private AND one group lesson per week. More time out of the house! Rebekah and Hannah are both playing in our school's strings class this session, and that means lots more violin practicing!
Rebekah is in the middle of getting braces. . . . lots of appointments for x-rays, dentist visits, orthodontist visits, and she hasn't even gotten the actual hardware on the teeth yet! Some of the appointments are a bit scary, and many are the "hurry up and wait for the next appointment" type too.
Emily is looking forward to the annual jr high "film festival" night at church. The kids all make videos/films of each other/themselves, and then have a fancy evening when they view them all, and of course, get awards! The last 2 weeks have been full of get togethers for filming. She is in 2 films that I know of. I for one, would really like to see "Junior High School Musical"!
Not to be outdone, the boys have had their bit of excitement too. They both had nails torn off! Jesse is now missing his big toenail, and Johnny is missing half a fingernail. And these um, "trophies" didn't happen on the same day either! Jesse and Johnny had to work together to get that big toenail off, but apparently, Johnny managed to rip half his fingernail off by himself.
Someday I'll get the pictures out of my camera, from our trip up north. Sadly, the battery in my camera died our 2nd day there, so there aren't many pictures anyway. Note to self. . . remember to pack the battery charger next time.
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