Every year on the day before Thanksgiving we meet with Rhema’s neurologist. It feels like tradition now – to go to Children’s Hospital when the halls are less busy and Dr. C can spend extra time with us. I’d done my research before the appointment. We’d talked over the pros and cons of keeping Rhema [...]
Archive for November, 2010
When the storms don’t cease
Posted in Hope, tagged autism, landau kleffner syndrome, LKS, seizure disorder, seizures on November 28, 2010 | 27 Comments »
Thank-Offering
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“…And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.” Col. 2:6 . This past summer, with video camera in hand, I stopped Rhema mid-sprint: “Say, ‘thank you!’” I said, as animated as I could. It took many prompts, and the sounds did not always come out right. She indulged me, kept trying to repeat the sounds [...]
Spiritual Winds
Posted in Waste Material, tagged autism, church, constipation on November 21, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Rhema has been afflicted with what seems to be a common ailment among ASD children: constipation. When she finally get things moving, she’s usually not near the toilet… and she and her surroundings get painted as a result. We’ve tried a number of different remedies to no avail. This morning we decided to start [...]
Thanks for the Over
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There is always something over, When we trust our gracious Lord; Every cup He fills o’erfloweth, His great rivers all are broad. Nothing narrow, nothing stinted, Ever issues from His store; To His own He gives full measure, Running over, evermore. There is always something over, When we, from the Father’s hand, Take our [...]
The name
Posted in Ordinary Miracles, tagged autism, Hope, landau kleffner syndrome, rhema, words on November 19, 2010 | 21 Comments »
I’ve been studying Abram in the book of Genesis. Abram. The name means exalted father, which once seemed like a cruel joke. Because he was not a father at all. It was his heart’s desire to have a child, an heir. And at the ripe old age of 99, God made a covenant with [...]
On Relearning
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2010 | 20 Comments »
The first year of Rhema’s autism and epilepsy diagnosis I felt gripped by an ever-present, distracting sadness. I no longer feel such a sense of loss. But lately, as things have been more difficult for my girl, I feel the old grief catching me off guard and threatening to spill from my eyes. (And I’m [...]
“Give me a calm, a thankful heart”
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
When I survey life’s varied scene Amid the darkest hours Sweet rays of comfort shine between And thorns are mixed with flowers Lord, teach me to adore Thy hand From whence my comforts flow And let me in this desert land A glimpse of Canaan know Is health and ease my happy share? Oh may [...]
Go your way, girl
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2010 | 10 Comments »
“I’ve lived a life that’s full I traveled each and ev’ry highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way.” ~Frank Sinatra . I see an old high chair at McDonalds… . She sees an inertia-defying launcher. She sees F-U-N. She sees the best way, the only way to get from here to there. She sees her reason [...]
Stayin’ Put
Posted in Ordinary Miracles on November 8, 2010 | 35 Comments »
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. ~Psalm 32:8 . Where are we going to live? It’s been a guessing game the past couple months. All throughout I’ve been getting a crash course on learning to trust God with [...]
Unrelenting
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee, I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to Thee My heart restores its borrowed ray, That [...]
