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Barbara C.
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Posted: Dec 26 2007 at 7:17pm \| IP Logged

I just posted in response to someone else's topic that God sometimes has an interesting way of letting us know where we need to be. I've been thinking about this a lot for the past hour.

You see, we were supposed to be leaving tomorrow to go visit friends and family back home in Kentucky. The trip has been in the works for a few months, the suitcases are packed, and I spent the day running last minute errands to prepare. But after talking it over with my husband and my mil (who was going with us), we all decided it was best to cancel the trip.

The main reasons are that mil has developed a stomach bug and the kids have come down with the head cold that I've been fighting for a week. They both have fevers and stuffy heads. But at the time that the decision was made I had a headache and my head was getting stuffy again, too. I realized that I wasn't as recovered as I wanted to believe. How could I be when I haven't had a good night sleep in a week and I've been been working overtime preparing everything for Christmas and the trip?

Now, even though I know it is the right decision, I've still been pretty upset and disappointed for the last hour. I'm still getting a little weepy now. But, you see, earlier today I went to the pregnancy website I visit and looked up the development for 20 weeks, which I am today. After going through the baby's development, there was a big long section about how important it is not to try to do to much and give yourself plenty of time to rest and how stress can lead to low birth weight for your baby. And all I could think about was how I have not taken it easy and how much stress I have put on myself and the baby this week. I haven't been sleeping, and I've been too tired and busy to eat properly. That would be bad enough even if I wasn't sick on top of it.

So, I'm really thinking that maybe that website was kind of God's way of telling me that I need to just stop and rest. I think maybe I needed to read it, so that I could be prepared to cancel this trip even though I really don't want to. And I think God knows that I need this weekend to focus on taking care of my kids (even the one on the inside) and myself rather than driving all over I-65 and trying to fit in all of the visits to friends and family.

And I think that idea is really helping me cope with my disappointment. Of course, the Tylenol and the White Castles have helped a bit, too.

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Chari
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Posted: Dec 27 2007 at 1:02am \| IP Logged

I know it is hard, Barbara, but I think you are right, it looks like you were not meant to go.

Willa and I went through this last spring, trying to get together, and me with really sick kids.

I will pray that the little bit of peace you have found, spreads through out your heart.

God bless,

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