Sunday update..

Not much new here with the Middleton's. Bret is down in Florida until Thursday for the annual Grainger show. I had a great plan that Tyler was going to be cooking dinner for us each night...I would give him instructions and he would do the work...he was THRILLED with that plan...NOT! Well, my wonderful neighbors had a different plan...they are cooking for us each night that Bret is gone. They are just too good to us, they have taken care of us so many times and we can never say thank you enough. We are very blessed!!!

I have gotten out a little the last few days. The worst part is my back starts hurting...it's kind of weird how I have always had back pain with all the procedures..even the the fills I had with the expanders hurt the most in my back which makes no sense at all. The pain on the right foob is still there...it's not constant but when it hits I can't move. It's happening less frequently so I just hope that it happens less and less as the days go by.

With the earthquake in Haiti I find myself addicted to the news. It is just such a horrible tragedy. I saw an interview with a missionary that was talking about rebuilding Haiti and describing the spirit of the Haitian people. He said they accept that their lives will mostly be filled with poverty...that has really impacted me for some reason. Can you imagine if that was the only expectation that you had in life. I talked with the kids about it over dinner last night. I was telling them about the baby that survived for three days and was just fine....I told them about children that were dancing and playing while living in tents. We have so much and live such good lives and we all need to be thankful for what we have. I worry so much about the children in Haiti, they make up a significant portion of the population there and so many are now lost and wandering on their own. It's so scary to think about all the prisoners from the prison out doing whatever they want...this is a country that has a history of selling their children into slavery for labor and also for sex. There are so many people all over that want to give these children safe, loving homes but right now there seems to be no way to get those kids out of there. I wish for once there was a way to get around laws, beauocracy and governments and give these kids a fair chance at life. I guess all we can do is pray, remember to be thankful for all that we have and send money....

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