These three little words that I posted on Facebook evoked a lot of emotions. Jericho's life matters. Why did I post those words?? Reality, Jericho had emergency surgery on July 8th. As I am writing this, he is still in PICU on a vent with no end in near sight. He is one sick boy, not a little boy, but soon to be an 18 year old man. I felt that the ones who should care about Jericho, did not. I felt that the ones that should be visiting Jericho were not. Bottom line, I spoke out as a mom in pain, hurting and tired. But you know what, God is in control. A wonderful person reminded me not to let negative thoughts enter my mind. She was and is right, but still, Jericho's life matters. Jericho has Cornelia de Lange. He also has PICA. PICA is what put him here. It is the uncontrolled need to eat things that are non food items. We spend each and every day pulling things out of Jericho's mouth. Even the younger kids know to holler when they see Jericho trying to eat something. It i...
Merrill and I did it, we really did it. We got some friends to watch the children and we went to Mammoth CA and played in the snow. It was colder than cold. The first morning we were there, it was -12 degrees. Oh my!!! We wondered what we were going to do, but it did not take us long to just jump right in and and enjoy the snow that we love. So first thing we did was try out tubing. We found a place that towed you up the hill about 500 feet and then you walked to the ledge and jumped on and down you went. We laughed and giggled like kids. Then we decided that we had to bring the children up here in a few weeks. The next day we went snowmobile riding. It was so cold and Roberta thought her fingers were frostbitten....they were not. :o) Again we had more fun than we have had in years. It is so nice to be healthy enough to enjoy life again. Lastly we rode the Gondola up to the top of Mammoth Mountain. It was -3 degrees there and all we both could think about is how cold the skiers were....way too cold for us. All too soon it was time for us to come back home. We had a wonderful time, but the reality of it all is we missed the children also. We did manage to learn that we needed to take more time for ourselves and do things that we really do enjoy, like snowmobile riding. :o)
Comments