Brutal

Woah! I really thought I was "ready" for this; however, today I've come to realize that I didn't know what horrible shape Miss Christi would be in upon our arrival. This is awful. She's absolutely miserable. I keep wondering, "Who was the girl that welcomed me to the Ronald House last night?" That same child isn't here today. She has only been awake for about twenty minutes today. During that time the girls picked up like nothing was wrong. Now she's once again back in "the position" (Curled up in a ball clutching a stuffed animal dozing off and on, and having a lot of pain). How did Shayne do this by himself all week?

While Shayne and Shayla are off somewhere in this "house that love built" watching TV and doing some crafts together, I'm now sitting here in our room at Ronald reflecting upon this wonderful house and what it has so lovingly provided our family. In addition to all of the basics, wireless Internet was installed weeks ago which now gives us email and Internet without leaving Christi's bedside. Praise God! Additionally, when we first started staying here back in 2003 the rooms didn't have any TVs. Now all of the rooms have TVs, along with video and DVD players. We are oh so spoiled. I won't even mention the kind volunteers or I'll start crying again. God's people are good!