Surgery...

Looks like Mark will be having another one next Wednesday. The purpose is to see what exactly is going on with his retina. There is some fibrous material that is obstructing the retinal doctor's view. So, he'll go in and see if the retina is okay. If so, he'll patch Mark back up and we'll be on our way. If not, he'll fix the retina and Mark will have to endure another bout of face down time.

MeLissa's doing a little internal surgery as well. She's had a couple of interactions with her bio-family over the past week and she's currently working on disconnecting. Although we're not going to go into detail (there's some in existence if you're willing to dig in the right places), this is a pretty significant thing in our lives and we believe it is due to Dr. Laura's indirect guidance that MeLissa is ready to take this step. It has been a long road, but MeLissa is really making progress toward letting the past stay in the past rather than letting it influence her life.

Keep us both in your prayers while we tackle these issues.

Also, many thanks to a blog friend of ours for posting the following very timely inspiration:

'Choose now'

Just because you experienced anxiety a moment ago does not mean that you must continue to hold on to it.

Choose now to let it go.

You may have recently been angry about one thing or another, yet that destructive anger does not have to continue.

Choose now to transform the energy of that anger into positive, healing, productive thoughts and actions.

Whatever the past may have held, this moment can be filled with what you choose right now.

Peace, acceptance, joy, forgiveness, and positive purpose are all as close as your decision to choose them.

Think of the most joyful and fulfilling times you've ever known. Allow yourself to feel the way it feels when you're at your very best.

The world is as it is, the people around you are as they are, and this moment is here.

You can choose now to face it all with the best you have to give.

Life is ever filled with all kinds of possibilities, and this moment is no exception.

Choose now to make the most positive of those possibilities a part of who you are.
-- Ralph Marston--