trying softer

We sure are trying to get rapidly readjusted and there have been a lot of good chances...we're just not quite there.  In some unexpected ways we've been feeling pangs we haven't felt for a long time, and the kiddos are still just struggling to get back in the groove the same way.

I think we all feel a bit different than we did before we left, and now we're not fitting back into our spaces quite the same way. I'm trying to help everyone figure out softer molds, or something like that. Love and appreciate all your prayers and always for Haiti...friends and family and the country are heavy on our hearts again. 

These next days are busy, and then we head back the 12 hour road to Florida, this time Clearwater, to spend Easter weekend with my dad before he and Cindy wrap up Florida chemo and head back to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio for surgery.  All the chemo has done wonders on his lab work and on his scalp, but the cancer is still there on his head and skull, and has to be dealt with. I am thankful for the timing of "after Easter" that will allow us (and my sister and her family, who haven't been able to see dad since the diagnosis in November) a few sweet days together before this next step down the road-not-wanted.  

Between his pending medical stuff and baby coming in just 10 weeks now, I'm not sure when we'll next get to be with any of my family, so we're heading in grateful. 

Meanwhile. Meanwhile. The Lord shows up in little ways, reminding me He is close, giving me help and hope in places I don't have help or struggle with hope. He is like that...and I'm thankful.