Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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The kids and I are hunkered down in the house today. Because of the wind chill warning of almost 40 below schools in our area have been cancelled today. CPS is notorious for not closing school so I was a little worried that they would decide to keep the schools open today. I am glad I did not have to make the decision of keeping my kids home if they stayed opened today. My poor husband did not have the luxury of staying home today, principals still had to report. They have to open the schools in case some students still show up. The tragedy is that some parents are clueless and some will send their kids even if the school is closed. If kids show up they have to keep them in the building. I spent yesterday doing laundry and house cleaning, so today the plan is to stay in my pjs and curl up in bed most of the day. I have pinned a dozen recipes on Pinterest that I have been wanting to make, so I am going to sort those and make my grocery list for next week.

I had some things I was going to blog about today, but my heart is just not into it today. My heart is so heavy for so many friends who are hurting and need Divine intervention and healing. There are many that need prayers, but I do want to mention one family that really needs God's healing. Their names are David and Bethany Lytle. The following is the FB post from yesterday from David.

 Friends, 
Many of you know that Bethany Lytle was diagnosed with breast cancer last week. She has now been admitted to the hospital with dangerously high calcium levels that have come as a result of the cancer. Please pray for her she is very sick.
David and Bethany are a few years younger that Jeremy and I, but we are really good friends with both of these individuals brothers and sister. Both of their families are very dear to us. The Lytle's have three kids and really need prayers right now. You may not know them, but would you please bring their names before the Father?

I also cannot close this post without wishing my dad and my niece Isabel a very happy birthday!! Thankful for these two people! Love them both so much and blessed that they are my family. Here is a blog post I wrote a few year ago about my dad if you are interested.

Celebrating Dad's birthday as kids

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