I am completely bowled over!! A few weeks ago we were contacted about the prospect of receiving tickets to the circus for our family. Little did I know then what a blessing we were in store for! After talking with our Media Relations specialist at MCG, we learned that an organization called Give it 4 Ward was sponsoring the event. We also found out that the local news station, WRDW, was interested in shooting a little footage of the give away. I figured it would be a good pick me up for the kiddos, so we worked out a time to get together.
May I say that I am amazed at the generosity of Candye Smith and her organization!! Not only did they treat us to 5 tickets to the circus, but they also showered Benjamin with presents! As you can see in the news footage, Benjamin was ECSTATIC about the tricycle that they gave him! As a matter of fact, after the interview was over, the little guy watched us like a hawk as we loaded up his new bike in the car. On the ride home I caught him fingering the tassels from his tricycle pretty much the whole ride home! I guess he just had to make sure that it really was his. Every morning since then he has made sure that he gets to ride his trike first thing! Yes, Candye found the perfect gift for our little Bubber Dude!
The girls were so excited about going to the circus that they kept asking me over and over and over when we were going. Then, to make the day even more special, Bruesters ice cream held a promotion that morning. If you showed up in your PJs you got a free waffle cone! As I told Genevieve, there are many things I will do for free ice cream...the *least* of which is to show up in my PJs. So, after we enjoyed our free cones (some enjoyed them a little more tactility than others....aheem...ie Benjamin) we cleaned up and then headed over to the circus. We were **not** disappointed! Benjamin really enjoyed watching the trained cats, while the girls preferred the lions and the girls who spun from their hair. The show was amazing and the kiddos happily chatted away about it on the drive back home.
I am just amazed at the fantastic generosity of organizations like Give it 4 Ward! I'm not sure whether or not Candye knows the full extent of how uplifting her ministry is, but I know for certain that our Clan will not be forgetting this "random act of kindness" anytime soon. Do we plan to Give it 4 Ward?? Yes ma'am we do!
Another blood draw down. Benjamin is doing much better and his cough is almost gone. It was really strange that he caught a cold and didn't end up in the hospital. Nice and refreshing...we should do this more often (or hey, he could just stay healthy!). Benjamin has started wetting the bed just about every night and he seems to be wetting his pull ups. I told our nurse practitioner and we got a urine sample. I am praying that as one of my friends said "Maybe it's just a toddler quirk". I really don't want it to be diabetes insipidus. We can deal with DI if we have to, but obviously I really don't want to. That's one of the things I hate the worst about this stinking disease. It makes me feel paranoid.
On a bright note, my wonderful friend Dana asked me if I would write something for her blog. You can check out what I wrote here. Dana is an amazing woman and probably the coolest preacher's wife I have ever met! She is also a brilliant blogger, and you owe it to yourself to look around her blog. I'm positive you're going to love reading it!.
So often you fade away my bright shinning star. You are brilliant and beautiful, but sometimes in the hurry, the rush, the crowd of other things that press their way to the front you get lost. And for that I am terribly sorry for you are truly one of God's Great Things. Stunning in Intellect, Strength, and Charm you are the true definition of Grace. But tonight...oh tonight you shone bright! Your greatness shone as it should and you were truly resplendent! May you always shine and continue to irradiate the darkness with your beautiful smile...my Boo...my Autumn.
