tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.comments2011-04-10T21:26:46.872-07:00Idea ExplosionSo many Ideas not enough Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127838897210967417noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-29269167459025153012011-04-10T19:11:46.942-07:002011-04-10T19:11:46.942-07:00Sounds like your life has been very exciting. I ha...Sounds like your life has been very exciting. I had no idea that there were so many issues with Hawaii... I must say that I am very thankful for our base here in Oklahoma given the things going on down there. Congratulations on the miracle growing inside of you and best of luck in everything!Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814685647751093249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-70368621279106722010-11-16T16:26:41.849-08:002010-11-16T16:26:41.849-08:00Thanks for chatching us up!!! Love ya..BThanks for chatching us up!!! Love ya..BBrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545694665945503237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-4959518966640327512010-04-29T23:29:46.636-07:002010-04-29T23:29:46.636-07:00Oh Jen!!! I just want to give you a great big hug ...Oh Jen!!! I just want to give you a great big hug right now...I miss youBrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545694665945503237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-73754920860923293022010-04-02T21:07:06.785-07:002010-04-02T21:07:06.785-07:00Hey Jenn! Thanks for the comment over on my blog....Hey Jenn! Thanks for the comment over on my blog. I just clicked onto your blog are read this post. What a sweet sincere prayer. You know I think we all, every person, wether believers in our Heavenly Father or those who believe in something higher than us, we all have moments where we feel we need to get ourselves in check. We are not perfect. This is exactly why we chose to come to this earth. To learn. To make mistakes. To become more like Him. To return to Him and all while learning and slipping up on the way. I know in our marriage religion/spiritualty is very important and is the the very foundation of our relationship. Every now and then we have a little family council where we get on the same page, recognise what is important to each of us and proceed from there. You are a good mom. He knows this. The great thing is we can only go forward from here we can only progress. Andy and I every four months or so decide what our goal are for our children and our marriage spiritually and then goals that are more physically and or mentally. It really helps. We keep the goals up on our fridge and then each four months we add to them and by the end of the year we have 20 new goals met that become the normal in our family. Just keep doing what you are doing. You are a great mom. Do not anyone or anything make you think differently!tericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347603127387365174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-76008181206660249622010-03-12T17:23:54.778-08:002010-03-12T17:23:54.778-08:00I know we have talked a little about this a little...I know we have talked a little about this a little - but I am in the same boat as you so so so much! I told Taylor the story of the loaves and the fishes the other day and she was amazed and laughed the whole time. She knows so little, and it is all because I have not taken the time to tell. We can make a pact to work together to be better moms, hey there is always room to grow and be better right? I hate it when I find myself being someone I don't want my kids to be around. I sometimes have Taylor pray that God will help mom have a better attitude...it works every time! Much hugs and many prayers, you are not on this journey alone!SBethuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633845310037191104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-40404786000390008402010-02-23T12:54:51.114-08:002010-02-23T12:54:51.114-08:00Hi I just recently started following your blog, an...Hi I just recently started following your blog, and have been thru a loss at 18wks because of Incompetent cervix, it helps me not feel so ALONE in missing my little girl when I meet or read other tragic stories of loss. I understand the emotions you are feeling and really hope that you get tp have more good days than bad ones. I have days when the pain is so strong that I feel like I can't breathe or don't want to anymore and then days when I can smile and say I have a littel girl she is just in gods arms instead of mine. I see baby girls everywhere and it takes my breath away. I have the same sort of thoughts when I hear someone is pregnant with a girl I kind of have this why her thought and it is hard for me to be happy for that person even though they deserve as much as I did and maybe more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-53104107678400126032009-12-18T20:32:53.797-08:002009-12-18T20:32:53.797-08:00If you want someone to watch the kids so you and B...If you want someone to watch the kids so you and Ben can have some time alone, let me know.TheMommyMosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320274426407649885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-12333851448447321272009-12-15T22:14:03.341-08:002009-12-15T22:14:03.341-08:00I'm so sorry to hear this news Jen. Please kno...I'm so sorry to hear this news Jen. Please know that I am praying for you and your family. -BethanyBethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17884729883581109658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-90443461393844258562009-12-15T10:28:04.638-08:002009-12-15T10:28:04.638-08:00Jenn, I read this yesterday from my phone, but it ...Jenn, I read this yesterday from my phone, but it is impossible to post comments so I saved it for today. Know that Bruce and I are praying for you and your family. I had a strong urging from God to pray for you on Sunday. I didn't know why I was praying or what to even pray for, but God knew. I guess this was why. I will continue to pray for you!Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02782053826301207826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-49288095404197836802009-12-14T21:41:04.478-08:002009-12-14T21:41:04.478-08:00Dear God, our Father - be with Jenn through this t...Dear God, our Father - be with Jenn through this time. Help her to feel your strong arms surrounding her, holding her, cradling her - lifting her up when it feels like the load is to heavy and she will be crushed underneath. Help her to have your peace that passes all understanding, even in a time that feels so far from peacefull. Be with her family, with Nathain as he hears this news again and must process it. Let the world around be clear, tell her again and again she is loved and that you KNOW the pain she is feeling and there is a reason. Somehow, there is a why. I love my sister so much, please give her a hug for me God, and whisper that everything is going to be alright.<br /><br />Asked in your name AmenSBethuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633845310037191104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-4024321636533675132009-12-11T17:30:26.185-08:002009-12-11T17:30:26.185-08:00I'm praying my friend...
BI'm praying my friend...<br />BBrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545694665945503237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-84492476634608990652009-11-11T18:59:54.916-08:002009-11-11T18:59:54.916-08:00Awww! Congrats Sweetie! You've been in my thou...Awww! Congrats Sweetie! You've been in my thoughts every day and I've been wondering how you've been doing. As scary as it must be, I am happy that you have been blessed yet again. Glad you decided to share; it seems most people think that if they wait to tell anyone then nothing bad will happen but as we know that's not true. With our children that is never the case. You just have to take each day as it comes and thank God for His blessing. <br /><br />(Forgive my rambling...)<br /><br />I'll comment more later. I seemed to have lost my brain. Hmm. That is definitely a symptom of pregnancy, and just motherhood in general! I'm in trouble!<br /><br />Lots of Love and Prayers,<br /><br />MelMelaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479458358099316669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-36391149188542378242009-09-05T23:06:18.121-07:002009-09-05T23:06:18.121-07:00Oh, and I would love to take pictures for you guys...Oh, and I would love to take pictures for you guys for Christmas, or any time! I love taking pictures, and I love getting the practice with people who will be patient with me. So, family pictures, birthday pictures of the kids, maternity pictures when you're blessed with another one - I'd be up to anything!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774305925059440209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-63920440660591606102009-09-05T23:03:14.608-07:002009-09-05T23:03:14.608-07:00Yes, thank you for inspiring me to change my blog ...Yes, thank you for inspiring me to change my blog name! The great thing is that when I took the picture of my sink, I actually had to pull dishes out of the dishwasher to put in the sink. :)<br /><br />I hope these past couple days have been good days for you!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774305925059440209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-40833026613037434152009-09-05T21:41:08.924-07:002009-09-05T21:41:08.924-07:00I am always glad to listen to how you feel, even i...I am always glad to listen to how you feel, even if it's not pretty and even if I don't know what to say. <br /><br />I do see at least part of God's plan, or maybe it's just a little bit of the good that comes out of this, but you will now be a better doula/midwife because of Gilbert. You aren't there yet, but once you reach the top of that mountain you will have the strength and the words for others like you. If while doing your job a baby doesn't make it, you will be able to offer the mother something that you otherwise couldn't, because nobody knows what that feels like until they've been there. Everytime you help a parent cope and make it through, it will make you think of Gilbert and smile, and his death will never be in vain.<br /><br />It's definitely going to take awhile, and you need to let yourself be sad. Don't let anyone tell you that it's been long enough, or that it's time to move on because only you and God know when that is. But remember that you are still a mother with three children who need you, and you are still a wife with a husband that lost something too. You are not just a mother of a baby in heaven, not now, not ever. You are much more than that so you can't define yourself as such as I have seen so many do because that will definitely stop you from being healthy. And men, they process and deal so much differently than we do. Whether he wanted Gilbert at the time or not doesn't matter; he still lost his child. Maybe the three are a lot to deal with right now for him because he's having such a hard time processing the loss. Men like to fix things, but this is something he can't fix. <br /><br />It may seem like a lot of knowledge from someone who knows nothing about losing a child, but I know someone who went through what you are going through now. I just learned from her basically what not to do...as I said, she defined herself only as a mother of a dead child, forgot her husband, and relied on herself instead of God which has led her to be very broken. It makes me so sad and I don't want to see that happen to anyone else. <br /><br />If your husband would do it, he should see a therapist who specializes in this. I know the base usually has programs. <br /><br />That's all for now. I am feeling like a know-it-all and don't want to be. I just want to make sure you are okay. True I barely know you yet, but I care. You are a very good person. <br /><br />I am here if needed. If you'd like my email, just ask. <br /><br />You will be okay. Not today, not tomorrow but someday soon, you will be happy again.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479458358099316669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-84699195151332504412009-08-19T04:25:12.288-07:002009-08-19T04:25:12.288-07:00I haven't had the chance to check blogs in awh...I haven't had the chance to check blogs in awhile, and I am just finding out about recent events. <br /><br />I am so, so sorry for you my dear. You are strong by the grace of God, but honestly, I don't know if I could do the same. I love God, but when I get thrown into big situations I often focus more on my own self-pity. It's a fault, and I am working on it. Nonetheless, I am proud that you are turning to God. As you know, we can do anything through Christ who strengthens us! <br /><br />It sure doesn't make sense though when things happen that are completely beyond our control. I will pray for you and your family, that you may continue to find peace during this time. <br /><br />Much love and prayer, <br />MelanieMelaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479458358099316669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-53861717797795292172009-07-27T12:39:01.137-07:002009-07-27T12:39:01.137-07:00Oh, Jen--my heart is breaking for you! Please kno...Oh, Jen--my heart is breaking for you! Please know that I am praying for you as you walk this rough road.<br /><br />Julie DicksonJulie Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621636292871049202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-24385369730372900572009-07-26T11:01:36.343-07:002009-07-26T11:01:36.343-07:00Honey, I know how hard this is. Josh and I love y...Honey, I know how hard this is. Josh and I love you guys and will be praying for you. Wish I could be there to give you a hug!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232374861049609444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-20534079587220576202009-07-24T22:19:20.937-07:002009-07-24T22:19:20.937-07:00I know you read "Bring the Rain," so you...I know you read "Bring the Rain," so you may already know the song I'm going to mention. Angie has a song on her blog called "Glory Baby." It always spoke to me every month we found out we weren't pregnant, and I know that is nothing compared to what you have just experienced. Know that heaven will be his only home - and heaven will be holding him until you are able. You will see your angel baby again someday, he'll just have heaven before we do, and in the meantime there are so many of us who cry with you and love you the best we can.<br />I understand (to some degree) the questioning you are doing. For ages I thought I deserved my infertility, or that it was punishment. All of that, and each question you are asking, is a lie from the devil. You DO NOT deserve this. You DID NOT bring this on yourself. We may never know God's purpose in this, but please, please keep trusting Him and don't fall into believing lies. <br />"Sorry" doesn't even begin to cover it, but I am so sorry you are experiencing this. I love you and I am praying for you. I'm here if you need anything.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774305925059440209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-42643678631507787512009-07-24T19:14:40.039-07:002009-07-24T19:14:40.039-07:00I had to carry my little guy for a week and it was...I had to carry my little guy for a week and it was the toughest week of my life and would never wish it on anyone. All you can do is give it to God and know that you are still the babies mother and that he is an angel that you will never forget. The emotional loss and guilt and anger and questioning you go through will probably never go completely away. I am so sorry for your loss and hope the rest of it will go quickly for you. We will for sure keep you in our prayers and if you need to talk to someone who went through it, almost exactly, I saw and heard the baby on Tues the 28th and when I went to go see it on the 30 and it was a perfect baby there with no heartbeat, you have my number. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding"<br />Alvin and Becky CardozaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02191213251522946702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-60494789019383805392009-06-24T12:12:14.958-07:002009-06-24T12:12:14.958-07:00I read, I read. It's always fun to see what&#...I read, I read. It's always fun to see what's going on in the Adams Family!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08643596701772884465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-18528574217693378932009-06-22T18:47:17.367-07:002009-06-22T18:47:17.367-07:00I will keep you in my prayers. I know that your ha...I will keep you in my prayers. I know that your hands must be heavy as I have only one 2 year old little girl and she keeps my hands full enough on her own. I hope that you can get your house cleaned out and make things simpler for the future. Just remember, God will not give you more than you can handle and when you can't carry yourself, Jesus Christ will carry you. So if God says twins, well then get geared up for some fun!! :)Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814685647751093249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-91821333173364600302009-05-29T16:46:40.622-07:002009-05-29T16:46:40.622-07:00Oh boy do I know just how much Military hospitals ...Oh boy do I know just how much Military hospitals suck! Since I was high-risk I was at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD - "The President's Hospital" - and that place scarred me for life. (It's 80 miles away from our house; going once a week was awful!) It is an amazing hospital, and I've been there for things other than OB which have gone fine. But the high risk clinic was not a good experience. Walter Reed Army Medical Center is only 10 miles away and so the doctors spend one or two months at one and switch to the other. I rarely saw the same doctor twice which meant explaining your entire medical history over and over, and when I finally got one I liked, she left. <br /><br />I could go on forever but there is not enough blog space to cover my experience an NNMC. <br /><br />In other, short words, I feel your pain. <br /><br />Hope you have no more major issues!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479458358099316669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-31817958885942504822009-05-28T22:15:30.679-07:002009-05-28T22:15:30.679-07:00I love the dress! Good job!
I found you through ...I love the dress! Good job! <br /><br />I found you through MckMama's blog, and I am relieved to finally find another military wife! I've been looking and haven't found any, or at least any that I could relate to. Most were girlfriends, or newly, newly weds that had no idea what they were in for. <br /><br />I would love to get to know you! I'm young, but I've been married for almost a year and a half now with an 8m old daughter. My husband is in the Navy, his rate is an FC2 but he currently works as an MA with the police department at NAS Pax River in Maryland. He works a long and ever-changing schedule, but it's much better than him being gone. <br />That's all for now...my blog is slow going but it'll get there. <br /><br />As for dress making, I've been meaning to do it for months, just never got started....but I will! Eventually. Even if it is a prom dress when she's 17. :-)<br /><br />-MelanieMelaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15479458358099316669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256641681582709593.post-78140294902404477562009-05-28T17:54:47.471-07:002009-05-28T17:54:47.471-07:00I'm jealous of your wool soakers! They are super ...I'm jealous of your wool soakers! They are super cute! I'm too scared of circular needles to even try them. Congrats on a job well done!<br /><br />I hope your pregnancy continues to go well and without further incident!Jut and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049267401687766707noreply@blogger.com