The Whited News

I think sometimes people start getting a little worried about me after I write the “downer” types of entries like the previous one….So for those of you who are wondering, I’m fine!! Don’t we all have difficult days? Don’t we all go through periods of time when you simply find yourself struggling to balance your life and juggle priorities? Kim went to hear some speaker recently and this woman was talking about how all of us have problems. All of us have our struggles and challenges and issues that wear on us. Yesterday the message in church was a good one, and Kim and I both said afterwards that it felt like the preacher was speaking directly to us. The primary message was that we all face “storms” in our lives. Obviously some more than others, but God provides these challenges for us and he allows us the grace to be able to withstand the challenges – as long as we face these challenges with Him and doing it HIS way. It struck a chord.

Things have been going better it seems. What’s the latest with our family? Well, Carson came down with yet another ear infection last week. He has basically had one ear infection after another since December. Kim and I are wondering weather it is time to go to an ear, nose, and throat doctor – but the pediatrician thinks there is no real concern or need to do that at this point. The threat of hearing loss scares us, and we don’t want to just sit and do nothing if Carse is in the process of suffering permanent hearing loss. Jackson has been registered for Kindergarten in the Fall. He is excited about it, but he is worried that he will be placed in a class that doesn’t have any of the friends that he has made in daycare/preschool. He passed the screenings with flying colors and the people at the school said that he is in great shape to be “a successful kindergartener”. By the way, it is very strange taking your child in to get registered for school in the very same elementary school in with you attended 26 years earlier. The other things going on for Jackson is that he has been signed up for tee-ball, but we have not heard back from the people organizing the league. I even signed up to be a coach and there has been no word whatsoever and here we are and it is almost May. Not sure what the deal is with that. Kim is winding down the school year and, of course, she is looking forward to the Summer. She recently suffered the loss of one of her aunts, which caused her to be away from our family for a couple of nights while she was in West Virginia. This was the first time for something like this so it was not easy for any of us. Since the last posting, I have had a chance to get a few things done that have been on my mind for awhile now. I got the garage cleaned up the best I could until we have a yard sale and get rid of some junk. I also have been able to get out and mow for the first time this Spring. Lastly, I have been able to get out to the front of our property and cut down all those briars and brush that had grown up over the drainage pipe that goes under the road in front of our house. That was a damn tough job and I felt like one of those little things that people store push pins in by the time I was done. But it looks a heck of a lot better. I got outside and worked on the gardens and planted some flowers. That always is good for the soul. Great therapy, it’s just finding the time to do it. The weather over the weekend was absolutely perfect, so that helps too.

Sorry no pictures in this post. That makes two in a row. I’ll have to make up for that next time.