Again, it has been months since I've posted anything, and in that time so much has happened. First, I got an A in that Psychology class I was taking, which was very exciting. Selah is fully crawling now. Genesis is my joy as always.
Less exciting is that we found out that my mom has cancer, again! And to top that off the same week my parent's found out about Mom's cancer, my dad's employer of almost thirty years, decides that it would be financial beneficial to lay my dad off just about three years before retirement. So now Mom is sick and Dad is unemployed. So at their request the girls and I flew to the states and have been here close to two months. In a couple of days Srikant will come and join us for the last 10 days of our stay.
My mom's cancer seems to be improving. The tumors were wrapped around her syatic nerve causeing a great deal of pain, but that pain has reduced. Unfortunatly, she has become extremely weak and unable to use her legs, so they have admited her in the hospital for a closer watch. Long term, they expect complete remission of the cancer, but we will have to see if she will get her legs back. This is expecially difficult since my parents live in a raised ranch and it is impossible to get in and out without stairs.
My dad is looking for work while keeping regular vigial over my mom. It has been really tough. (By the way for anyone who may happen to know my grandmother, they don't want to worry her, so she doesn't know about Dad's work situation). He is a good man though and loves her immensely.
At the end of the month (Sept) my brother and his wife are planning on moving in with my folks for a while. I hope that they will be able to help my parents since I really must get my girls home.
Anyway, the girls and I are anxious to get home and back to our lives. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful life in Belgium. I feel guilty about leaving when mom is still so sick but everyone who is close to me assures me that I have done above and beyond and that there is nothing more I can do and that it is important to get Genesis back to her life. As you can see, I must keep reminding myself of this. Please continue to pray for my parents and myself and my little girls too.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
It's about time!
So it has been several months since I have gotten on this thing...sorry to anyone who cares. I could say that it is because they put my dashboard in French, that life has been busy, that I just couldn't think of anything worth writing about, or give many other excuses, and they would all be true. I'll just give a run down of my family and get you all caught up.
Srikant (husband)
He is doing great. Excited that his mom might be coming to visit in the fall. He also recently found out that he won a huge award for the job he did while we were in Albuquerque. He is too humble to let others know, but I'm very proud of him. He is so amazing at taking difficult, not fun situations, and working his tail end off to make them work and doing an excellent job at whatever he puts his mind to.
Genesis
My love! She is great as usual. She is so smart and so full of life. I often just sit in amazement that such a terrific kid is mine. She loves me so much, and I am head over heals in love with her. She is another reason I haven't been on much, she has recently discovered computer games and is hooked! We also have made a decision for her for next fall (I think this one will stick). We decided that we don't like the school she is in, the local schools would be too much for her, and yet she needs to be challenged. We thought we had finally settled the matter when we found out a Kindergarten teacher at the American school was teaching them how to read. We knew she was a little young (her birthday is literally on the cut off) but she will love being able to read. Unfortunately, when I went to register her today we found out that the teacher we heard about won't be teaching kindergarten next year. So we have decided to keep her home and home school to the best of my schedule. I think she will be happy with that and hopefully we can keep her challenged and happy and still allow me to continue my schooling.
Selah
What a treasure. I keep asking myself how I got so blessed. Just to think I thought I never would have babies and now I have two such unbelievable kids. She is fun and animated like her big sister. She is trying to crawl now. It's fun to watch. Foot, knee, face, foot, knee, face and then she stops for a rest. The most difficult part is that now that she can go from lying down to sitting up it's hard to get her to go back to sleep when she doesn't want to go to bed. She used to eventually cry herself to sleep but now she is sitting straight up and its easier for her to fight it. She is so strong! She also has two teeth now and wants to eat anything I'll let her try.
My Mom
Unfortunately, my best friend and mother is not very happy right now. We just got the word that she has cancer...again. She has an appointment with a surgeon on Thursday and will get more info then, I hope. Keep her in your prayers. As you know she is a fighter but sometimes it's just not fair that one person should have to fight so much.
My Dad
It's just days after Father's day and I must say that my dad is one fabulous man. He loves me and my girls so much and best of all loves my mom. He is sticking with her through this and supporting her like I've never seen another do for their wife. Again, I'm so terribly blessed.
As for Me
I'm doing good. Frustrated at little things like the fact that our water heater keeps turning itself off. I'm also trying to fight some of my health issues which is always disconcerting. I am excited about having Genesis home though and I'm hoping that I'll do well by her and teach her how to read this summer and into next year. I'm also working hard on school. I'm just finishing my first class back after over two years of break. Social Psychology. I also just completed my paper for this class and got an A so that was amazingly exciting and encouraging. I've also just started a statistic class...much less exciting, but necessary for my major. One foot in front of the other and some day I'm gonna finally get that degree. My girls won't get a choice, I don't care what life trys to throw at them, I'm making sure they get their degrees right after high school!
Srikant (husband)
He is doing great. Excited that his mom might be coming to visit in the fall. He also recently found out that he won a huge award for the job he did while we were in Albuquerque. He is too humble to let others know, but I'm very proud of him. He is so amazing at taking difficult, not fun situations, and working his tail end off to make them work and doing an excellent job at whatever he puts his mind to.
Genesis
My love! She is great as usual. She is so smart and so full of life. I often just sit in amazement that such a terrific kid is mine. She loves me so much, and I am head over heals in love with her. She is another reason I haven't been on much, she has recently discovered computer games and is hooked! We also have made a decision for her for next fall (I think this one will stick). We decided that we don't like the school she is in, the local schools would be too much for her, and yet she needs to be challenged. We thought we had finally settled the matter when we found out a Kindergarten teacher at the American school was teaching them how to read. We knew she was a little young (her birthday is literally on the cut off) but she will love being able to read. Unfortunately, when I went to register her today we found out that the teacher we heard about won't be teaching kindergarten next year. So we have decided to keep her home and home school to the best of my schedule. I think she will be happy with that and hopefully we can keep her challenged and happy and still allow me to continue my schooling.
Selah
What a treasure. I keep asking myself how I got so blessed. Just to think I thought I never would have babies and now I have two such unbelievable kids. She is fun and animated like her big sister. She is trying to crawl now. It's fun to watch. Foot, knee, face, foot, knee, face and then she stops for a rest. The most difficult part is that now that she can go from lying down to sitting up it's hard to get her to go back to sleep when she doesn't want to go to bed. She used to eventually cry herself to sleep but now she is sitting straight up and its easier for her to fight it. She is so strong! She also has two teeth now and wants to eat anything I'll let her try.
My Mom
Unfortunately, my best friend and mother is not very happy right now. We just got the word that she has cancer...again. She has an appointment with a surgeon on Thursday and will get more info then, I hope. Keep her in your prayers. As you know she is a fighter but sometimes it's just not fair that one person should have to fight so much.
My Dad
It's just days after Father's day and I must say that my dad is one fabulous man. He loves me and my girls so much and best of all loves my mom. He is sticking with her through this and supporting her like I've never seen another do for their wife. Again, I'm so terribly blessed.
As for Me
I'm doing good. Frustrated at little things like the fact that our water heater keeps turning itself off. I'm also trying to fight some of my health issues which is always disconcerting. I am excited about having Genesis home though and I'm hoping that I'll do well by her and teach her how to read this summer and into next year. I'm also working hard on school. I'm just finishing my first class back after over two years of break. Social Psychology. I also just completed my paper for this class and got an A so that was amazingly exciting and encouraging. I've also just started a statistic class...much less exciting, but necessary for my major. One foot in front of the other and some day I'm gonna finally get that degree. My girls won't get a choice, I don't care what life trys to throw at them, I'm making sure they get their degrees right after high school!
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