His eye is on the sparrow
our Christmas wreath is still on our front window. i heard ticking noises the other night, so luci and i looked and found a nest built into the wreath. "look luci! the birdie's gonna have 2 babies, just like mommy!" every day we've been watching to see if anything hatched yet.
it's been a hard month. 2 weeks of nights with a week of the family having rotavirus (diarrhea/vomiting) sandwiched in between. we managed to make it. luci went to the e.r. for iv hydration though. 'lijah is growing out of his 'ball' phase. he now seems to have limbs and wants to stretch them. we say, "head up, lijah!" and he perks his bald head up like an octopus.
usually when i get home, or when i first wake up, luci asks if i have to go to work. if i say no, she does a little dance and shouts, "MOMMY NO WORK TODAY!" alas, i'm on call tonight, and i'm on all weekend. i'm tempted to be miserable, except there's a young couple who came in all excited this morning with contractions. today's the day they must have been thinking. except when we hooked her to the monitor we found her baby died during the night. no way to predict it; it was an otherwise totally uncomplicated pregnancy. i walk by her labor room and hear her screams... it's different though... i think most of it is out of anguish and grief. i imagine them leaving this place with an empty car seat, home to a beautiful, empty nursery. God have mercy. Mommy Mary receive their child into your arms.
it's been a hard month. 2 weeks of nights with a week of the family having rotavirus (diarrhea/vomiting) sandwiched in between. we managed to make it. luci went to the e.r. for iv hydration though. 'lijah is growing out of his 'ball' phase. he now seems to have limbs and wants to stretch them. we say, "head up, lijah!" and he perks his bald head up like an octopus.
usually when i get home, or when i first wake up, luci asks if i have to go to work. if i say no, she does a little dance and shouts, "MOMMY NO WORK TODAY!" alas, i'm on call tonight, and i'm on all weekend. i'm tempted to be miserable, except there's a young couple who came in all excited this morning with contractions. today's the day they must have been thinking. except when we hooked her to the monitor we found her baby died during the night. no way to predict it; it was an otherwise totally uncomplicated pregnancy. i walk by her labor room and hear her screams... it's different though... i think most of it is out of anguish and grief. i imagine them leaving this place with an empty car seat, home to a beautiful, empty nursery. God have mercy. Mommy Mary receive their child into your arms.
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