St. Anne

When I was pregnant with Julia my sister found a portrait of St. Anne at a yard sale. My sisters daughter thought St. Anne was the patron Saint of little girls so the portrait was left for me and Julia. St Anne is the Mother of Mary but I prayed to her anyway. The best way any non-Catholic could. I was thinking about her today and did a little research of my own. Here's a prayer I found that seemed fitting.

Prayer to Saint Anne

Glorious Saint Anne, filled with compassion for those who invoke thee, and with love for those who suffer, heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at thy feet and humbly beg of thee to take the present affair which I recommend to thee under thy special protection.

Vouchsafe to recommend it to thy Daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face, and with Thee and Mary and all the Saints, praising and blessing Him to all eternity. Amen.

My Savior, My God by Aaron Shust

My Savior, My God

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my savior

I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me this I read
And in my heart I find a need
For him to be my savior

That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my savior

My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God he's always gonna be

Yes, living, dying; let me bring
My strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my savior

That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my savior

My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, My God he is
My God he's always gonna be

Big Day!

Today was a big day in the Carlson household! First we went and viewed the new apartment. It's 1000 times better than what we have now! We signed a letter of intent to lease the new apartment and put down a small deposit. It looks like we'll be moving in the beginning of October! Yay! Just in time for my Birthday!

Second Miss Julia has a new talent!! This one is a huge milestone for her! We've been working on it with her therapist. She's rolling all over the place! She started rolling on my bed tonight to get to the curtains(she loves to play with them). I was helping Nick with some homework and she rolled herself half off the bed onto a pile of blankets. So now that she knows what it's like to be mobile she's going to be into EVERYTHING! She's quick too! This move is just in time! The stairs here are horrible. I think the Lord said, you have this new apartment so let's make Julia mobile!

Can you say attitude? She also pulls her hair when she doesn't get what she wants! I've decided this one's not so cute anymore and I'm correcting her.

I'm so proud of my baby girl!

Julia's congenital heart defect (CoA) quilt block

HEAVEN'S VERY SPECIAL CHILD

HEAVEN'S VERY SPECIAL CHILD

A meeting was held quite far from Earth!
It's time again for another birth.
Said the Angels to the LORD above,
This Special Child will need much love.

His progress may be very slow,
Accomplishments he may not show.
And he'll require extra care
From the folks he meets down there.

He may not run or laugh or play,
His thoughts may seem quite far away,
In many ways he won't adapt,
And he'll be known as handicapped.

So let's be careful where he's sent,
We want his life to be content.
Please LORD, find the parents who
Will do a special job for you.

They will not realize right away
The leading role they're asked to play,
But with this child sent from above
Comes stronger faith and richer love.

And soon they'll know the privilege given
In caring for their gift from Heaven.
Their precious charge, so meek and mild,
Is HEAVEN'S VERY SPECIAL CHILD.


by Edna Massionilla