Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ~ Phillipians 4:6

I have been pondering what it is that God wants me to learn from these “trials” He has allowed in our lives.  I have realized that many times when you pray for something, instead of being handed, on a silver platter, the thing that you prayed for, you sometimes receive the “opportunity” to learn.  Often that can come in the form of some hardship or other trying incident in your life.

As my mother used to tell me “If you don’t learn your lesson the first time, you get to repeat it”.  I feel like I am repeating so many events in my life which means that I am not listening and learning.  I have made my fair share of mistakes and will continue to I am sure.  It is the human nature and condition to be imperfect but I will, through my Heavenly Father, one day be with Him in heaven regardless.

I am a very anxious person by nature.  I have issues with needing to keep things in order and under control.  I like to strive for “perfection” and often feel that I have failed when I do not live up to my own standards.  I know that God is trying to break that habit of mine but man is it rough when God tries to “get a hold of you”.

In the past 2 weeks we have had some “bad” which have each turned out for the “good”:

Owen brought home the “Influenza A”, which promptly infected Kyleigh.

Then the both of them turned up with a rash that looked eerily similar to the chicken pox but they have both had the vaccine and never itched for a minute.  (Megan said it didn’t look like chicken pox to her but it could very well have been as the chicken pox virus is morphing now that the shot exists).

I had to “have words” with Owen’s school about their lack of sanitizing and poor cleaning habits.

We had to haul all over town and take 2+ hours to even find and receive the compounded Tamiflu for Ky.  (lucky for us Owen learned to take a pill this month!)

Ross seemed “okay” until Friday night at 7 pm when he started screaming that his ears were hurting.  (Why is it that my children have the inability to get “sick” Monday through Friday 9-5?)

Then Saturday Kyleigh comes up with snotty nose, nasty green stuff, and goop coming from her eyes.

By Sunday Kyleigh’s temp was at 102.5 (101 with tylenol) and Ross was at 101 period.

Then Ross pukes all over our bedroom floor.  (Owen has luckily learned that he needs to head to the toilet or tub and FAST when the feeling hits!)

Today we go to Megan’s office (which is a complete madhouse… I felt like I was walking into the plague) and she says that both of the babies are bad off.  Double ear infections, upper respiratory and Kyleigh sounds really “wet and junky” inside.  Great….

Off to the pharmacy.  It was totally my fault because Megan asked me where to call in the scripts and with Ross there I neglected to have her call Ky’s into the clinic and ended up with it at Kroger.  Of COURSE they cannot compound it… that would be too easy.  So it was 4 frantic phone calls between Kroger, Megan’s office and Clinic Pharmacy to get it straightened out just 10 minutes before the pharmacy closed…

Now both babies are in our bed knocked out on sudafed, abx and tylenol.  Owen has been “off-sited” as I affectionately call it and was quarantined on the joint decision by Megan and us.  He will not return to school this week until both of his siblings are well.  We are just bouncing these illnesses back and forth and the hit to the immune systems came from the flu that he contracted at school.

BUT… where I was going with this IS… I am starting to SEE God’s everyday miracles.  I am trying to be STILL and watch how He is working and blessing us each day.

Because Owen got the flu early enough, the Tamiflu was actually available and we managed to even FIND a pharmacy to compound it for Ky.  That SAME pharmacy was also able to override some issue with her Medicaid and Insurance to MAKE them pay for the nearly $40 script.

The rashes, even if they were chicken pox… only appeared on the kids’ trunks and did not itch at all.  If it WAS chicken pox they got off REALLY easy!

I was NOT met with opposition as Owen’s school and was very impressed and relieved when both the counselor and assistant principal met with me, heard my concerns AND took a course of action to help alleviate my issues!  It was GREAT.  I love Owen’s school!

We managed to make it all the way through wedding season and never got ill!  The kids managed to always be “okay” until Sunday making it less stressful on us to be away.

Ross’ puking was NOT the flu.  He never GOT the flu.  The puke came from too much snot, too little appetite and too much pain in the ears.

BECAUSE we were at Megan’s office TODAY we were able to ALL get the H1N1 shot (Owen will go back this week for his) as it JUST arrived to their office today.  Now THERE is God’s perfect timing for you!

BECAUSE the Kroger pharmacy could not compound one of her meds I ended up having them sent to KY Clinic which SAVED me the co-payments.

BECAUSE we had to WAIT a long time at the pharmacy I was able to go through the Kroger store and find some amazing deals that I had been WAITING for and hoarding my coupons until the Mega Sale came around!!  (coupons have been such a HUGE blessing… I get all choked up about how God placed Ali back in my life to teach me this method… without her and God’s hand in our meeting back up we would be struggling even more than we are now!  At least I know we can put food on the table no matter what!)

BECAUSE we were in Megan’s office I had the opportunity to talk to her about Owen’s school situation and she agreed and was glad to write a note explaining why he is absent.  So now his absences are justified and we don’t have to worry.

Also we had a lot of peace and quiet today with the kids being sick so I was able to spend Troy’s sick day with him and getting my coupon run ready!!

Overall its been a GREAT day.  Amazing that its all in how you look at things.  Today my cup is not “half full” it “runneth over”……..

PS… our church has been so amazing in bringing meals and preparing some quick foods like fruit trays and soup to freeze… our bellies have been full and our hearts warm knowing that they are there and praying… thank you everyone!!  We love our church family SO much!

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