Its been an absolutely loaded day, with many twists and turns, most of which I can’t share on here! Which sucks. But I’m going to try to give you the gist.
I had to drive into the city three times today, which felt like a LOT. Cher watched Spoons and LD while I took the Peanut in for an appointment. We didn’t see our doctor today, but we saw a familiar resident, as well as another doctor on staff who I really really like. They both came in and marvelled at the Peanut, who has become absolutely enormous in the last month or so, and is a bit of a sideshow. During the appointment, however, they asked about Bradys health, and how it was impacting our family. We talked about it in detail, and the resident really drove the point home that anything we feel would make our life easier, we should ask them for. She said they really appreciate what we’ve chosen to do, even in the midst of our challenges with Brady having cancer, and they want to support us in any way they can.
Which is NUTS, by the way. Who ever gets that from their family doctor? Or other doctors from their office?! Unheard of!
Before we left, the doctor caught my eyes and asked me “What do you need from us?” I was kind of caught off guard, and said that nothing else came to mind. She confirmed “You’re making it?” I confirmed that, yes, we were, and that closed the appointment. I was encouraged not to wait if I had a question or concern, and that was that. There was undeniable love and care in that room, and neither of those women owe us anything. It was pretty amazing.
I also learned this morning that my two other drives to the city were cancelled, which was a victory all on its own. There are foster details I can’t get into, but this was something that we, along with some of our closest people, had prayed directly for. So we celebrated not needing to go into the city for those trips.
We had one more foster thing that had hung over our heads for a while finally come to fruition, which felt validating and like we could all let down a little bit in some ways? Its hard to explain without explaining it. Take my word for it. These things are hard, but at this stage of the game, while the children are young, these things make life much easier for them.
Oh here was a fun thing. Brady didn’t go to radiation today! Heyooo!!! 🥳 So another victory for us!!!
And then the afternoon wrapped up with a very sad accident quite close to our home involving someone we love. Details will also be scarce on that because its not our story to tell, but MAN. What an enormous day, with a mess of ups and downs I can hardly navigate in my brain, much less my heart just yet.
But tomorrow brings a new day ☀️ And a hot one! The pancake breakfast is happening in the morning, and then we have some willing loved ones who are coming to assemble our swing set after that. There is much to be done, and one step at a time, we’re going to get there!!
Ok. I am BEAT. Its time to wrap it up. I’m tired and my throat hurts. Goodness.
What.
A.
Day.
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