Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Not on f
Definition of NOT FUN: saying goodbye to the sweet Afghan boy who you introduced to moving sidewalks, escalators, Western toilets, and America... My heart is broken in two.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Not on FB update
I tucked cutie pie into bed last night, and he cried. He keeps telling me not to leave. So sad...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Not on FB uodate
Weird... I just saw my house in Afghanistan, my car in my mom's office parking lot, my house in Greenbrier, my house in Mesa, and my dad's truck in the driveway, all on google earth... So weird!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Not on FB update
Today, cutie pie got on his scooter, and I got on the bike and we went about a mile and a half up to the sonic and had burgers, fries, onion rings, and a cherry limeade! Later on, we went to a carnival, and we both went up a climbing wall. He looked like spiderman! He practically ran up the wall! I went half way up nd almost gave up, but just before I went up, cutie pie said I couldn't do it... That is one way to get me to do something! So, I went all the way up, I really didn't think I could do it. When I got down, my arms and legs were shaking and I couldnt get the harness off. But, I did it!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Urologist visit
So, we took little Mr. Precious to the urologist today. At first, the doc wasn't very encouraging, due to the lack of available follow up in Afghanistan. But after he examined him, he seemed a bt more hopeful. He will have x rays, and MRI next week, then a laproscopic surgery so that the surgeon can se what is going on and what he has to work with. Again, he charmed all of the nurses. After 5 minutes with this kid,you just fall in love.
Not on FB update
So, yesterday, the chiropractor asked me if I ever feel stressed... Um... Was he kidding?
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Oof
I think I need to adopt... I am in love with this precious boy! So are all of the nurses. He is so precious!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Not on FB update
Kam air is the way forward in airplane food! Gourmet! Tandoori chicken, falafel, dinner rolls, salad, it was great!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Hiking
Went hiking the other day and ran into a few UXOs. What is a UXO you ask? UneXploded Ordinances. That means they are rounds of ammunition that got shot, but never detonated. Scary! We stacked rocks around them so that no one would treat on them.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Bullies
http://www.blogher.com/are-you-ready-talk-about-it-i-am-i-was-bullied
This is a great link, and I wish I had time to read all of the comments. I was also bullied as a child. Most of the time it was verbal, but there were a few physical abuses along the way. I am not sure why me, I think that it is because everyone knew it would make me cry. I have an extremely painful memory from when I was in the 5th grade that was brought up last week. I was too young to have to deal with an adult situation.
Some things I have mulled over as an adult. Some of that bullying has made me what I am today and though it still doesn't take much to make me cry, I am tough enough to stay in Afghanistan against all of the odds. Does that mean I would go through it all again. No! The world is not as it was meant to be and bullying is part of its fallenness. Looking back, I realize that no one who bullied me had a healthy home life. That doesn't excuse them, it is just an observation. Also, I didn't have a healthy view of who I was. Had I had that, it probably wouldn't have bothered me much, and they wouldn't have had fun doing it.
All of that being said, there are things parents can do. First give your kids instruction! Don't allow them to bully others! And if your kid is bullied, get them out of the situation. I would have loved to move schools. I was too ashamed to tell my mom what had been going on. (Though she knows just about everything now. It wasn't her fault at all.) But there are signs. If your kid comes home from school every day and cries, or often fakes illnesses... ask! Give them a healthy, safe place to talk, and don't judge. Don't give them advice. It doesn't help. Telling a kid not to cry when people are yelling abuses at them constantly does not help! Let them know how valuable as a person that they are. Let them know that they are so valuable in God's eyes, that He humbled Himself, took the form of a man, was bullied and beaten Himself, and died, because He loved them so much. Thankfully, He overcame death, and was raised again, so that we can have a new life.
I still struggle with the after effects of being bullied. I would rather call it abuse, because that is exactly what it is. But His mercies are new every morning, and He is still forming me into the beautiful vessel that He wants me to be.
Oh, here is a funny thing, I went to my 20 year high school reunion a few years back, and everyone, even some who had been abusive to me, had fond memories of me... go figure.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
NOT ON FB UPATE
Ok, don't know what happened, but the pain is back and I am sick as a dog. I woke up at 4am today and it was unbearable. So, giving in and going to the doctor today. :P
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