a short update

After waiting almost four weeks for my body to naturally miscarry, I took a small dose of medicine on July 20th to give it a nudge. My body kicked right in and it was fast and relatively easy, thank God.

We got to hold our baby and see that we had a little boy. We named him Elijah Matthew. It was only fitting to name him Elijah since it was his feast day. We buried him in our church's cemetery on the 22nd. God continues to hold us.

I plan to write and share much, much more, but that will come in time.

For now, I have a project that has been in the works since before all this happened. So stay tuned for details to come!

Some Bad News

What can I say, dear readers? The past couple weeks have been some of the hardest of my life.

We lost our baby.

I’m doing something different than the conventional medical way, and waiting for my body to finish the process. (It’s called expectant management.) Guess what. My body is a tortoise walking a marathon. It’s started the race, but it’s taking its own sweet time.

Please pray for us. And I will be back around eventually. Thank you!

Weekly Goals: June 22-28

Overall, progress was good this week. I was thrown off a bit by traveling Wednesday evening to Kentucky with my husband and his summer travel team. We're still here and will be until Sunday. (It's been fun!) Below is a review of how I did on the goals. And new goals follow that.

      Goals for June 15-21

1.       Read the Bible a little every day. - Some days it was very little, but I did read some every day. 

2.       Write in gratitude journal throughout the day. - I did really well until we left for our trip, and haven't since...

3.       Write something every day (journal, blog, or letter). - I think Thursday was the only day I didn't get some writing done. 

4.       Do some sort of exercise every day. - Did very well Mon-Wed. 

5.       Hang the laundry instead of using the dryer. - I did this once. That's something!

Goals for June 22-28

1. Continue reading the Bible, writing in gratitude journal, and other writing every day.
2. Do some sort of exercise every day. 
3. Hang laundry instead of using the dryer.
4. Hand wash dishes instead of using dishwasher. 
5. Spend some intentional time with each child. 

It has been nice to get away and have a bit of a vacation, but I will be glad to be home and get back into the every day routines such as these. 

Care to share a goal you have?