Thank you!

Thank you for the prayers.  They helped immensely.  We ended up with quite the miracle here.  I'm not ready to talk about it publicly but if you know my other blog, I've posted there.  E-mail me if you need the link or access.

Thanksgiving was a nice quiet affair...  just me, E and S.  We actually got started on our prep so late on Thanksgiving that we had our turkey dinner on Friday.  It was nice and relaxed and just what I needed.  Funny as I was really upset the week before that it was just going to be the three of us.

I feel so blessed and yet I wish I could share with my family.  Prayer buddy please pray for healing in my family of origin.  Too much to get into tonight but there is so much brokenness in my family.

I pray that each and everyone of you had a very blessed Thanksgiving and an even more blessed start to Advent!  -C.C.

Prayer Request

There is so much I want to write here today and yet all that comes out is "Please pray for me."  I can't get into it right now but any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Prayer Buddy Reveal

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get this posted.  It's been a bit crazy around here.  I'll update on the craziness later in the week.  Onto the reveal...

I was excited to get the email letting me know that I would have the honor of praying for another crunchy mama who knows the pain of IF.  I not only enjoy what she writes on her blog but also what she writes on mutual friends FB pages.  Funny enough I've read her blog here and there for some time but I had just finally added her to my google reader a few days before the prayer buddy match up e-mails went out.  Since I don't think that I'd ever commented on her blog before, I didn't want to start during the prayer buddy time and risk outing myself.

My prayer buddy has had a roller coaster ride lately with a potential adoption that fell through and then finding out that her beautiful daughter needs surgery...  through it all she has maintained the grace that we've all come to expect from her...  of course I'm talking about Lauren at Magnify the Lord With Me.

I ask everyone to join me in praying for Lauren's sweet little girl A on Tuesday.

I also want to thank Tess from The Lighthouse for praying for me and my family.  I'd never seen Tess' blog before I received her e-mail this weekend...  out little blogging world is growing by leaps and bounds!  Thank you Tess!  I look forward to getting to know you.

Rest In Peace Baby M

Baby M went home to Jesus this afternoon.  She was 10 weeks old.  Please continue to pray for her parents and their families as they struggle to understand God's plan and grieve the loss of their sweet baby. Please pray for God to hold them in His arms and infuse them with His grace.

Here we go again

I feel weird complaining about my cycles when not too far away my worst nightmare is coming true for someone else and yet we must go on.

I'm pretty sure that I'm on CD 2...  I'm back to so many red stickers that deciphering CD1 is a little hard again.  I have a lot to do today and I'm flooding so heavy that it's hard to be away from the lieu very long.  Poor S was really mad at me for making her go down for a nap early but we have a lot to do this afternoon and I needed her to go down.  None of us slept well last night anyway so she really needs the sleep.  On the upside I have more energy than I did at the beginning of the week.  I'm guessing that the green smoothies are responsible for me not being asleep on the sofa right now.

I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of prayer buddies.  I'm looking forward to the big reveal.

The answer is Yes until the Author of Life says No...

A few weeks ago when I was visiting the parish where I was confirmed, the new parochial vicar there said the above quote while asking for prayer for someone who was on life support.  The quote echoed in my heart as I read the latest update on Baby M..

Baby M is on life support. Current brain function tests so far are negative. One more is scheduled for tomorrow...  The prognosis is not good. Pray God will spare Baby M's parents from having to make the decision to end life support. Please keep, Baby M and her family in your thoughts and prayers.


I don't know Baby M's parents, they are friends of friends but I don't think I've ever met them, and yet they have been constantly on my heart since I read about the dire situation with Baby M last night.  E and I are definitely holding our baby a little tighter tonight and not minding as much as normal that S isn't in a mood to sleep.  St. Michael pray for us!

Update on Prayer Request

Baby M is no better, she is still on the ventilator and the grandmother reported that she is being given adrenaline just to keep her heart going.

Please continue to keep them all in your prayers!