Hospitals, Headaches and Holidays....

It’s been a while since my last entry, please accept my sincere apologies the past month or so have been quite intense.  I was almost completely thrown off track by some of the events of the past month but thankfully I am slowly getting myself back together :-)

Just to give you the heads up, on Monday 19^th November I took Ashton, my youngest son to the doctor because he was experiencing a high temperature over that weekend which remained consistent.  The doctor couldn’t find the source of the problem so he sent us to the hospital for some routine blood tests.  My son ended up staying in hospital for EIGHT DAYS! 

 

 

At first the doctors were not sure what the cause of the problem was, which was emotionally stressful, my head hurt trying to work out what was going on.  By day three they concluded that he had an infection in his blood which was possibly the source of the problem so they decided to treat with antibiotics for five days.   Throughout this experience Ashton was his usual lively self but our concerns remained.  By God’s grace we left the hospital the following Monday and he has been fine ever since.

During this time the other boys were volleyed between home, my parents and my sister (thank God for great family support).  The following few weeks were pretty ‘unsettling’ for me as I kept worrying about Ashton questioning why this happened.  The time spent in hospital really got me thinking about what's important, especially being in a ward with some really sick children, it put a lot of things in perspective.  I was so grateful for home schooling that week because the boys were still able to get on with work whilst being with family so that Len was free to travel to and from the hospital when needed.

Now we are approaching holiday season, Christmas and the New Year!  I don’t quite know how I feel about the New Year.  Somewhat excited, somewhat apprehensive I guess. Excited that 2012 is over and something new is on the horizon, apprehensive because I know I have to take Allen Eagles to another level and it is something that often plays on my mind. Questions like ‘I AM REALLY DOING THE RIGHT THING?’.  Having said that, I won’t quit, at least not until I have given it my best shot!!

With everything else that is happening I am now in full swing preparing for my annual event DARE TO DREAM (more info to follow).  I am a tad behind on the promotional stuff but not too worried at this stage because previous years have shown that most people don’t think too much about the New Year plans until after the Christmas festivities :-)

Merry Christmas from all of us!!

I hope you and your family have an amazing, restful and drama-free holiday season.  I pray that God will give you the desires of your heart this Christmas and most of all I pray that 2013 will be the beginning of the BEST years of your life!!

Live on purpose.  Laugh with pleasure. Love with passion. 

Until we speak again,

 

Much love Karen. x