charlie...

I've been laughing about this for days now... please please please go to lauren's blog and watch this hilarious video. It will make your day.

Much love, amb

so funny...

So, how funny is that?? This is little-D getting his first bath at home and I think he was pretty stinking mad about it. But I love his expression...

Anyways, i've been slacking on my blogging lately, mostly because the whole family was flipped upside down with the baby coming early and the madness and business that followed. But life has been very sweet lately, welcoming a new tiny addition to the family and spending time trying to wrap my mind around what needs to be done during my last semester of grad school. 

It was interesting to be in the NICU with D this month and watch the nurses, OTs, doctors etc...immersed working in this world of little tiny people who need to be cared for. I've thought a lot about pursuing a job working in a NICU as an OT, but wonder if I'd be able to handle the sadness/stress/emotions that come with taking care of kids who sometimes enter the world with so many strikes against them.  Many times in the past, working with children who are sick or have a disability, I have felt angry... mad that God doesn't explain Himself a lot of the time. So many kids never have one easy day... a day to just be, without struggling. But then again, do any of us really have easy days, or do we just get so used to numbing out the hurt, the struggle. Maybe it would be healing somehow to embrace the hurt of others, to attempt in some way to be there to give support to families and babies when they need to be loved and listened to. I wonder if I'll be brave enough, smart enough, patient enough... I wonder where I'll land.

Tidbit for the day... new favorite blog the ripple effect (amazing and inspiring)

Back soon...AB