The last two months have been two of the most difficult months ever. Mom was in the hospital for two months and during that time I watched her get worse not better. She’s really been struggling with recovering from this surgery and it seems like each time she made a step forward, she’d make two backward at the same time.

It’s been hard not being able to do anything … but I think in many ways God is teaching me not only patience, but acceptance that He’s in control. These are things I need to really incorporate into my life especially with the baby coming hopefully sometime this fall.

Speaking of the baby – we should be starting our home study next week – we’ll start with the joint interview – then there will be individual interviews and then the home visit. Between now and the home visit, Steve and I need to get our new room finished. I’m in the process of demolishing the back wall of the room. We’re going to get that finished by Sunday, then hopefully our contractor will be able to get his interior guy in to work on the drywall, taping and knockdown. Then we’ll paint and get the floor laid.

We have a lot of work to do, and in the meantime, I’m also teaching pretty regularly and I’ll be long term teaching again starting in April through the end of the school year. I’m also helping my dad take care of my mom. I think I’m going to have a very busy spring. But in the words of my friend Sara, “It’s all good!”