Filed under: happenings | Tags: baby, branding, graphic design, leg surgery
I wrote a friend this morning a bullet-point summary of what has been happening over the last 5 months, and it forced me to be concise. Doing this allowed me to back up from life, take in a grand view, and see that this is really sort of an exceptional period/season of life.
Baby born, starting a business, major health issue with wife.
Those three things would be exceptional independent of each other. Together they are something that, to me, resembles an anvil on which I – and wife – are hammered out, being formed into something different or new.
On the wife front, she learned yesterday that the knee issue might be a bigger deal than thought. The doc now believes that her patella may have “turned” and is facing slightly inward, adding to the existing lack of an anterior patella ligament issue. If that is in fact the case, he will operate to not only create the new ligament, but also correct the turned patella bone! Sounds expensive, long-suffering, and overwhelming considering how young baby is.
I don’t know if it’s apathy or what, but when we talk to our friends about her knee/leg situation it doesn’t seem like the grandness sinks in (or maybe we’re expecting too much reaction? Not sure.). Put it this way: The only time baby gets carried from one room to the next is when I do it. Every other little expedition from the nursery to the bedroom – a whopping 10 ft. – is by way of umbrella stroller, or dragged baby chair. Wife cannot walk and carry baby. That’s a rather huge thing when everyday life is factored into it.
Not to mention the psychological aspects. As a mother, she is fighting the mental/emotional battle of feeling like, due to this ailment, she cannot care for this baby the way God intended her to. On top of that, if she can’t walk and carry baby, it goes without saying that stairs are a problem, too. That means laundry or even leaving the house are events rather than everyday life things.
If surgery is exacted, the recovery for the original operation was to be 12 weeks with absolutely no pressure on the leg, save for PT. With the addition of this new problem, who knows.
Monday she will have a special MRI, and then back to the doc on Feb. 26th to get a plan started.
Garrett, in spite of our extraordinary era of life, is spectacular. I don’t know what babies are supposed to be like – my exposure pre-Garrett to babies was not much at all. What I know is from reading, not experience, so I take it with a lot of salt. He is quite a talker – loves the mornings, and he is a very touchy/feely boy. His love language is usually with his feet – always has to have his feet on me when we’re talking or playing. He’s a thumb-sucker, too, despite our protest. Binky snob. I have taught him to say “hi” and he’ll mimic me saying other words like “oh really” “i love you” or “hallelujah”. I also throw in phrases like “expeditious participatory maneuvering.” This boy will have one hell of a lexicon.
Business is good, too. We have 3-5 prospects on line, with at least two of them giving me starter projects to see what happens. My former employer keeps me busy as a freelancer, and that blessing has kept us from going to a bank. Praise God. Now I just haveto fit in updating our website, and getting some more equipment (RAM, new chair, etc.). The silver lining that will be here in less than a month is the opening of the newest IKEA store in the USA! It will be located approximately 10-15 minutes from my house. Can’t wait.
Filed under: happenings
My first blog was more or less a venting post. That became boring after a year or so (or was it three?) so I migrated over to myspace’s blog. It has been a good blog, but with all the other changes going on in my life right now, I figured the time was right to find a new blog home.
So here I am.
This blog will be a bit different than the previous two. For one thing I’ve decided to start using capital letters, despite how ugly they appear to me. The only reason I’m doing this is because this blog is searchable, and if a prospect client reads this I don’t want something like the lack of capital letters preventing a business inquiry.
As for what’s going on…
Business is going well. Had two appointments last week with prospects, and a few other conversations with business owners – things are shaping up nicely. Time is flying by, too, which I don’t mind since it’s my least favorite month of the year. I am trying my best to stay humble – keep proper perspective on what’s happening and Whom is leading the way.
Last night we had one of the best home church gatherings yet. Andre led on a topic she had been wanting to talk about for a while – controlling one’s tongue, and how the tongue can bless and curse life. The conversation was quite animated, and we let Proverbs and James guide us to truth. Seeing Andrea lead made me realize just how fortunate I am. As I told a friend at lunch last week, “Sometimes I think I’m just bitching over burned crutons in my salad.”
Garrett is fantastic, though he’s rather needy right now. He needs to be attached at all times, or we get this blood-shrilled cry that usually is accompanied by tears. Then if there’s gas in the equation look out. It’s one of the odd things about working from home: When he cries like that for just wanting to be held, it’s impossible for me to just sit here and work. Then again, I don’t want to spoil the little guy.
So much else happening, but I need to get moving. Meeting coming up soon and work to do.
