Joel's Journey: Busy !!!!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Busy !!!!

Yes, these are our tulips, Anna did a great job capturing them

Still here......just been a bit busy!! Also today I went to do all the grocery shopping as they have predicted a big snow for tomorrow and I knew I could not get out in that and we were down to the "Last Supper!!" I have to tell you about my really exciting bargain!! About a month ago I went into the store Christopher and Banks and saw a denim skirt I really wanted, but it was $45, and I could not bring myself to get it. Today I decided to pop back in there not even wondering about the skirt but looking for skirts in general. I made my way through the store and then went over to the clearance rack, there was ONE left and it was my size, it was marked $19, but the fantastic things was all their clearance stuff was 1/2 off, so I got it for a whopping $10!!!!! I love little blessings like that!!!! I even wore it out of the store!!!!! I found several things at re-sale stores and thrifty places for some of the others here. All went well getting the groceries, it was a mad house as I guess folks think we are going to be snowed in for weeks.

I do not have a lot of time to write for now, we are preparing to go over to Dave's and Kate's for dinner. They said they were fixing us an "Asian Adventure." I just hope its dead and well cooked!!!

Don't forget about the Garden Workshop, Saturday, April 11th-- 9am-12 noon. I found the cutest basket to fill and give away for it. I am going to fill it with lots of "goodies." You can check back here and see if we have added anything . You can register here to come. All those peoples that have shown interest in coming to our farm that live fairly close, nows your time......we'd love to meet you and visit with you!!!!

5 comments:

John-Clay said...: WOW!! Nice flower picture :); March 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Heather said...: Are those your tulips?? up already? Beautiful :)

I live a bit too far away to come but I hope you have a wonderful time. Perhaps one day Ralph and I can come your way on our bikes. Mm that would make a neat destination. Always need a new destination; March 26, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Nikki Bettis said...: Cindy....there may be a slight chance we can come to the workshop afterall. We're working on it. I'll let you know what comes of it. I mapquested it and you're about 3 1/2-4 hrs from Fort Worth. We'd have to leave early Sat morning but what better reason to get up early and make a road trip out of it? LOL! Did you get my email?; March 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow Anna!!! I love the picture.

Charity; March 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Maggie R. Burnett said...: Nice!!I like that Tulip picture!!!; March 31, 2009 at 6:19 PM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.