What I've Been Looking At

I have not been on this blog much lately because of the pain I've been experiencing. It takes longer to do everything so when I sit down, I don't always want to think about what to write.

Here are some things I have found around the web this week that have captivated me:

Tragedy strikes a middle school a few miles from my parent's house.

Kelle's birth story. This blog post is long, filled with beautiful photography, and shouldn't be read without a box of kleenex nearby. It chronicles the emotional roller coaster of having a baby and learning to accept, love, and be blessed by her birth.

My former pastor's nephew tragically passed away.

The government has your baby's DNA. That's a bit scary.

Bump!

String Bean is really into ballet these days. She spends many hours in the day practicing her twirls and wearing her tutu.

Tonight she was dancing, got dizzy and lost her footing. She ended up going forehead first into the side of our entertainment center. Many tears were spilt and a huge bump that immediately turned black and blue sprung up on her head.

I can't help but think, now that the crisis is averted and she's sleeping soundly, that when the earthquake happened in Haiti, many kids had much worse bumps than String Bean and their moms were not all there to comfort them.

Please remember to share your resources with those who had very little and now find themselves with nothing.

More Crying Ensued

Beach ball. Fall-like weather. Sidewalk. Excitement. These are the perfect ingredients for a head injury, no?

After kicking the beach ball across the grass, String Bean, who was on the sidewalk, took a turn but her foot missed her target, the sidewalk tripped her and her forehead took the brunt of the fall. Now, she has a lovely black-and-blue egg-shaped bump on her head just above her right eye.

This would be the night that neighbors have their doors open and are outside and bear witness to this phenomenal event. It isn't like they could miss the drama with the screaming that quickly followed the fall.

Sidewalk - 1
String Bean - 0