Closeups by Zoe

Bicycle Accident

This one is for my dad.....(Thank you to Cathy Cooper for sending this to me).....

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. A lady stood and walked to the podium.

She said, "I have a Praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn't know if they could help him."

You could hear a muffled gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagined the pain that poor Tom must have experienced.

"Tom was unable to hold me or the children," she went on, "and every move caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Tom's scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place."

Again, the men in the congregation were unnerved and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Tom.

"Now," she announced in a quavering voice, "thank the Lord, Tom is out of the hospital and the doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely."

All the men sighed with relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say.

A man stood up and walked slowly to the podium.He said, "I'm Tom."
The entire congregation held its breath.....

."I just want to tell my wife that the correct word is sternum."

Women who know their place

Thank you Shannon for sending this to me!

Barbara Walters of ABC's 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul , Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Miss Walters' vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands, and are happy to maintain the old custom..
Ms Walters approached one of the Afghan women and asked, 'Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?'The woman looked Ms Walters straight in the eyes, and Without hesitation said, 'Land Mines.'
Moral of the story is (no matter where you go)
BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN!

Slump

Have you ever had one of the those weeks where nothing went right for you? Everyone is very negative around you, even the drive thru people accidently give you the wrong order and nothing seems to be going your way??? Well, with all the sick kiddos and adults in our house on top of our bad luck...I have been pretty bummed out.

Someone at my work that I don't even know just did a very kind thing for me. Boy that helped. My silly, positive self is back! Now I just need to pay it forward.

Jayden is really sick

Jayden starting getting sick right after starting daycare, which is typical. I have been taking him to the doctor and took him to urgent care for major eye drainage last week. I notice he had slowly been getting and sicker and finally to the point maybe the doctor will give him some antibiotics and my gut was right. He has a double ear infection and bronchiolitis/RSV. He is on antibiotics and breathing treatments and is already feeling much better. Poor baby!

I hate that babies have to get so sick before they can give them something. It just makes me feel so bad because I know he has to feel horrible. We are on the road to recovery now.

Zoe took these with her Fisher-Price digital camera....pretty good!

Jayden - 13 weeks old

Economy Posting

For those of you that know me....the economy posting was me being very facetious. I don't really think it is "awesome" more scary that these things are occuring. I just wanted to clear that up. I think there are lot of families that have been severly affected by the loss of jobs and everyone is tense these days about job security and what this countries future holds. I apologize if my posting offended anyone.

Economy affects on the Smith Family

So, there is a big slup in the economy. How this affected the Smith Family?

• It's saving me time form becuase of all the short lines at the stores! Like no one in line at Sam's Club, Panera, Target...it's awesome.
• It's saving me money with all the great sales, good coupons and lower gas prices.
• It's saving me gas because I am getting awesome parking spots right in front of the store.

I really think that the reason that people aren't out and about shopping is that they are all home playing their Wii's. LOL.

Back to routine

I am back to work and the kids are in school! Zoe had a bummer day yesterday. She did great a drop off, but cried a lot during the day. She wanted to be in the room with Jayden. She did go and visit him 3 times though, which made her feel better. I am sure today will be much better.