Flag Day

A somewhat forgotten holiday, but an important one!

Today was a sad day for my local grands.  Recently we took them and their mom to visit our son and his family. While we were there, the girls found a tiny black kitten at our DIL's parents farm and begged to take it home. He had been abandoned by his mother. He looked to be about 4 or 5 weeks old. They named him Pepper and he did well the first night, but was very ill by the next day. My daughter took him to the vet, but was told that he likely had a virus brewing before they got him and not to have too much hope. She got some medicine and kitten formula and tried to nurse him through the illness, but he became too weak and didn't make it.  He was a sweet kitty and they are heartbroken. It's hard to watch your grandchildren learn these life lessons, but they are resilient and there will probably be another kitty in the not too distant future. I think they will probably choose an older kitten from a rescue next time. RIP little Pepper.

P.S. Even with all of this going on and our SIL on travel to India, our daughter is continuing to improve everyday and is doing very well. Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers!

June!

Yesterday was the last day of school in our local grandkids school district. Our granddaughters will be entering their last year at middle school and elementary school this fall and their brother will enter 2nd grade. I'm going to brag on them just a little! Our 13 year old granddaughter received the 7th grade student of the year for Theater award, and our 10 year old granddaughter received an award for making the A honor roll for the entire school year. Our 6 year old grandson made the A honor roll for the 6 weeks and received the "GRIT" award for his class. (Gives 100%, Really shows a great effort, Is hardworking, Tries their best). This has been a challenging year for him as he was diagnosed with ADHD back in the fall and went through several trials of medications and dosages before finding one that works well for him with minimum side effects. He definitely is one kid who is determined and never gives up! Love watching them grow up, but of course it's a little bittersweet watching the years go by so quickly. We're looking forward to bringing them home with us after church tomorrow for a sleep over. Besides giving their mom a break, we just enjoy having them over. Movies, Pop's toffee popcorn and sleeping late will probably be involved!

Update

I want to thank you for your prayers and healing thoughts for my daughter. She is making progress and hasn't had a panic attack in almost a week. We're seeing glimpses of the old daughter and even laughed and joked some last night. Something she hasn't been able to do for a long time. They are telling her it will be baby steps, but she is encouraged and hopeful with the progress she has made. She has had some headaches and nausea after her treatments, which is normal, but yesterday she didn't and was able to go to counseling and come back and help with dinner. It may not sound like much, but it's encouraging. It's a slow process and her therapists say she is doing well. Thank you all so much!

Memorial Day

Prayer Request

I don't usually get too personal on my blog, but my daughter could really use your prayers. She is going through some difficult emotional issues right now. Major Depression and GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) are something she and I both live with, but mine is well controlled with medication-hers is not. She has been having panic attacks daily as well as deep depression and is basically unable to function well right now. She has had to quit her job. She has elected to try TMS or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation  in order to help her brain function more normally and started treatments this week. It will be a 6 week course of treatment. Please pray that this will help her. Thank you so much to all of my blogging friends!