2007 Revelations

• My leather sofa isn't that comfy...and now there's a 'Shay indent' in one side of it from lying on it while on bedrest for 3 long months. Hint, hint...I need a new sectional, please.

• We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
  

• It's harder to be on the receiving end than the giving end.

• When family is not around, friends pick up the pieces and fill in the gaps.

• FAITH, FAITH FAITH.
  

• The hardest day in my life was letting go of my Izzie & Lexie (then 1 and 2) as I watched them drive away to Utah for six long weeks during a portion of my bedrest...with the unknown ahead of me. They were with the next best thing to mom....beloved 'Ama', but still the toughest six weeks of my life.
  

• I am amazingly blessed and loved.

• Simple pleasures are great...like peeing in the toilet, not in a bedside commode.

• Say hello to Dr. Pepper! Caffeine isn't all bad, apparently. Vivie had high doses of it while just days old for about a month (to help with apnea episodes).
  

• Hospital food, well...just plain sucks.
  

• Miracles happen, but sometimes they require sacrifice.

• Proverbs 3:-5-6. Go read it.
  

• Life is so very precious.
  

• C-sections are for the birds. But narcotics are yummy.
  

• Heavenly Father sustains and is merciful.
  

• The power of the priesthood is real...not a revelation to me, but to the nurses who watched

• The kangaroo hold is magical.

• How to develop even more faith.
  

• Curt is capable of being a single mom.

• When life deals you lemons...make lemonade.

• Narcotics are yummy--oh, did I already say that?
  

• Curt is a VERY patient man...
  

• I could run in circles with Neonatologists, RN's & PA's...and understand & speak the medical jargon.
  

• Learned how to crochet.

• Laptop computers are the worlds greatest convenience...next to comfy mattresses.

• Ab muscles are over-rated anyway.

• NICU nurses are angels on earth, well, most of them.

• Figured out how to handle a home & six kids while driving 1 1/2 hours RT to the hospital to be with Vivie for 100 days. Or maybe I handled it the best way I knew how.
  

• How great it is to pray while lying down. Haven't kicked that method yet.

• Music speaks to me.

• Soduku is kind of fun.

• Foot-rubs are even more fun.
  

• Being a mom is the best calling there is. It's also the most demanding, nail-biting, hair-pulling, most frustrating and under-appreciated calling there is.
  

• How to juggle in a circus...I mean six kids.

• Not a good idea to fly with three girls under 3 years old...solo...while engorged...without a pump.

• Cuddles & loves are NOT over-rated.
  

• Walking is an amazing privilege.

• Eyesight is a beautiful gift.

• Learned how not to flinch at million-dollar hospital bills. Yes, that is plural.

• Laughter is the best medicine...unless it makes you hemorrhage more.
  

• I love photography.

• Blogging is the best form of journaling...and I'm kind of addicted.
  

Happy 2008...here's to NO more pregnancies (yay! Our family has all arrived!), no more hospital stays, MANY more reasons to laugh, moving on to the next phase in life in '08. Looking back, it seems I had a very large share of spiritual things to experience in '07. What a journey it's been!