My youngest daughter reminded me its time for a blog post.  :)

Quite honestly I have put off posting because I don't want to come across as whining. So often lately I have just wanted to whine. Like a little kid who crumples on the floor and who is crying its not fair.

I ran across this quote a month or two ago by Skip Heitzig  and the truth behind it sustains me. "The storm didn't last forever, and your storm won’t either. Trials, difficulties, storms are seasonal—they are not 
perpetual. God knows  what you can take. God knows when He should 
show up. God knows when the deliverance should come—and it will." 

As much as I and my kiddos thrive on the routine school gives us, I enjoy 
the summer break from deadlines etc,. We are still learning its just a bit 
slower paced and more self directed.

This has not been a summer that has been lazy and enjoyable. This summer there have been no refreshing vacations and time away. This has been a summer to "get " through to survive through if you will. It's been a stormy season of life. It has been important for me to remember that it's just that a season. To remember that we have weathered storms in the past, that God has been faithful, and  He is STILL faithful, we shall weather this one as well.

But we are still in the midst of a storm and storms can be very scary to
experience. There is a fine line I believe in being honest about your life,
carthartically sharing if you will and over sharing. So I will spare you the
details of our storm. Suffice it to say medical and financial issues are at 
its root. And if you are a reader who prays for us we GREATLY appreciate
your prayer support.

We still have Cody's kidney issues to resolve, we have a plan of action
(sort of) and just need the opportunity to get it started. How is it he is
going to be a junior in college? When I started this blogging he was in 
middle school...

Our Rachel has started her 'real' job as  a college graduate and we all
know how scary and exciting that can be. We are so very proud of
her accomplishments and the way she purposes to do something and 
does it.  When she was little I would have said she was headstrong but 
maybe determined is a better way to describe her. She is such a blessing!

We will get through the next couple weeks. This season will end and a new one will begin. The challenge will be taking what we learned from this season into the next.