I LOVE YOU

I Love You.  Three words that most children learn to utter as soon as they start to speak.  Three words that I utter to my children at least a hundred times a day (each).  Three words that I know I've heard my son say before...


Recently though, every time my husband or I said, "I love you, Isaac" the replies we got were, "Thank you, Daddy" or "Okay, Mommy".  These responses were getting more and more frequent so one day I decided to talk to him about it.  It went something like this:


Me: "Isaac, when someone says, 'I love you,' do you know what you are supposed to say back?"
Isaac: "No."
Me: "Well, if someone says, 'I love you,' and you love them too, then you can say, 'I love you, too'.
Isaac: "Okay."
Me: "I love you, Isaac."
Isaac: "I love you too, Mommy.  That's what you are supposed to say when someone says, I love you."


It made my heart smile.


I love my sweet boy.  I love that I have the privilege of teaching him things that simply come naturally to most kids.  And I really love that he shares his unique perspective of the world with me.


I'm a very blessed mommy of two incredible, unique children.  

My all time favorite picture of Isaac!

Doesn't he make you smile?

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Enjoying life...

Yesterday was a good day.  Yesterday, I didn't get a headache.

For as long as I can remember I've suffered from headaches every time I've gotten too hot or exerted myself.  To me it was normal, I've never known anything different.  But this summer I started trying to train for the Susan G. Komen 3-day and I couldn't.  Every day that I tried to train, I had a headache less than a half mile into my walk.  I decided to go to the doctor, where I found out that the headaches I get are Exertion Migraines.  She gave me a migraine medication to try, but it didn't work.  I was pretty disappointed, disheartened, annoyed, mad...

I tried to remain optimistic and kept praying.

A few days later I got an e-mail from my Aunt.  She was letting me know that she'd read an article that suggested taking Feverfew for exertion migraines.  About 20 minutes after I read that e-mail there was an article in my Facebook feed that suggested trying a combination of Feverfew and Ginger Root to prevent migraines.  I was willing and desperate to try anything, so the next day I went to Natural Grocers and spent less than $20 for a 3-month supply of MygraFew (Feverfew formulated specifically for Migraines) and Ginger Root.  I've taken it everyday since and haven't had a migraine.  Now, around the same time that I started taking the herbal remedies the weather cooled down drastically.  So I didn't want to get to excited because I was afraid my lack of migraine may have been because of the cooler weather.  But yesterday I participated in the Dirty Girl 5K (which I was absolutely not in shape for) and didn't get the slightest headache.  It was also about 83 degrees yesterday (definitely hot enough that I would normally have gotten a headache)!  When I finished I was taking pictures, hanging out with friends and family, and enjoying life.  The key phrase there?  I was ENJOYING LIFE!  My head wasn't throbbing, I wasn't nauseated, I didn't feel the need to crawl into my bed, put a pillow over my head and sleep for the rest of the day.  It was an amazing moment and an amazing day.  Some things I'm looking forward to doing soon?  The Manitou Incline, hiking Pike's Peak, and walking 60-miles with my sisters at the Susan G. Komen 3-day!  And lot's, lot's more...those are just my short term plans!!!

Much love to all of you who have been praying for me!

BEFORE...

...& AFTER!  Still smiling!!