Oh, where have you been...

...it's definitely been a strange couple of weeks around here, but hopefully we're on the road to normalcy again for now...or at least as normal as we ever get around here. :)

I still don't have an answer for the health issues I've been dealing with -- in short, I've had a flare-up of intense body pain that has significantly altered my ability to get through even normal daily chores.  Thankfully, a few very nasty possibilities have been ruled out, but they are still doing more in the way of diagnostics to try to figure out what's going on with me and it doesn't appear that there will be a quick answer or quick fix.  My husband and children have been wonderful in taking care of me (David has perfected his daddy's 'I think you need to lie down and rest for a while now' lecture!), in picking up some of the slack that is bound to happen when I'm not at full-tilt, and at gracefully ignoring the rest while I ramp back up to more of a normal workload as the pain eases.  I'm on some high-dose steroids (hence the early-morning post, during 'buzz-time'!), and every day I'm feeling a little better.

Have we ever mentioned...never boring?!  This has definitely been another rough patch on our road, but we continue to learn more about our unerring and loving heavenly Father as well more about our own helplessness and weakness apart from Him...both of which are good lessons...