Gallbladder

So who really needs one anyway? Should it be a big deal that they're going to take an organ out of me? There are a few organs that seem to be nonessential.... like your appendix... gallbladder... I've even heard of people living without their spleens. Part of me wonders what the long term affects are of removing organs. Who are we to choose which ones are important and which ones are not? How long ago was it that we thought the earth was flat? Even still, I am quite at peace with willingly giving up an organ.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

P.S. Awesome verse.

Revelation

So the other day it occurred to me just how easy life is these days. I just woke up and realized that Benjamin is a thousand times "better" than he used to be. A year ago and he was such a bear most of the time. Everyone knows that he's always been an active child (understatement of the year) and that his attention span has always been short, but it seems as if the older he gets, the easier life gets with him. I have always heard most Moms complain that the older the child gets, the harder life seems to be, so I'm ecstatic to say the complete opposite is happening with us. It's not an ordeal to take him to the grocery store anymore. We can go to the park and he will play with other children. I can do housework and not be scared that he's hanging from the chandelier.

Life is good, folks. I have no complaints.

Sleep

Sleep is such a popular pastime for people. Over the last two years, I have often thought that sleep is past my time rather than it being my pastime. Lots of children have sleep disorders and drag their parents along the way. Warren and I often wonder how it is possible to have more than one child. And what I mean by that is how is it possible to have the energy to raise more than one child... because the two of us can not comprehend what is it like to have a child that sleeps through the night more than two consecutive nights. We know lots of people with two and three children and they all seem normal. Sure they complain about losing sleep, but they continued to have children and some still see more children to come in the future. I'm pretty sure they're hepped up on coffee for most of the waking hours of the day though.

When people ask me if I want more children, I would love to answer with an emphatic "YES," but honestly... I don't answer that way at all. This is just our season, I know. I KNOW.