5 Favorite Blog Posts Meme

I was tagged by Karen of Karen's Ramblings and Perri of My Life in Bits and Pieces to do this fun meme.

Here's the rules:

Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written.But there is a catch:

Link 1 must be about family.

Link 2 must be about friends.

Link 3 must be about yourself.

Link 4 must be about something you love.

Link 5 can be anything you choose.

Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better.

Link #1 - Family - I'll be home for Christmas. A post about Andy's homecoming in December after being gone for 6 months.

Link #2 - Friends - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. (I'm detecting a Christmas theme here!) I went to Traverse City with a group of friends for a shopping weekend.

Link #3 - Me - I've Been Tagged. This is a post that tell you what I was doing 1, 5 and 10 years ago along with other random facts about me.

Link #4 - Something I Love - The Patriot. This is a post about one of my husband's carvings. I love these little figurines.

Link #5 - Anything - Flowers of the Field. I love taking pictures of flowers and it's nice to see them this time of year!

Here are the 5 bloggers I am tagging: (Don't feel obligated if you are being tagged for too many of these!)

Joanne from One so Blessed. I only discovered Joanne's blog a few months ago and would love to see some of her prior posts.

Jennifer from Zaankali's Adventures. Jennifer and I are friends from church and I've enjoyed her blog since she started. It'll be fun to see a few of those posts again.

My daughter Laura from A Guy, A Girl and A Sofie . I love to read her blog and not just because I'm her Mom!

Megan from Fried Okra. Megan hasn't been feeling great because she's pregnant! Hope she has enough energy for this.

Rebekah from Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe. Rebekah has a good sense of humor as you can tell by her blog title. I'll have fun reading some of her old posts!

We're Home!

Bob was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and is happy to be home. I'm happy to report that all of his test reports were good and showed no problems. He will have to see our Dr next week for a follow up. If he has any further problems you can be assured that I won't let him ignore them! On the one hand, I'm happy that they didn't find damage or problems, but it's also frustrating because I'd like to know what was causing the issues he had. He has tomorrow off work and goes back on Wednesday. He is supposed to avoid stress and any hard physical labor. I guess I'll be doing the driveway the rest of the winter! (and as I told him - I'm happy to do it!)

We so appreciate all of your prayers. It is really humbling to know that people from all over the world are praying and we thank you all. Please keep praying that the Dr's get to the bottom of this.

You may be wondering what the picture has to do with the rest of this post. It's showing a bracelet that I bought at the hospital gift shop. The words on it say: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord." Jeremiah 29:11 I've always liked that verse and thought it was really fitting for a health scare. Isn't it reassuring that God has plans for our lives? The rest of the verse says: "plans to prosper you, and not to harm you". That doesn't mean that everything that happens to us will be wonderful, but it does mean that God is taking care of us and even when bad things happen they can be used for good by Him. We also have to remember that God sees the "big picture," when we only see a little portion. Knowing this sure does help during difficult times!

Prayer Request

It's been a crazy day for me. My husband has been having some problems with being more tired than usual lately, and occasionally being short of breath. Being a man, he didn't listen to me when I told him to go to the Dr. When he started having chest discomfort this morning in church, I told him we were going to ER now! He still resisted and was worried about doing something during the second service, that he had committed to. I made him leave anyway. His family has some heart history, and although he is only 49 and is not overweight, nor does he smoke, I don't want to take chances. The tests they have done so far look good. They admitted him to the cardiac unit where they are monitoring him and he will have a stress test in the morning. I know some of you have heard about this through my sisters and friends blogs and have already been praying, along with our friends from church. Thanks for your prayers and keep it up! Our God is the great healer and provider and we have faith in him to see us through this. I have felt his strength today!
One way God took care of us today was shown when our regular Dr came in. He spends 12 hours a month being on call, and staying right at the hospital. We "happened" to be there during those 12 hours. It also "happened" to be my weekend off, so I was in church with Bob. I know he wouldn't have gone in if I wasn't there. Bob also has had a cardiologist assigned to him and I have been told by a friend who is a nurse in the CCU that this is one of the best cardiology doctors on staff. Thank you Lord for the ways you look out for us!
PS - I hope you will excuse me from commenting on your blogs for a few days. I think my computer time will be quite limited! :)