Colorado Crockers

When thinking things through, some people talk it out with friends, some ask a professional such-and-such, some journal.... I write blog posts...mostly in my head. I have started to think it might work a bit better if they came OUT of my head. Heaven knows that there is a LOT to work through in the world right now. January was pretty normal, which I completely took for granted. I didn't know what I didn't know, mostly that the world was about to turn up-side down. February we ended up in the hospital with a very sick kid. Eliana had an infection that moved into the space between her eyes and brain and cause several blood clots. There was surgery, a 10 day hospital stay, and she came home on a pharmacy worth of drugs, including a central line. I don't know what we would have done without our friends and family rallying around us. We had meals and gift cards for takeout, groceries, sleepovers for the other kids, and so many people who stood in the gap for us. My heart will