Babies are sick... it seems like all of them at the same time. Yesterday I just cried. Mitchell has an ear infection, Hollis just had his surgery, Malea's nose is runny, etc. etc. etc. Even Jaret seems to be having a really hard go. It just kills me. I want to be magic. I want to be Mary Poppins and give them a spoonful of sugar, yummy medicine, tuck them in and make them all better. Why can't I make them better? It makes me so sad.
(Although I do have to say today God gave me joy in my heart in spite of it all. Plus I got my first unsolicited "I love you" from Hayes... we were eating lunch and she just looked at me and said, "Joy, I love you." She's coming along. My precious girl.)
Quasi journal
Where I've been...
If you never read anything else, read these books...
- The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Light in August by William Faulkner
- East of Eden by Steinbeck
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
- Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
- Humility by Andrew Murray
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Silver Fleece by W.E.B. DuBois
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Idiot by Dosteovsky
- Prayer by Richard Foster
- Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
1 comment:
Hey Joy,
About "Babies" that was the most amazing link of your website. I think it is my favorite!!! I can't belive Hayes said, "Joy, I love you" and I can't belive you cried because of how sick the kids you babysat were!!!
Love,
Hannah :*
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