It is crazy that all we seem to hear about anymore on the news is the economy, violence or sex. It is so scary that in fact sometimes the good stories aren't heard or seen.
That is why I was so moved by the story I read of Somchai Yoosabai a Thai firefighter who helped save an autistic boy from a third story ledge by dressing as his hero, Spiderman. You will be amazed by this story too.
The link is http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875894/?GT1=43001 or just click here.
Have you heard any great stories lately?
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
YES!!!
So for those of you out there who haven't heard our good news, here it is.
Branch recieved a call from Hanger and was offered a residency in SLC! He starts June 1st!
WE ARE MOVING HOME!
While Dallas has been great to us and we have learned a lot here and definitely grown up a lot, we are excited to be closer to our families. We are so excited for this opportunity and for everything it means to our family. So that means two more months here. Actually less than two months. Crazy!
***I am soooooooo excited!!***
Branch recieved a call from Hanger and was offered a residency in SLC! He starts June 1st!
WE ARE MOVING HOME!
While Dallas has been great to us and we have learned a lot here and definitely grown up a lot, we are excited to be closer to our families. We are so excited for this opportunity and for everything it means to our family. So that means two more months here. Actually less than two months. Crazy!
***I am soooooooo excited!!***
Friday, March 13, 2009
This Sunday!
Well, it has been three months since I have been warm, so I decided that it is finally time to come on home to Dallas. That is right..get out the banners, the confetti and especially the cupcakes (hey, I lost a lot of weight so I need all the stuff I can get) because WE ARE COMING HOME this Sunday!
Finally, to sleep in my own bed...
(PS- We still don't know how the interview went with Hanger and it is KILLING ME! ARGH the stress!! But we will let you all know!!)
Finally, to sleep in my own bed...
(PS- We still don't know how the interview went with Hanger and it is KILLING ME! ARGH the stress!! But we will let you all know!!)
Sunday, March 8, 2009
He's HERE!
Branch flew in Friday, and we are excited he is here with us once again. Never again will I be without him for that length of time. That is the second time I have spent an extended time apart from him and both sucked but this time especially because of Little Miss.
It was really neat to watch her because it is like he never left. She is so in love with her daddy and he is in love with her. It is wonderful to be together again as family
Branch interviews on Tuesday at Hanger P&O. Please pray for him. This opportunity will be so great for him and for us to be closer to family. Hopefully soon we will know soon were we are going to be for at least the next 2 years.
It was really neat to watch her because it is like he never left. She is so in love with her daddy and he is in love with her. It is wonderful to be together again as family
Branch interviews on Tuesday at Hanger P&O. Please pray for him. This opportunity will be so great for him and for us to be closer to family. Hopefully soon we will know soon were we are going to be for at least the next 2 years.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
How it all started
I am going to be writing a little bit at a time about what happened to me when I got meningitis. Sorry to my readers (the few of you out there that aren't family) I hope this isn't boring but it is something I have been wanting to do for some time now and I finally have a couple of minutes to write about it!
I also ask that my family and friends that want to add comments or tell me what they remember about that time please, please, please do. I was not fully with it during most of December so I may get some facts wrong or may remember differently then what actually happened. So here we go.
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I had been feeling great, nothing to make me think I was going to be getting really sick soon so one night I think it was December 4th or so I woke up around to or so in the morning with my left ear hurting and an intense pressure behind my right eye. Great! So I actually went to sleep on the couch because I just knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep again on the bed. About 20 minutes or so after lying there I realized I really needed to use the bathroom and decided to take some Ibuprofen to help with the ear ache and eye ache. Well, after lying on the couch again for 20 minutes or so I realized that I needed to either use the bathroom again or throw up. I did both and I was so mad. I went crawling from the bathroom to the bedroom, touch Branch and told him I had just thrown up. I couldn't pull myself up to the bed so he helped me and went to go sleep on the couch and left me with the garbage can just in case. Twenty minutes later I needed it and sleeping on the bed wasn't going to cut it. I actually ended up falling asleep in our love chair sitting up because my head hurt to much and throwing up every time I moved. I got like 4 hours of sleep that night. Branch thought I was throwing up because I had taken Ibuprofen on an empty stomach and I was freaking out because I thought I was pregnant!
That day I actually googled ear ache and eye pain and it said meningitis was a possible thing that it could be so I asked my mom, who is a nurse if it could be meningitis but at that time I could touch my chin to my chest so she really didn't think so.
I felt fine for about 3 days and then had a rough night, felt fine for a few days, then had a rough night. Finally a few days before we were scheduled to leave I go see doctor at one of these clinics for poor people and they said I had fluid in both ears, gave me samples of some medicine and sent me on my way. I felt fine for a few days until we got to my dads house and missed church and seeing basketball player Shawn Bradley who is in my dad's ward because I was sick. We went to Green River, felt fine for a few days and got sick. So my moms doctor who said I had fluid in my ears, gave me a different medicine and sent me on my way. We then went to Utah, we were staying at my sister and brother-in-laws house when all the fun really began.
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Throughout this I have seen so many blessings. I am so thankful that Little Miss was taking formula so well. I had to stop breastfeeding because of some the medication. I was so blessed to have Branch around and other family members who were able to take care of Little Miss when I just couldn't do it. We almost didn't come for Christmas so we were so blessed to be near family.
I also ask that my family and friends that want to add comments or tell me what they remember about that time please, please, please do. I was not fully with it during most of December so I may get some facts wrong or may remember differently then what actually happened. So here we go.
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I had been feeling great, nothing to make me think I was going to be getting really sick soon so one night I think it was December 4th or so I woke up around to or so in the morning with my left ear hurting and an intense pressure behind my right eye. Great! So I actually went to sleep on the couch because I just knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep again on the bed. About 20 minutes or so after lying there I realized I really needed to use the bathroom and decided to take some Ibuprofen to help with the ear ache and eye ache. Well, after lying on the couch again for 20 minutes or so I realized that I needed to either use the bathroom again or throw up. I did both and I was so mad. I went crawling from the bathroom to the bedroom, touch Branch and told him I had just thrown up. I couldn't pull myself up to the bed so he helped me and went to go sleep on the couch and left me with the garbage can just in case. Twenty minutes later I needed it and sleeping on the bed wasn't going to cut it. I actually ended up falling asleep in our love chair sitting up because my head hurt to much and throwing up every time I moved. I got like 4 hours of sleep that night. Branch thought I was throwing up because I had taken Ibuprofen on an empty stomach and I was freaking out because I thought I was pregnant!
That day I actually googled ear ache and eye pain and it said meningitis was a possible thing that it could be so I asked my mom, who is a nurse if it could be meningitis but at that time I could touch my chin to my chest so she really didn't think so.
I felt fine for about 3 days and then had a rough night, felt fine for a few days, then had a rough night. Finally a few days before we were scheduled to leave I go see doctor at one of these clinics for poor people and they said I had fluid in both ears, gave me samples of some medicine and sent me on my way. I felt fine for a few days until we got to my dads house and missed church and seeing basketball player Shawn Bradley who is in my dad's ward because I was sick. We went to Green River, felt fine for a few days and got sick. So my moms doctor who said I had fluid in my ears, gave me a different medicine and sent me on my way. We then went to Utah, we were staying at my sister and brother-in-laws house when all the fun really began.
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Throughout this I have seen so many blessings. I am so thankful that Little Miss was taking formula so well. I had to stop breastfeeding because of some the medication. I was so blessed to have Branch around and other family members who were able to take care of Little Miss when I just couldn't do it. We almost didn't come for Christmas so we were so blessed to be near family.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Laughter is the Best Medicine
As most of you know I had a rough December. When I saw this joke I just had to laugh. It is from a Medical Bloopers once a day calendar.
I thought it was funny because I kept saying I had Spinal Meningitis, when it is really Viral Meningitis.
Funny Stuff.
A young boy's mother told me he had had "smilin' mighty Jesus."
From the child's record I found that he had been hospitalized for viral meningitis.
From the child's record I found that he had been hospitalized for viral meningitis.
I thought it was funny because I kept saying I had Spinal Meningitis, when it is really Viral Meningitis.
Funny Stuff.
Friday, January 23, 2009
You think that is Un-American? We'' "I'm Sorry!"
I use to think Tom Hanks was awesome. He could do no wrong. The truth is is that he is an amazing actor. Incredible actor. He deserves the acting accolades he has received. But he's a jerk. A pretty big one too. This is what he said a couple of days ago. "The truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen," Hanks told Foxnews.com in Los Angeles last Wednesday. "There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them."
I thought the churches response was awesome. And cutting. And I hope he feels more than sorry because of what he said. "Expressing an opinion in a free and democratic society is as American as it gets."
Now with his tail between his legs, he issued a statement through his publicist (what Tom, couldn't face us "un-American" Mormons?) that said he was sorry. Last week, I labeled members of the Mormon church who supported California's Proposition 8 as "un-American." I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination. But everyone has a right to vote their conscience – nothing could be more American. To say members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who contributed to Proposition 8 are "un-American" creates more division when the time calls for respectful disagreement. No one should use "un- American" lightly or in haste. I did. I should not have.
Sincerely,
Tom Hanks.
I truely hope he is sorry. He shouldn't have said it. I know we all say things that we don't mean but this is getting RIDICULOUS! Two high ranking Mormons in the entertainment industry have already lost there job because of there position on Prop 8. How is that American Tom? I want to know. Please tell me. People are picketing the LDS church because of their involvement in Prop 8. I do not see them picketing ANY of the other THOUSANDS of churches and organizations that lended MILLIONS of dollars to Prop 8. How is that American Tom? I want to know. Please tell me. How come I can't have my opinion about marriage. The same opinion about marriage that has been around for thousands of years and millions of people past, present, and future believe? Tom, do you want to answer that? Please.
Please answer me Tom. First because that would mean you actually read my blog and that would be cool. But mostly because I want to regain my faith in you again. And not just you. I have always been a fan of movies and no matter what any of you actors, directors, ect. think, I do look up to you. Don't be suprized. You know it and you all have known it. Why do you think you wanted to be an actor. Can't I gain my trust in Hollywood again or is it gone?
Oh Tom...
I thought the churches response was awesome. And cutting. And I hope he feels more than sorry because of what he said. "Expressing an opinion in a free and democratic society is as American as it gets."
Now with his tail between his legs, he issued a statement through his publicist (what Tom, couldn't face us "un-American" Mormons?) that said he was sorry. Last week, I labeled members of the Mormon church who supported California's Proposition 8 as "un-American." I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination. But everyone has a right to vote their conscience – nothing could be more American. To say members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who contributed to Proposition 8 are "un-American" creates more division when the time calls for respectful disagreement. No one should use "un- American" lightly or in haste. I did. I should not have.
Sincerely,
Tom Hanks.
I truely hope he is sorry. He shouldn't have said it. I know we all say things that we don't mean but this is getting RIDICULOUS! Two high ranking Mormons in the entertainment industry have already lost there job because of there position on Prop 8. How is that American Tom? I want to know. Please tell me. People are picketing the LDS church because of their involvement in Prop 8. I do not see them picketing ANY of the other THOUSANDS of churches and organizations that lended MILLIONS of dollars to Prop 8. How is that American Tom? I want to know. Please tell me. How come I can't have my opinion about marriage. The same opinion about marriage that has been around for thousands of years and millions of people past, present, and future believe? Tom, do you want to answer that? Please.
Please answer me Tom. First because that would mean you actually read my blog and that would be cool. But mostly because I want to regain my faith in you again. And not just you. I have always been a fan of movies and no matter what any of you actors, directors, ect. think, I do look up to you. Don't be suprized. You know it and you all have known it. Why do you think you wanted to be an actor. Can't I gain my trust in Hollywood again or is it gone?
Oh Tom...
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