Now Hiring

Ask not for whom the stomach growls; it growls for me.

Due to some recent statements made on this blog about a certain multi-talented family member, I have found it necessary to bring on some additional help to keep things going smoothly around the house. A position is now available for someone who would like to be a taste tester for all of my meals. If you enjoy trying foods from from all over the world while searching for pieces of broken glass or traces of hazardous substances, please submit your resume to me as soon as possible. Previous experience is preferred but not required.

One other position has also opened up. My ghostwriter is tired of working for peanuts and has accepted another job writing scripts for daytime cable infomercials. Until this position can be filled, I will be forced to post essays from my 11th grade American History class to fill the space. So unless you want to start reading posts about fascinating topics like "Monetary Policies of the 1930s", please submit your resumes at once.

Now that we've got that bit of housekeeping out of the way, I've got more excellent news about Benjamin. Yesterday afternoon Ben had his MRI, and we got the results back today. The actual word used to describe the results of the test was "unremarkable". Typically if someone says this about your child's brain, it is grounds for punching them in the stomach and throwing them out the window, but in this case, it is totally awesome! They did not find anything that they would consider an abnormality. I can not tell you how much of a relief it is to hear this news.

A few weeks ago, the doctor who performed Ben's tracheostomy told me that, due to the severe oxygen deprivation that Ben experienced at birth, I shouldn't expect that Ben would be going to Harvard or even that he would be able to go to school at all. I just smiled and nodded at the time, but it felt like she had just ripped my heart out through my chest. Mercifully, the next thought that popped into my head was that I pictured Ben as more of a 'Yale' guy than a 'Harvard' guy anyway. I'm not mad at her, though, because God used her talents as a surgeon to help save my child's life. It just makes everything that God will do through Ben in the future that much more amazing.

I know that so many of you having been praying constantly that this test would come out okay, and I wish I could do more than just saying "thank you" for your faithfulness in prayer. I wake up each day, energized by the thought of getting to share stories of God's tangible steadfast love with people all over the world. All I can hope for is that through his Spirit, you can feel that same steady hand in your own life too.

To God be the glory forever,
Whit, Adrienne, and the "unremarkable" Benjamin