Hey, Murphy

Good ol' Murphy played us nicely today. Nice try, buddy, but you ain't got nothing on us. Things went wrong and things we weren't expecting to happen happened, but in each we saw the hand of the Lord and our faith was made stronger.

Today Steve went into the doctor because he hasn't been feeling well for the past week. It's actually been a couple of months, but his abdominal pains kept getting worse so his doctor scheduled him for a CT scan in case it was gallstones or appendicitis. We were able to rule out both (phew!) We are relieved, but that puts him back to the drawing board and he'll be experimenting with a couple of medications recommended by his doctor to see if we can figure this out. We can deal with medication. I can't begin to tell you how relieved we are that surgery is not involved!

While Steve was at the hospital getting ready for the CT scan, Evie and I headed home for lunch (we were able to distract her for about 20 minutes with books and toys but I knew she wasn't going to last for the two hours it was going to take.) On our way home we got rear-ended while stopped at a red light. The woman who hit us spoke only a few words of English. Luckily, everyone was fine (Ev actually enjoyed the excitement,) and luckily we were driving our truck instead of the car. This may seem odd to say, but it was actually a wonderful experience. As soon as we were hit, I had a peaceful feeling rush over me and I was not concerned in the least. I knew Evie and I were okay, so I hopped out and ran back to make sure the other driver was okay. She had no injuries but was clearly distressed. I felt this overwhelming desire to comfort and care for her. We had to wait for 10-15 minutes for an officer to arrive, and during this time I was able to help calm her anxieties. In no way was I upset. And after all was said and done, I had to laugh when I called the auto body shop who ironically had our other car in just last week. (**Update / Blessing: We were able to get the truck into the shop and not one thing was wrong with it!)