may update

Phew, it's the end of May and been a while since I've stopped by!

Currently I am silent... literally; well, unless I slip a tiny bit. I am having problems with my voice not working, so am on a 'vocal rest' until Thursday. If it is still troubling me, off to a specialist. I do think it is slowly getting better, though. My problems began about a month ago when I thought I was getting a chest cold. I really noticed the pain in my upper chest when I was swimming and running. Then, my sinuses began hurting when swimming deep and about three weeks ago I coughed and coughed for two nights. The following day, no sinus pain, no coughing, no voice. Isn't that ridiculous! At first it was sort of a novel thing. Now, not so exciting! I am missing some good relationship time with my family... BUT, I also know that God can use this to teach me how to listen.

I am in a cool, new singing group and we are scheduled to sing in June... the kids and I are supposed to sing in a wedding next month, and Memorial wkend, we are slated to sing for Grandpa Webster's committal service. God may have some different ideas. What if I never sing? What if I were to lose my talking forever? Am I willing to follow a path I don't want and still praise and love the Lord? I want the answer to be 'yes'. In light of that, there is no room for grumbling, but I need to live this opportunity to be faithful to God's calling. I wonder what direction this road will lead? Whatever that my be, I want to embrace the forks in the road. :)

The three youngest are making up stories at the kitchen table while eating strawberry-rhubarb pie. Chris is telling a scary story, and Stephen is getting scared.... I'm thinking I need to send them to bed... soon.

School is wrapping up for the year. Ya! All of us are ready. I don't know what courses Kendra will be taking her junior year. There are some tough decisions ahead. Colleges, goals, money, majors and prep. for SATs, ACTs, etc. It's a little daunting. We soon have to decide whether or not Kendra should take AP classes; and where, and if any, how many. How hard should the work load be? Also, community service projects are desirable on a college application; so where is the balance between academics, sports and community projects. Sometimes I feel our society works people to death. Well- rounded seems like really just being an activity slave. Also, do we work for scholarships? Homeschooling makes that aspect a real difficulty. It's something we need God's direction. Each decision echoes toward the future... I need to remember to pray more about this.

Well, it's 9:19 and my kids are still giggling! So, good night. Since I'm not talking, I may come by more often!