tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post2075332685451027150..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: 2013 in 13 PicturesCammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-11827428843160959652014-01-02T08:13:14.468-05:002014-01-02T08:13:14.468-05:00Glad to hear you have power again! Have a blessed ...Glad to hear you have power again! Have a blessed 2014!Anneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954066811992919236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-28454494813392027532014-01-01T09:01:26.517-05:002014-01-01T09:01:26.517-05:00I know this is supposed to be about the photos but...I know this is supposed to be about the photos but oh....oh....electricity! Sweet Mother of Mercy, thank you :DDwija {House Unseen}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17887429052179249473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-39976485690112482482013-12-31T11:39:36.192-05:002013-12-31T11:39:36.192-05:00I love these posts. Such a beautiful blur of fami...I love these posts. Such a beautiful blur of family and weather and ice(!) and babies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629132804649152538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-70942794666043856192013-12-30T21:35:55.763-05:002013-12-30T21:35:55.763-05:00I cannot tell you how happy I am you are back at h...I cannot tell you how happy I am you are back at home with electricity and heat and, ahhh, the comforts of a home. I'm hoping the pipes are fine, the appliances are okay, and the thermostat is fixed. I am also so, so happy that you received such an outpouring of monetary support to help with what I know must have been a very expensive nine days. I'm sorry no one can take away the hardship of those nine days, or the disappointment of Christmas plans being spoiled. <br />But you did give us a chance to show love for God, our charity, and gain merit in this season. That was a gift you gave to us, because I know that is a difficult thing to be an object of charity. Yet there is much food for reflection on what you just went through. There is so much analogy to the hardships of Mary and Joseph around the time of the birth of Jesus, from having to leave their home, to not finding a very good place to stay, to having to place their newborn in a manger as a bed (imagine how perhaps before the notice of census, Joseph was building a cradle, and Mary was weaving blankets for it, and then...), to having to escape with the baby in the middle of the night, to a foreign land. Oh, it was nothing like either of them probably expected or planned for. Life happens.<br />I am also amazed that your darkest hour (having to ask for help) was just before your dawn (email notice the power was on). I am glad you were not faced with having to try to figure out how to pay for the unexpected expense. From you I have learned that I must humble myself and ask for help when I am up against it. It is hard, to be sure. But then, Mother Theresa did it with much graciousness, expecting Our Lord to keep His promises to provide us with help in our need.<br />God bless you! God bless your family. I hope you will still celebrate what is left of Christmas and have the Wise Men making their journey to Bethlehem for your kids! What a journey you have had! God bless. ~ BonnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-37878139593106929442013-12-30T19:54:28.711-05:002013-12-30T19:54:28.711-05:00Love those pictures-especially the ones of the gir...Love those pictures-especially the ones of the girls playing in the snow! I'm originally from Wisconsin, and I have the happiest memories of sledding, snowball fights, building snowman, etc. I live in Louisiana now and the 50 degree winters just aren't cutting it. <br /><br />Happy 2014! :)Marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977382355749851597noreply@blogger.com