Ben has been complaining of not being able to see clearly and I thought that he was exaggerating, since the main time he has complained has been in his Sunday School class when pictures are shown that correlate with scripture stories. He will jump out of his chair and insist on getting right up to [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 20, 2008
Fed-Ex Snafu
Being the active, no impulse control boy that Ben is, he decided to take apart his new external processor for his cochlear implant. Not dismantle it–which also would not surprise me–but merely take apart the two main pieces where they join together. What he didn’t realize, however, was that you have to twist them [...]
July 20, 2008
Bilateral cochlear implants
I love this photo. It is of my sweet boy practicing with the anesthesia mask before he went back to the operating room for his first cochlear implant. It was a traumatic time…for me. I was deathly afraid of the experience, even though I had put much prayer and research into it and knew it [...]
July 6, 2008
Prayer–no roaming fees
My son, Taylor, is a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the Texas, Fort Worth mission. He sent this photo of a marquee outside a church in Texas, and I wanted to share it.
July 6, 2008
Off to Scout Camp
Because Ben was still in school when our Scout troop went off to camp the first week of June, he was unable to attend. So, tomorrow he and Jeff will be heading up the mountain near here for another Scout camp; just the two of them. To say he is excited would be an understatement. [...]
