The Waiting Room

Emily here again, AKA Tine's personal blogger...well, i know we all have spent some time in a waiting room before. Some of us waiting on the news of a loved one's surgery, some of us waiting to hear if its a boy or a girl, and some of us just waiting on the nurse to finally call us back for our appointment. I know I have waited in a line at six flags for the giant or the flashback for well over an hour. I know I have waited in line at target for as long as it took to get the items on my grocery list plus the shirt I just thought I had to have. I have waited in lines at toys r us at the crack of dawn the day after thanksgiving with my sis or aunt to make sure their kiddos got just what they wanted for Christmas. I have waited for pay day to come, I have waited for the weekend, I have waited for a husband, and I have waited for the clock to strike 5 so I can head home from work. I am sure you have waited for these things plus more. You have probably waited on your first roast to be all the way cooked. You have waited on your husband to get home from a business trip. You have waited for the timer to go off to go and check the 3rd pregnancy test you bought. You have waited for the mailman to bring that package from banana republic for that dress you ordered online last week. You have waited for summer, for the loan to be approved on your dream home, and for him to propose.

Christine has waited for all of these things-but she has waited for answers. She has waited for peace. She has waited for relief. She has waited for a chance at normalcy. She has waited for a miracle. She has waited upon the Lord. She has waited for ten years. Today I was visiting Christine when she was told to wait some more. They may be sending her home from inpatient care soon, and proceed with several specialists in outpatient appointments. They have some ideas as to what is going on, but no solid answers. They want a team to come together to treat her case. Well, this was hard for us all to hear, but especially the one that has been waiting longer and harder than any of us. But, there is encouragement to be found that although the road may be long-it is a start. I told Tine today that most people after waiting ten years may have just given up, but not my sis. She wants answers and she will wait as long as it takes and with as much strength as it takes because of those two boys that call her mommy, a husband that will wait with her and hold her when the waiting gets long, and a God of miracles that she serves with faith.

So maybe next time you are waiting in line at the gas station to make that dreaded purchase of necessity, and the next time you are waiting for the school year to end, or the next time you find yourself waiting in line in a drive-thru huffing that fast food is never fast enough, or when you wait on your three-year-old to get over her tantrum, or even when you wait at the gym for the treadmill that is being hogged by the skinny lady that really doesn't look like she needs to run any longer-say a little prayer for my sister and for her wait. We all know she will eventually have to wait no more, but while she does-pray.

I'll let you know more as we do.

JACK SAYS HE LOVES HIS MOMMY!

SAM'S FACE LIGHTS UP WHEN HE SEES HIS MOMMY!

WE ALL LOVE YOU!

L.Y.L.A.S ~your personal blogger