Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2008
Since 1989, September 1st, the beginning of the ecclesiastical calendar, has been designated by the Orthodox Church as a day of prayer for “the protection of the environment.
It was instituted by the late Patriarch Dimitrios of the Greek Orthodox Church, the tradition has since been shepherded by his successor Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople who [...]
Our little man is doing MUCH better today!
He didn’t sleep through the night and ended up sleeping with us, but he woke up in a good mood (he took his pain meds half asleep; so that helped). He was his normal crazy-hyper boyish self for part of the morning until he completely crashed. He is [...]
Posted in Children, Family, Parenting, Prayer on Aug 13th, 2008
Thank you for all the emails and comments on my blog.
Our little guy is still having a hard time. My hubby and I both think that he seems to be getting a little bit worse everyday. He wakes up in the night screaming and has been sleeping with us since Friday night. At the beginning, [...]
The first couple of days home went really well. He was eating well, sleeping well, and playing almost like he normally does. But by Sunday, he had changed.
His change from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening
Starting Saturday night, he was sleeping with us because we would wake up in the night crying. On Sunday [...]
Posted in Children, Family, Uncategorized on Aug 7th, 2008
The surgery went well this morning and we came home only a few hours afterwards. He had both his tonsils and adenoids removed and is doing really well. The worst part was when we could all hear him screaming down the hallway, but we weren’t allowed to see him yet. Fortunately, as [...]
He will be having surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids tomorrow morning.
We have to be at the hospital at 6:15 AM tomorrow morning, and the surgery is planned for 7:15 AM.
Please keep him in your prayers! I will post again tomorrow to let you know how the surgery went.
Posted in Fasting, Fasting Friday, Recipes on Aug 1st, 2008
Easy Indian Rice and Lentil Soup
6 c. vegetable broth
1/2 c. lentils
1/3 c. white rice
1/4 c. brown rice
2 tbsp. margarine
1 med. onion, chopped
Salt to taste
1 clove garlic
1 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. turmeric
1/8 tsp. cardamom
Saute onion and garlic in butter. Add spices. Cook for 5 minutes, add broth and bring to a [...]
