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I don’t talk much about my faith in God, but yes, I am a Christian.  Not to say, that I haven’t had many disagreements with him, but he has always led me out of my darkest hour.  Through him, I see hope.

Anyway…

Tonight, on my way home from bible study, I had a few ideas running through my mind for my blog post tonight…until I heard the lyrics to the song “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real.  Although, I’ve heard this song many times, for some reason, this one particular verse just stood out:

I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're in independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...

Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone

So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?

I love all three of my children.  And I truly hope that they know how much I love them and that I’m willing to fight.  But when it comes to Lillian, the fight is more fierce.  I need to know that she will have the future that soon she will dream of.  So, yes, I want to lead her with strong hands…but will you?

I want to stand up when she can’t…but will you?

If you actually took the time to read this much of my blog, then I’m hoping that you will be that person to stand up for her and lead her when she needs it.  When her friends need it.  There is only so much a mother can do for a child, but a whole village can do so much more!  And I just know that my faith in God won’t let me down.  I know that he will lead me…like some reason you were led here, to my blog.

So much but very little

I often have such great ideas of what I want to write and share about, but then those thoughts seem to disappear and I end up with nothing more to say.

So, for tonight, I will share or give a little update on my Monkey Girl.

She's doing fabulously well!  She's eating and growing and getting stronger every day.  We have completely cut milk from her diet because she just couldn't handle it.  After every bottle of milk, she would spit up/throw up every hour.  And it was the sour spit up.  The doctor put her on Zantac, but it didn't help.  So, after seeking some advise from some great friends, I've taken her off milk completely.  She drinks rice milk 3 times a day.  Because the lack of nutrients and fat, I make sure she gets it in other forms, i.e. olive oil, peanut butter, avocados and such.  I'm trying to get her to drink Juicy Juice new drink with the DHA's in them.  It's not too bad, but she hates to drink anything that is too cold.  So, everything I give her must be warmed!  I will be giving her some other supplements as soon as I order it online.  They aren't anything major, just some fish oil so she gets her Omega's in.

The work is worth it.  I feel like anything and everything I do for her will hopefully be beneficial. So, I've started to incorporate all those healthy habits with Trouble Maker and Drama Queen.  I've been giving them these gummy supplements with Fish Oil.  They're not impressed.  I have to bribe them every time...and I don't blame them.  Just because it looks like candy, it doesn't mean it will taste like candy!

Well, Drama Queen only has a four more days of school and summer break starts!  I'm actually looking forward to summer break.  I can actually wake up in the morning and not have to get anyone off to school.  That sounds so nice.  But, I'm keeping my fingers cross that next school year I'll be getting two off to school.  I signed Trouble Maker up for a free preschool program at Drama Queens school.  So far, he's number 10.  However, the list will be shortened because there will be kids on the list who will actually start kindergarten or have transferred out of the area.   So, please keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck that he gets in!

Well, guess something little became something much more!

How do you all keep your "possible" blog post ideas?  I am forever thinking of something great, and then never post it!