tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post6420989947822874047..comments2024-03-15T13:00:08.144-05:00Comments on 2 Kids, a Mini Van and a Mortgage: Clearing the AirKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304478032446507014noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-66467196638955149992012-10-22T10:19:20.626-05:002012-10-22T10:19:20.626-05:00And now I am craving some Rondezvous!And now I am craving some Rondezvous!Lauren Tomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-26327499111662098272012-10-22T10:18:15.793-05:002012-10-22T10:18:15.793-05:00My daughter Hannah asked about Lucy last week, and...My daughter Hannah asked about Lucy last week, and I have been meaning to check in over here. I am honestly not a regular follower, though we have a thank-you postcard on our fridge and think of your family often from across the state. Thank you for your honesty as you wrestle with the stuff of life and celebrate the small victories along with the big ones. I just noticed Hebrews 12:1 across your header... which struck me because God sent me to that passage today.. Yes, I think He is trying to tell me something, and He confirmed it with a simple verse on your blog. Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-50580100289705699592012-10-20T17:28:29.658-05:002012-10-20T17:28:29.658-05:00Just a random stranger who thinks that you have no...Just a random stranger who thinks that you have no need to apologize.Jenna B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-28112919293124474352012-10-19T11:12:02.322-05:002012-10-19T11:12:02.322-05:00I haven't ever thought anything on your blog w...I haven't ever thought anything on your blog was whining, just honest feelings about major struggles in your lives. However, if you'd like to whine, you are more than entitled ! You are one strong lady, wife and Mom. We all tend to complain about foolish things---first word problems as my sons say. Never change how your blog is, I think you're great ! Sending happy thoughts and prayers.Libbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-34520647244107315982012-10-19T07:27:46.014-05:002012-10-19T07:27:46.014-05:00Kate, I have to agree with everyone else here. You...Kate, I have to agree with everyone else here. You are amazing in so much of what you do. As a mother of a medically compromised child, I hear validation in your words. Any mom in your shoes would feel the way you do. I know that I have had, at times, the same feelings. It's lovely and wonderful that you put yourself out here in public, bearing so much, and allow us to draw strength and encouragement from your family's story. One thing from this post did grab me hard, however. Ella being perfect. Please make sure that Ella is talking to you about her feelings. I also had a sibling that was sick when I was around her age and trying to be perfect became something I resented as I got older. She sounds just like you. Balls in the air and doing her best to keep them there. Just make sure she has a place to vent her feelings to also. And let her know she's perfect just being a little girl.Melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-31953210925929005552012-10-19T07:03:26.632-05:002012-10-19T07:03:26.632-05:00Asthma is so scarey. I didn't develop it until...Asthma is so scarey. I didn't develop it until aftet Katrina and breathed in all that mold. It has hospitalized me 11 times in 7 years, collapsed my lung and caused several bouts with pneumonia. I CANNOT IMAGINE it being one of my kids. Hang in there. Praying for Jack, Lucy, Ella and the rest of your family!!@Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-65331241329801433052012-10-18T21:25:28.434-05:002012-10-18T21:25:28.434-05:00it's your blog. You can write WHATEVER the he...it's your blog. You can write WHATEVER the heck you want! No one knows what it's like to have a child with brain cancer and baby with asthma unless they've experienced it. Shame on them. I very much enjoy reading your blog. Continuing to pray for Lucy and the rest of your cute family. Praying things stay stable for her and improve for baby Jack!Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-33358183435042963362012-10-18T19:34:20.617-05:002012-10-18T19:34:20.617-05:00praying for your family! i just signed up for the ...praying for your family! i just signed up for the warrior dash in mississippi in april as a St. Jude Hero again, TEAM LUCY!!!(: pfc turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-83860165510217055242012-10-18T19:00:13.309-05:002012-10-18T19:00:13.309-05:00Don't apologize because you feel like you are ...Don't apologize because you feel like you are whining. We read because we choose to read, and want to be here to support your family and say prayers for all of you. Hoping the dr. appt. goes well, and this coming week is better for Lucy. Lots of prayers for all of you!Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-85635404668619482242012-10-18T17:59:33.514-05:002012-10-18T17:59:33.514-05:00Hi,
I have been reading your blog since right aft...Hi,<br /><br />I have been reading your blog since right after Lucy's diagnosis. I simply cannot fathom what you and your family have gone through. Since this is your blog, I think you are entitled to write whatever is on your heart, mind and soul. Evidently, all of the people that commented before me feel the same way. Please keep writing your blog when you have time but don't let it control you. I too have a hard time saying no but I'm learning. Go with the calling God has placed on you and let the rest fall away.<br /><br />April-Jeremiah 29:11-14, most people forget those 3 verses that come after 11 but I hope you look them up if you don't know them already.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-68792688696671349102012-10-18T13:38:25.922-05:002012-10-18T13:38:25.922-05:00I would never classify anything on this blog as co...I would never classify anything on this blog as complaining. You are doing an amazing job documenting one of the (If not the hardest) journey of one sweet little girl. It's not a pretty path because cancer isn't pretty- you are telling the truth and documenting for yourself. I think you do amazing job detailing to us all what your life is right now- because even with that, you don't have to. You are an inspiration to us all. I really enjoying reading your words. I enjoy being able to see how Lucy is doing so amazing. She deserves it. Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035755917329074610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-33583485628670741382012-10-18T13:09:49.630-05:002012-10-18T13:09:49.630-05:00I love reading your blog and I don't think I ...I love reading your blog and I don't think I have ever thought of it as whining, you are being honest about real family life and one that is extra hard at that. I know you are tired most of the time and you must be wonder woman at heart to keep up with all you do for your 3 children. I am the grandmother of a 1 yr old and a 7 yr old that I care for while their parents work and I am tired to and one of them is not sick like yours. I pray for Lucy and Jack and Ella in my prayers. I pay closer attention to fund raisers for St Jude now also. I wish I lived closer so I could do more or wish I had more to donate but I do what I can. Please keep up writing because you have inspired so many with this blog!!!!!Lodijnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-55524142303982981752012-10-18T11:14:52.475-05:002012-10-18T11:14:52.475-05:00Oh Kate, it makes me cringe to think that you feel...Oh Kate, it makes me cringe to think that you feel you need to apologize to us your loyal readers. I too look at your blog as a day in the life sort of deal and that includes all the regular things we all go through. It isn't whining and complaining it is simply stating the way it is. I look at it as if I don't like something you say than I don't have to read it (although I have never had to do that LOL). You have been through more than most of us will endure in a lifetime. I say write away and say whatever you feel as it comes to you. Never feel the need to apologize!<br />Prayers to you and your family especially little Jack, I have adult asthma and can't imagine a poor little man like him dealing with it.HKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-71966003524126446132012-10-18T09:49:50.777-05:002012-10-18T09:49:50.777-05:00I couldn't have said it any better. My thought...I couldn't have said it any better. My thoughts exactly. Kate is a person whom I don't know but would love to meet. She has had so much to deal with and has never forgotten others. Kate this is YOUR blog and as others have said if they have an issue stop reading it. Their problems with others would be over. Thank you Kate for allowing others who want to follow to do so. Good Luck to your sweet little boy and Lucy. Ella is so sweet.Tammienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-46868891810048544842012-10-18T09:10:10.028-05:002012-10-18T09:10:10.028-05:00As a stranger who follows your blog, I don't v...As a stranger who follows your blog, I don't view your entries as whining or complaining ... pure honesty. There's nothing wrong with being honest. You're tired. And you know what -- you should be! You've been through the ringer and back (on several occasions) ... so, of course, you are tired. Many mom's are tired, and they don't have what you have going on. Look at all you do ... and through all of this you are creating a foundation!!!! You may be tired, and rightfully so, but you're also insanely awesome!!!!! I hope Jack is on the mend soon ... will be thinking of you all today! And thinking of Lucy as she tackles two full days of school, and of course, of big sister, Ella, who is just amazing!!!Christynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-3319737249424004382012-10-18T09:02:59.346-05:002012-10-18T09:02:59.346-05:00I love your family verse, a great one to adopt! A...I love your family verse, a great one to adopt! And the paragraph after it, well, it sounds like you had a real light bulb moment, or as I prefer to call it a Holy Spirit moment. What a burden lifted for you, I'm sure! (It was for me, when the Holy Spirit revelaed this to me a few years back.)<br />Your family is in my continued prayers.Alisha B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-60123523439108474592012-10-18T08:23:32.270-05:002012-10-18T08:23:32.270-05:00Last night I dreamt that my daughter had cancer. I...Last night I dreamt that my daughter had cancer. In the dream, I thought of you and everything that Lucy has gone through. It was a terrifying dream which you live everyday! I have never thought of you as complaining or whining. You and your family are living through something awful and I think this is a great place for you to express just how you are feeling. Please, don't ever feel that you need to censor your feelings here. We are listening.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-7491558823129266572012-10-18T08:13:25.849-05:002012-10-18T08:13:25.849-05:00Good for you, you really don't have to explain...Good for you, you really don't have to explain yourself to anyone in my opinion! To me if someone thinks its whinning then don't read it they have that option. Please are so quick to judge, let them walk a mile in your shoes and then let them criticize. Praying for you and your family that God will give you strength to get by!Sandy Yvonne Reedy Hertelhttp://www.facebook.com/sandy.y.hertelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-87337431224579416852012-10-18T07:41:12.876-05:002012-10-18T07:41:12.876-05:00Thank you, Kate, for expressing your inner feeling...Thank you, Kate, for expressing your inner feelings to us. The majority of us have never been tried as you and your family have and yet you have continued to rise to the challenge and maintain your faith in our Lord God. Many, many have felt the emotions you have felt but were unable or unwilling to share them. You have put words to those feelings. In addition I have heard people moan and groan who did not come close to the reasons you had have and are having. Thank you for being willing to share your innermost thoughts and feelings with us. This has helped us know how to pray and fulfilled the verse, "....bear ye one another's burdens...." One other thing, had you bottled all those feeings up, rather than letting them out, you might have been the patient.Nava Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-66593920626655782842012-10-18T07:40:11.154-05:002012-10-18T07:40:11.154-05:00Kate! It's not whining! it's not complaini...Kate! It's not whining! it's not complaining! It's sharing your worries, troubles, fears and struggles with your internet friends! We want to hear all about it and we can handle it. How else would we know what specific things to pray about for each other? Write what you want, when you can. We'll be here!Taranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-38508643780164319032012-10-18T07:40:02.274-05:002012-10-18T07:40:02.274-05:00We too love that verse. It is our family motto an...We too love that verse. It is our family motto and hangs proudly in our livingroom. If everyone lived by those words, what an entirely different world we would be living in. Stay strong. LynetteLynettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-24739234324181630882012-10-18T07:34:03.975-05:002012-10-18T07:34:03.975-05:00Kate, I have never read your words as complaining....Kate, I have never read your words as complaining. I feel like I have gotten to know you through your blog posts. Wish I lived closer. I'd drop off dinner and I know my girls would love to play w/Ella, Lucy and Jack for awhile. Hugs from MD, Kerikerinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-70476710487537746272012-10-18T07:02:13.551-05:002012-10-18T07:02:13.551-05:00I hear your wods as well. Thank you for putting i...I hear your wods as well. Thank you for putting into words what I needed to hear.Beverlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-3727565262984115992012-10-18T07:01:14.459-05:002012-10-18T07:01:14.459-05:00I agree with Jennifer and I know you will too, Kat...I agree with Jennifer and I know you will too, Kate. We all love you and your family and want more than anything for you to put them first and foremost. No matter how much we love you, a lot of us will come and go. One reason for that is that so many have family to take care of. And that's what you have - a wonderful, beautiful family that needs you. I believe God is calling you and I believe that are many who read this blog and learn so much. But God will let you know the path He wants you to take. And there will always be people who love you reading this blog and giving you support. I have one special needs daughter who is grown and I live alone. I pray for you and others. I need to listen closer to God, I believe He's been calling me and I'm listening to Him. I know He listens to me when I pray for you and others. I believe you will work it out and I will continue to read for I am curious to see the path you will follow. God bless everyone of you. I keep your family in my prayers and heart.Beverlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845195637603537263.post-2017025499894372792012-10-18T06:59:53.423-05:002012-10-18T06:59:53.423-05:00I love that verse. I have been trying to come up ...I love that verse. I have been trying to come up with verses to cover my children with in prayer. I want one to represent each child for who He created them to be. This one just might fit my son. <br />On another note...hang in there. Even without a fight with cancer this stage of life is challenging. It is hard to be responsible for 3 kids who all need you and your time. I commit to pray for you when I am feeling the pressure over here.Sandynoreply@blogger.com