Back in the Real World

May 29, 2009 at 4:50 pm (Family, Good Stuff, Growing, Me, The Beginning)
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Sunday, May 24, 2009, eight and a half years after I began my collegiate journey, I graduated from Barton College.  It still doesn’t seem all that real to me and it would probably be less real if we hadn’t got rained on during commencement.  I guess I should re-phrase that.  We didn’t just get rained on – we were soaked clear through to the undergarments, we were dripping once we stood up, and our caps were curved under where the cardboard in them was drenched by the downpours of rain.  The good things about the rain – if there would be any – is that we were no longer hot, no longer nervous, we were more light-hearted.  It was hilarious.  We laughed the whole time it rained.  It was a welcome distraction to the speakers.  :)   Sorry.  And the best part was that it stopped raining just in time for the presentations of degrees and diplomas.  I don’t think any of us were happy to have our pictures made looking like we did, but we were thankful that it stopped when it did.  And we weren’t really concerned with how we looked because everybody looked the same – hung out to dry – literally.

So now that all that drama is over, I find myself at a new threshold.  For the first time in almost 9 years, I am looking for a different job.  I have to say that it is a little unnerving, but I have let the whole thing go.  I do hope that I can say I will find one soon so I don’t have to go through the whole summer not knowing what the future holds for next school year, but I know that God has my hands in his future in His hands and I will be where I am meant to be.  I would love it if you guys would join me in praying for me about this whole job thing.  I have got to keep my head on straight about the whole thing.

So that’s what’s going on right now.  When I get pictures, I will post them for you guys to see.  John couldn’t take pictures with my camera because it got soaked, so I have to wait for copies from others.

Thanks for reading,

Mrs. Griffin, Middle School TEACHER  :)

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Count Your Blessings

April 8, 2009 at 12:19 pm (Growing, Me, People)
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With everything our family goes through, it is not hard to count and be thankful for our blessings.  I’m not perfect so obviously there are days when I don’t think about my blessings as much as I should.  When Nicholas is in the hospital up at UNC, like he is now, those blessings are more prominant in my mind than ever.

I struggle with leaving Nicholas alone in the hospital for long lengths of time.  Our time is so precious with him and I am very over protective.  I also know that things can happen unexpectedly and I am too anal to want to miss it. :)

I was supposed to leave here on Tuesday night so I could go to work on Wednesday and return Friday afternoon.  The teacher and my supervisor told me I shouldn’t worry; that I needed to be here with Nick, so I stayed.  I do have to go home Thursday for a doctors appointment that I cannot miss so I will be leaving him Thursday and will return on Friday.  UGH!!!  But I feel better that it will only be a day.

I say all this because of what I see up here.  I am so blessed that I have the option to be able to stay.  There is a little baby here that has had to stay without her mom.  She is an only child.  Her mom is alone because her husband is in Iraq.  The mom works fulltime and she is going to school.

Over the years, there have been children, and babies, that have been left here alone, but it was the choice of the parent.  Some parents choose to leave and stay at the Ronald McDonald House.  I just don’t understand.  You have parents here – like Christian – who would love to be able to stay with her baby all night, and then you have those parents that don’t seem to care.

People, please, if you have a healthy child, be thankful.  If they have an illness, like Nicholas and Lily, be thankful that it is not worse than it is.  It could ALWAYS be worse.  Count your blessings.  Be thankful for what the Lord has given you.

There is a reason for everything I always say, so I guess there is a reason why I have to see these things.  Maybe I have to see these things to be able to remember that I need to count my blessings – to be thankful for what I have been given.  I am who I am because of the life I am living.  I would hate to see what my life would be like if I didn’t have the trials that I have.  It is because of the trials in my life, and the fact I know that I have my Savior to hold me along the way that I am able to endure.  Just my thoughts for the day…

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Home

August 13, 2008 at 7:25 pm (Family, Me)
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I am home.  All is better.  Thank God.  I will post more when I feel better.

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Not Home

August 13, 2008 at 5:40 pm (Family, Me)
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Well it seems that today took a weird turn of events.  I had gotten up, gone to the bathroom and walked down the hall.  The nurse told me that I was ok to get dressed so I could go home.  She had even removed my IV.  I went to get up off the bed and something in my incision area popped and I was in severe pain.  I continued to try to get up so I could see if my leg had just turned in a bad way when I started to feel sick to my stomach.  I got very dizzy and the next thing I know, I was laying on the bed, 5 or 6 people were standing over me calling my name.   I had a nasal canula in my nose with 2 liters of oxygen running, my arms and hands were tingly, and I couldn’t breathe.

I had passed out.  I don’t remember anything that happened.  Mama and Brian say that I was white as a sheet.  They will have to give more details about all that.  The nurse said that I scared her to death.  I had to have another IV placed and they put me on fluids.  Mama said that the doctor thought I was dehydrated so they wanted me on fluids for two hours.  I could eat supper and they would try to get me up again to go home.  She says if I’m not ready, they won’t send me home.

Brian was very upset.  He thinks they had tried to get me up too early.  That’s probably true.  So now I am at the end of my two ours of fluids.  I have been to the bathroom and I am feeling much better.  Brian says that I look much better.  So I guess they are going to get me up to walk and try to get me ready to go home.  What a day!  I have never felt like that before – I have never passed out before.  Weird.

So hopefully I will get to go home soon?  We’ll see when I get up.  I will post if anything changes.

Thanks for the love today and the prayers.

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I’m Not Dead

August 11, 2008 at 7:09 pm (Family)
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Hey everybody.  Even in the hospital, I can find my way back to you.  Thank you Brian!  I love you!!!!!

I was admitted to Nash General Hospital (Room 371 South) for observation and they are going to do a stress test tomorrow just in case, but this is the word:  I have not had a heart attack.  The doctor says that my EKG is fine, all my blood work is fine.  There does not seem to be a problem with my heart, however I was just given a shot that they said was a blood thinner.  So who knows.  The doctor says that my depression and anxiety have been the cause of all my pains.  I have to stay calm.  HA!  Well, I do.  I got upset on the cell phone this afternoon and they took it away from me.  I got it back. 

They gave me some torodol and adavan through my IV, a nitro pill under my tongue, and I am wearing a nitro patch.  My chest pain is almost completely gone, but the nitro has given me a HUGE headache.  Of course I know God was and is here the whole time and I could feel His pulling at my heart to give everything to Him.  I am so thankful to be here on this earth with all you fine people. 

So I am fine for now.  It is going to take some rewiring in my head.  Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, phone calls, and emails.  I love you all.  I’ll post more when I know more.

Robin

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