This Is Kristin

Yesterday was a rough day.

It started out with me praying for my best friends mom as she underwent a biopsy and awaits the results. My heart is heavy for her, and her family right now.

Then, I spent most of the day trying to locate my own mother who was in a hospital somewhere in CA. The hospitals there aren’t allowed to give out ANY information, including even if she was there or not.
I spoke with my aunt, my mom’s sister, about the situation. She can’t do much from Texas either, and was in fact headed out the door to spend the last few moments with her sister in law who is loosing her battle to cancer.

Then, my son jumped off of the couch, (against the rules in our house, after he broke his ankle that way…) and landed on his head. He screamed and then flopped onto the bean bag and laid there covering his eyes. He kept falling asleep, and not answering us when we talked to him. We put him to bed, and a few minutes later he was throwing up and crying out. He started to hit at me and said, “you aren’t my mom!” He was getting really agitated, confused and disoriented. We quickly put him in the car and my husband drove him to the ER. After a cat scan and a couple hour stay, they concluded that he had a concussion.
The wait at home for me was terrible. I clutched my phone awaiting the news, and sat and prayed. My thoughts would begin to linger onto the worst case scenario, and then I’d stop myself and pray.

Thank you to everyone else who was praying as well.

He is doing better today. I took him in to see his own doctor for the follow up appointment, and she suggested lots of rest, and medication for his headache. His balance is still off, and his head hurts him, but he’s got a great appetite, and his sweet spirit is back, for which I am thankful.

Please keep these people in your prayers, they all need them right now.

This week I’m working on dress up clothes for the “home” play area in my son’s kindergarten class. These are going to be aprons for the girls. Got any ideas what I can make for the boys?

*”Cooper I have Crack!” (my 3 year old talks baby talk when talking to his younger brother, and shortens words like cracker, to apparently make it easier for his brother to understand.)

*When Cooper says, “color,” he sticks out his tongue far out of his mouth every time. He looks like a lizard. We were all laughing all through dinner as he said “color” over and over again. Of course he loves making us laugh, but I am sure has no idea why the word “color” is so funny to us.

*My 3 year old is loving having some one on one time with me since his older brother is now in school. He is generally a quiet child, but has been talking a ton lately. He says sentence after sentence, of random things that have obviously been on his brain. I love just sitting and listening. “Mama, did God make grass?…but not fences…. A is my name, and I’m 3…. my friend Aaron is my twin, cause he’s A too, and he’s 3….. Cooper doesn’t like carrots, but I do…..but cake is my favorite…

*Tiny Talk Tuesday