Today is a time to reflect on the many things we are thankful for. It is also a time to cook, gather, and eat. The littlest member of our household is on a restricted diet. He is being fed yucky formula through a nose tube. He can have small amounts of sweet potato, and today a little frozen banana. He crawls the kitchen looking for crumbs, knowing he wants to eat, but not knowing why it is he can't. It is painful, not being able to feed your child. As I've researched various diseases trying to figure out which one fits us ( we still don't know) I've run into stories. Heartbreaking stories of kids who can't eat, who live on elemental formula, teenagers who willing insert their own feeding tube at night because the pain from their disease when they eat is that awful. I'm sure there are adults as well. And patients who for other reason end up on tube feeds ( one's on chemotherapy come to mind), So today as I eat my food, I am going to be thankful for being able to eat, and I am going to think about all those who can't because they are sick, and I'm going to say a pray for them. I ask that you do the same.

October

hospital stay, broken oven and firemen, new roof, 4 stitches carving pumpkin, some sunshine,a tiny tiger, a power ranger, a tree down, but not on our house

'nuff said