Cause for Celebration

I guess since we are home from the hospital Abbey has cause for celebration (we both do actually). Just now, when Brett left to go to the store he asked Abbey if there was anything she might want him to get. Without missing a beat she simply said, "A piñata." I don't know that we would have the strength to beat the candy out of a piñata, but I think my Abbey has the brilliant ability to express the most with the fewest amount of words. I think she might take after her brother that way. So Happy Fiesta!

The Curse of the Cookie Dough

Don't do it! Don't taste that delectable cookie dough. Every time I have put a mound of chocolate chip cookie dough into my mouth I have heard the warning in my head: DO NOT EAT ANYTHING WITH RAW EGGS OR YOU WILL DIE! Well, I'm here to tell you that warning is not some old wives' tale.

And even better advice: DON'T LET YOUR CHILDREN EAT ANYTHING WITH RAW EGGS OR YOU WILL BE PUT IN THE BAD MOTHER HALL OF SHAME!

Yes, Abbey and I are lying in matching hospital beds as I write this, and even though we are feeling much better today, I can't remember ever being as sick as I was these last few days. Being a patient in a hospital in a foreign land hasn't been as scary as I thought it would be, and that is mostly thanks to the skilled, yet ever so sweet Filipino and Indian nursing staff they have here at Al Ahli Hospital. They have been a blessing to our temporarily topsie turvy family life.

The other blessings have come in the thoughtful visitors stopping by with puzzles, books, and games for Abbey and Labello lip care for me, the many phone calls from concerned friends, the grocery store run by our home teachers, the timely delivery of personal items from a good neighbor, the cards and flowers from my children, and the continuous flow of moral support from friends and family for my Superman hubby Brett.

Thanks to all of you who made such a nightmare turn into another reminder of how many wonderful, Christ-like people we have in our lives!