When it Rains

Lesson Learned #13: When it rains, it pours.

Except in the case of this long, hot, dry summer, when long means unending, hot means extra hot, and dry means suffocating drought. We are surviving... although when I look back over the last 15 months, it's hard to see how. Without a long, drawn out story, I've put together a word collage to describe how the last few months have been for us and our nuclear families.

Cesarean Section
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Pavlik Harness
X-Rays
Funeral
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Leaky Roof
Acid Reflux
Cancer
Bronchitis
Sinus Infection (x15)
Cancer (another one)
EKG
MRI
Funeral (another one)
Ear Infection (dog)
RSV
Resignation
Cavities
Pneumonia
Broken Water Heater
Ear Infection (kid)
Resignation (another one)
Wisdom Teeth Removal
Roommate Abandonment

Surgery
ICU
Broken Finger
Endometriosis
Chronic Allergies
Breathing Treatments (x100)
Sensitive Skin (special baby soap = expensive baby soap)
Broken Air Conditioner
Nightmares

And now my car is making a funny clicking noise before it starts and poor Caley has some kind of skin tag/growth on her lip that will get checked out on Monday. It's no wonder we are sleep deprived and broke. It makes sense than Shannon and I offer each other a million dollars for the other one to go comfort Adam when he wakes up every morning around 2 am. My tab is very large.

Of course there have been amazing things as well - Adam's birth, a wedding, vacations, new jobs, new opportunities, trips with friends, paid off a car, healing, birthdays, and of course, each other.

Lesson Learned #14: When you feel like crying, laugh instead.