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Dear Children, this week has flown by. There have been a lot of kids in and out of this house this week. That's a good thing. You also gave me some extra love because I cleaned your room for you. Ha you will never know what I threw away!! It's a win win this way:) Dear Hailey, for YW exellence you sang with your friend. It was so pretty, sounded so good! We don't hear you sing like that at home. I'm grateful you have leaders who can teach you all the stuff I don't know how to do. Dear Liam, you are turning 9. You are almost as tall as Kade at 11. You gave Kade the brother he has always wanted. You're my bonus boy, Happy Birthday! Dear Monsoon Season, everyone's saying how fall has arrived. I walk outside and I'm thinking, what are they talking about? It's hot and humid, it's monsoon season, not fall. Nice to get a huge down pour with thunder and all and have the power go out during church. Ever nicer it quite raining when we had to walk to the car. Dear Dr., thanks for shooting me up with cortisone! Cause I have an old lady body. Too bad there is a two shots per day limit, I need it in like five places. I went for the left knee and right wrist. If you suffer from carpal tunnel it does wonders! I'm looking forward to being able to sleep at night. I hear the shot to the wrist is the worst, but I've had it twice and it's not that bad to me. I have way worse pain on a regular basis so it is very worth it. Dear Awkward, when your husband says he knows a short cut out of the court house basement, so you follow him. Instead we end up locked in the outside basement...and I still follow you. Dear Will, I love that you get up and help get the kids off to school every day when you could just sleep instead. And that you let me sleep when I had a huge headache all night and did it all yourself. And that you helped Kade figure out his math for an hour. You let the kids do extra things that I would probably just say no to cause I don't feel like it, like play on the computer and take them to the store to get things like glitter hairspray and Pokemon card binders. But you still make them help you pull weeds and mow the lawn. You take the time to sit next to Hailey and listen about her day and watch a show with her, that you have no desire to watch, just because she asked you to. And then you say things like, if I watch the voice without you that is considered cheating in our marriage, and make me laugh. Just so you know, I notice all of the little things you do and I love you for it.Dear Self, I am looking forward to regaining strength again. Cause I NEED it. I could use my memory back too. I'm trying to be satisfied with one step at a time, but I would like to skip a few. I swear I will decorate for Halloween this year, which means it should be done now. I WILL be more festive than last year! I also found that it is easier to just throw things away that it is trying to find a place to put them in our little house. But we could use a bigger garbage can. And I will live through the next five birthdays we have with in these next two months. And I will be grateful for every single day, there is always something to be grateful for. If you can find one thing, there are always ten more that you didn't quite see before.
