The Baldwin household has had a rough 2 weeks.<\/p>\n
Last Monday I found out the following things:<\/p>\n
1. My good friend’s grandmother (who I have known for 15 years) passed away.\u00a0 Her death wasn’t tragic, but it was still a loss and therefore humbling and sad.<\/p>\n
2. One of our pastor’s wives had a miscarriage.\u00a0 Nothing good about that.<\/p>\n
3. My friend Anna’s 34 week old baby died in the womb.\u00a0 And she had to deliver that sweet little girl on Mother’s Day.\u00a0 My heart aches in ways I can’t even understand.\u00a0 Maybe it is because I have 2 healthy living children, and she doesn’t…but I hurt so badly for her.\u00a0 I can’t even put it into words.\u00a0 But Anna and her husband Josh can.\u00a0 These two incredible people spoke at Isabel’s funeral.\u00a0 They spoke about their faith in God.\u00a0 They spoke about how her death has helped them to know God in a way they had never known him before.\u00a0 What a loving God we serve.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Tuesday my mom fell down.\u00a0 She went to the doctor on Wednesday and is now in a cast for 6 weeks.\u00a0 She broke 4 bones in her foot which will heal, but it changes all of our summer plans.\u00a0 She is terrible at sitting still.<\/p>\n
2. I got sick.\u00a0 Sicker than I have ever been in my entire life.\u00a0 I came home early on Tuesday.\u00a0 My fever was so intense I was having hallucinations.\u00a0 (no joke).\u00a0 I couldn’t open my eyes, but I couldn’t sleep.\u00a0 And I couldn’t walk.\u00a0 And my throat was on fire.\u00a0 Swallowing was like when you accidentally scratch a new sunburn.\u00a0 Misery.\u00a0 Wednesday I finally took my temperature.\u00a0 104degrees.\u00a0 Off to the ER we went.\u00a0 The awesome doctor gave me shots and the throat was better within a matter of hours.\u00a0 But the fatigue and the headache would not cease.\u00a0 Misery I tell you.\u00a0\u00a0I finally was able to walk across my bedroom without holding onto something tonight.\u00a0 I hadn’t eaten in 2 days except an applesauce cup.\u00a0 Worst sickness of my life.<\/p>\n
3. Wednesday I found out my friend past away.\u00a0 He was my age and his death is so tragic.\u00a0 I still haven’t wrapped my head around his death and can’t really talk about it much.<\/p>\n
As the title says…I can’t take anymore.\u00a0 No more pain, no more sadness.\u00a0 I just need some happiness.<\/p>\n
And then I remember all the good things.\u00a0 I WILL (and did) get better, I’m not terminally ill.\u00a0 My mom will heal.\u00a0 Anna and Josh still lost Isabel, but they are already using their loss to glorify God.\u00a0 How amazing.\u00a0 And let’s not forget the little fat kid and the stinkin’ baby…Light of my life those two.\u00a0 I am thankful that she has learned to sleep through the night.\u00a0 And that Reed is still enamored with Ali.\u00a0 He is so protective of her and loves to make her laugh.\u00a0 And Randy is a great father to those babies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Life is great…but I could really use a break from all the pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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