I am sitting in a $1100 chair!!!!
I know it is crazy, and I would never pay for it, and I am sure that my company didn’t pay for it but I am now sitting in an $1100 dollar chair. No that isn’t a typo that is eleven-hundred dollars. Isn’t that crazy?
Aug
18
2006
18
2006
Jul
18
2006
18
2006
I thought I knew God
As I move through life I slowly discover that I don’t know as much as I thought I did. Today was one of those moments
I thought I new a lot about God before I was a father. But like many things in life the older I get the more I realize I didnt know crap about crap if you will forgive the expression. This morning my daughter, Alora, had to have tubes in put into her ears, a very common surgery to prevent her from having more than her current seven ear infections in six months.
           We woke her early this morning to be at the surgeons office at 6:30, she was amazingly cheerful, her normal disposition. We left our daughter with the nurses while I ran next door to grab us breakfast. The surgery was done by the time I got back but when we went back to see Alora we could hear her first. They had warned us she may be inconsolable but nothing really prepares you for that experience. As I sat there holding my crying daughter, wishing there was a way I would take her pain upon myself, I began to understand more the heart of God our Father. After being a Christian for some time the idea of Jesus sacrifice is in danger of becoming cliché. I have only one time in my life come close to understanding why God would go through the agony he endured, that was the night my daughter was born.
           I would have done anything to take the pain my daughter was enduring on myself. I would have taken her pain, or anything else needed if it would have made her stop her inconsolable weeping. It was breaking my heart to see her in pain but I could only imagine this was a small piece of what God felt as he looked upon the earth and saw us all, he was willing to do anything to save us all from our eternal pain.Â
           I thought I new God until I was a father then I realized I didnt know anything.
Mar
15
2006
15
2006
Update
So this past month has been one crazy one. For starters Alora has survived a cold and double ear infections and mommy has battled multiple bouts with mastitis, which leads us to the present day that mom has officially stopped breastfeeding and Alora is chowing down on the formula. She recently had a 7 week check up and is a whopping 11lbs. and 4 oz. (apparently as long as there is food she doesn’t care where it comes from) and 23 inches long.
 So mom is doing better both emotionally and physically (thanks for all of your prayers) and Alora is learning new things every day.
 And last but certainly not least Jason will be starting his new job at The Limited in 2 weeks. It is truly an answer to prayers with a huge pay increase and being first choice for the job (God’s favor is a wonderful thing).
 So thank you for all of your prayers and we hope your enjoying the pictures.