"Give me a."....nap.

Thanks to Hannah I've got some pictures to share of our first Upward games. I'm busy being the cheer coach and wasn't free to take the pictures. The first one below was Jonathan's idea, I promise. :)

It's going to be a fun season. I love my little squad. And Jonathan is jazzed about playing again.

Kate hung in there with the girls on our squad -- they are all in 3rd/4th grade. She doesn't care a bit...besides, it's all about the outfit and poms anyway, right???

I'm super tired and have had a lot going on the past few days. My dad had a heart attack on Sunday, but is very blessed that he has been given another chance. They were able to put a stint in and with some rest, and lifestyle changes he should be just fine. It may take me longer to recover than him, actually. I think I'm in a post-stress daze. Trying to process almost losing a parent, plus the dealing with our *relationship* and just plain old emotion... I am truly so thankful for the opportunity to talk with him in that serious setting. To say that he is a man of few words is an understatement but we had several good talks. I know that God gave me that chance to have no regrets. And while it's hard to deal with all that means, it's still good, ya know??

Mom and Leon were going to see The Bucket List the other day and I told her to listen for John Mayer's song "Say" in it. I've said before that Matt and I have discussions about my theory that John is the greatest song writer ever. Well, this song fits this time in my life completely. Here's the lyrics:

Take all of your wasted honor

Every little past frustration

Take all of your so-called problems

Better put them in quotations

Say what you need to say

Walking like a one-man army

Fighting with the shadows in your head

Living out the same old moment

Knowing you'd be better off instead

if you could only

Say what you need to say

Have no fear for giving in

Have no fear for giving over

You better know that in the end

it's better to say too much

Then never to say what you need to say again..

.Even if your hands are shaking

And your faith is broken

Even as the eyes are closing

Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say...

Also: a good, actually great, report on Grandpa Phil. He's going to be going home to Grandma Ruth pretty soon. He's walking so well that the nurse wanted him to slow down. The dr. said he'll make a 100% recovery. Thank you for all your prayers.

So despite the drama and exhaustion, life is good.