Mental Prep

Herston's first juice box



I have always said that I wanted "3 kids, maybe 4." For a while after Larissa, I thought I was done. I was like a tweenager; I constantly doodled 2011, the year all my kids would be in kindergarten. That was the year I even started grad school.

Then visions of Disneyland ran through my head. Our family would not be even! In making the decision, I noticed that every time I read the scriptures I would randomly turn to a passage about the "last born".

I needed Herston. I needed him to remind me of faith. I needed him to teach me about miracles.

Everytime Herston goes in for a medical procedure, they find something wrong. Unfortunately, there is also always complications.

His next surgery is March 8, and I can't stop my mind from wandering to think about the surgery. I have been warned that this is a very complicated, long surgery, and he will require hospitalization afterwards.

I think the mental prep for this surgery is much worse than the bowel preps in the past.

Happy Valentine's Day...Always

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For the first time in six years, I will be working the day shift (and just two times a week). It is about time.

Just this morning, Raea didn't want to wake me up, so she took care of her siblings. Herston was out of his crib and in his high chair eating breakfast. The other three were sitting on their stools eating cereal.