Being Home

Today was my (David) first day home from Omaha. What a crazy day. I intended on posting this morning and it is 9:15 pm and I am just now slowing down enough to post. Wow, what a crazy day. I guess when you take off and leave for a week without notice there are a few strings that get left untied. Well, I hope a tied at least a couple today.

Today was Blakes 11th birthday. We didn't really get to do much party planning with all that has been going on. But in spite of our lack of planning I think he had a really great birthday. He is part of a wonderful group of boys and parents with his baseball team, and I am so gratefull to them. He had a great birthday dinner with the guys. Thanks to all the parents who brought their boys tonight. Right about the time we were ready to do the birthday cookie my heart skipped a few beats as I realized I did not have a camera with me. I am so sad that I have no pictures to share with Trish of this birthday. It is the first one in his life that we don't have pictures of. I knew my brain was not working right lately, but I just can't believe that I didn't have a camera and don't have any pictures for mom.

It was hard being away from Trish and Ashley today, but I am so thankful that her sister was able to fly in and be with her. I am extremely gratefull to those who donated to help make the transportation possible. I hope you know how thankfull our family is. I was so busy at work today that I didn't get time to check on Ashley's website. In fact I still have not checked it. At Blake's party tonight someone asked me a question about something that they had read on the website and I didn't know the answer because I had not even read what they had. I hope tomorrow I can do a better job keeping up.

Today God reminded me of what was important and how blessed I am. In spite of our situation with Ash and all that is happening around me I know that my family is so very blessed. I have 3 wonderfull children and a wife that truly loves me. With all the challenges we face with Ash and our family 700 miles apart and all the many daily physical, emotional, mental and financial challenges I was remiinded today to count my blessings. I was able to count many. We have more support with this situation than I would have ever guessed possible. We have more people praying for our family than the total number of people I even know. We are getting guestbook entries from people all over the country telling us that they heard about Ashley from their sisters friends uncle who knows a guy that goes to church with someone that knows the mother-in-law of a guy who heard about Ashley from their daughters boyfriends boss. Just to know that that guy is taking the time to pray for our Ashley is so humbling. God is in control, and I would not have it any other way.