Update on the Henson's....

I am 10 weeks post op. My foot is healing well. I am able to walk in my tennis shoe some. I drove for the first time in 2 1/2 months yesterday. It felt great. It felt freeing.

 

James is still the same. He is learning to tolerate the pain a little better. He has had an epidural injection in his neck. It didn't help any. Plans are to have another injection in his neck and have a nerve stimulator place in his back sometime in December.

 

Jaelyn is doing well. She is enjoying youth group in our church. I am a little reserved about is still. She hasn't been exposed to a lot of things kids her age are exposed to. My desire is for her mind to stay pure and innocent at this young age.

 

Madison made a BIG decision on her own yesterday. She come to the realization that she wasn't truly saved and was in need of Christ. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior. She made my mommy heart swell.

 

 

We are trudging along in school. Each day has it's problems due to our circumstances, but each day is a blessing from the Lord. I am priviledged to be able to school my girls at home.



Plans for the New School Year

It is that time again. Time to get our curriculum planned for next school year. I think I have it figured out. My plans are to use My Fathers World Exploring Countries and Cultures for Bible, Geography, Science, and History. We started ECC last year, but I felt lead to continue on with Prairie Primer instead. I felt the need to focus more time on Madison's reading, which has improved greatly this year. So, we decided to set it aside and use it this year.
We will continue using Queens homeschooling for Language Arts and Spelling. We used it last year for the first time and really like the  copywork approach.
We will continue with the same Math programs for each one of the girls. Jaelyn loves Math-U-See and Madison is fond of Horizons Math.
Next week, we will attend a Homeshool convention as a family. Well, James will hang out in the motel while the girls and I enjoy the conference. I am looking forward to the classes and learning how to be a better mom and teacher.
 

This Season of Life Part 1

 

As I have shared previously, my family is going through a rough season. My husband had back surgeries in 2001 and 2002. He has had problems with his back the past few years. On March 22, he done some lifting around our house and has been in serious pain since. We went to a local ER to be told that they couldn't even do a MRI to see what was going on. The next day we went to see a Dr. at Fondren in Houston. They almost didn't see him because the previous injury was workmans comp. We saw the Dr. and he had a MRI done that day. We returned the next week to find out results of the MRI. He has more herniated disc, several bone spurs, lots of arthritis, narrowing of the spine, and pinched nerves. He was scheduled for surgery on May 1. A few weeks later, he started having issues with his neck and went back to Fondren. He had a MRI done on his neck and found out that he has a couple herniated disc, narrowing of the spine, arthritis, and bones spurs on his neck as well. Dr. said he had to have an epidural injection in his neck and get his neck better before he could have his back surgery. That was three months ago. Nothing has been done whatsoever. We do have an appointment for an evaluation for the epidural injection next week. We have had a lot of heartaches during this time. The Dr. belittled us and made us feel like trash. Needless to say, we will not be going back to him. We filed for Social Security disability and was denied. We hired an attorney to make the appeal for us. It has been such a long, hard journey and we aren't near through yet. BUT..........yes,  BUT our God has blessed us more than we could ask or imagine. He has met our needs financially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. He has been so faithful to us. Friends and neighbors have helped me with yard work, tilling the garden, maintenance, keeping our girls, cooking meals, giving financially, paying our water bill, blessing us with meat and fresh garden vegetables, and most of all.......PRAYER.  I know people are praying because God is blessing. I feel so much love and support. Even though this season is hard, I AM THANKFUL FOR WHAT MY FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH. I am closer to God than I have ever been. I have to trust Him for EVEYTHING!

 

Happy Father's Day

God had a plan and a purpose almost 18 years ago, when he placed this man in my life. He is not perfect, but he is perfect for me. He is an honest, hard working, kind hearted man. He has loved me unconditionally and shown me what true love is. It is so hard to watch him suffer in pain and not be able to take care of our family. I know it is so difficult for him, but we know God will see us through.

 

 

 

 

Life as we live it.......

We have had some drastic changes in our family recently. We felt the calling to foster children with hopes to adopt and complete the Henson family in Jauary. We took classes throughout the month of February. We completed all our classes and had our health and fire inspection. We were just waiting on our family home study and liscensing. My husband, who had previous back injuries, reinjured his back on March 22. He worked one day afterwards and hasn't returned to work since. He is facing back surgery soon. He has neck damage as well and has to have his neck taken care of first. This has not been an easy transition for us, but we have faith that our God will see us through and provide all our needs during this time. We don't know the outcome, but that doesn't matter. God has our back.  So, things have changed around the Henson place. I am trying my best to do everything that I normally do plus the things hubby did. It is gardening season and mowing season, so I have been busy.......on top of the two hour drives to Dr. visits. BUT.....I have been blessed by neighbors. Two have helped me till the garden. One had done mowing and weed eating for us. I am one THANKFUL mama for the help. We are continuing to homeschool. I have my girls do as much as possible on their own and then I sit and teach what they don't understand. My hubby helps by giving spelling tests and listening to Madi girl read. We had to put our fostering on hold until hubby has surgery and his back heals.   As, I said, we don't know what the outcome will be, but I hope to enjoy this season of life as we live it.