Akathistos

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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For my birthday this year (which, incidentally, fell on Palm Sunday), my wonderful husband commissioned a friend to write on icon of my patron saint,St. Melania the Younger.

I thought I had already posted a photo of my icon, but I had not.
What do you think? My husband is the best!

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I took David to the ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) doctor today, and within moments the doctor could see that David needs to have his adenoids and tonsils removed.
Surgery is scheduled for August 7th in the morning.  We go back to two weeks, and at that point we will find out everything about the surgery [...]

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Outside My Window …it is dark.
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I am thinking … about the sick little baby on my lap.
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I am thankful for … wise doctors who take care of my children
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From the kitchen … leftover beef and lamb shawarma.
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I am wearing … black: capris and shirt.
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I am creating … a place to fit the pack-n-play in our [...]

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We had a beautiful (and busy!) Pascha weekend. 
On Holy Saturday, we celebrated the one year anniversary since our chrismation and I had the pleasure and privilege of becoming a sponsor to my dear friend, Alexis, who was chrismated with her husband on Holy Saturday. It was such a joyous day for us.
We went home [...]

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My amazing husband got me the best birthday present ever this year (my birthday was on Sunday), but I can’t see it until after Pascha…
Want to know what it is?
He had an artist in our church write an icon of my saint: Melania the Younger!!   
I am extremely excited to see it, but for now [...]

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