Our lives are swirling away...

When we ask each other how we are doing do we really want to know? I ask myself that sometimes when someone really tells me. I REALLY do care about how people are doing...sometimes it is just impossible for me to make any difference. I feel at a loss. Part of who I am is dealing with and solving problems...my life is so overwhelming now I really have no way of knowing how to help anyone else. You know the saying "You can't lift anyone up higher than you are". Believe me you do NOT want to be where we are.

We had an instance this week that has hit me pretty hard. Jeff felt the sting as well. There is a great family we have felt close to that has just had a baby. We are THRILLED for them. It is a wonderful thing to bring a new family member into the family. We have been so involved in the whirlpool of our lives we didn't even know our friend was going to have a baby. She was expecting for 9 months and had the baby without us even knowing...it has been a horrible realization for me. I am sorry to our wonderful friends out there...and don't forget our family. I have neglected you all. We still love you, think about you and want to continue our relationships. Sometimes it just seems to much of a mess to even contact anyone...we don't have anything to share. Our lives seem to be have been filled to the rim with sickness and death, lost dreams and it just seems to keep happening. We haven't forgotten you tho...please know we still love you.

Times will be better in the future. I mean, don't you have to keep hoping? In the meantime, we hope you won't forget us and will be there when the good times begin to roll again.

Hugs to all.

Spring??

Is it to good to be true? Is spring here? Jeff thinks we will have one more snow...I don't mind if it isn't bad. I LOVE THE WEATHER!!! It was wonderful yesterday and today is as well. These are the types of days that make you wake up after the long winter hybernation. I LOVE IT!!!
The crisis from last week has been overted forever we hope. Justin is feeling better. Hopefully, his healing will be short and permanent! We all love him so much.
Our kitties were sure glad to see us when we got home. They weren't even mad because we had been gone. They just came to us and loved us. I love animals. They are so forgiving. They are a good example of how we should be.
Jeff is back at work. He hasn't had a bad day today.
Timi is off school from IU in Bloomington and trying to get things ready for IPFW in the fall. It will be nice to have her closer to us. She is really a great kid, although, sometimes she is a stinker! ( That was for you, Timi)
Mom is back home and doing well. She gets mixed up going from here to Denise's. She will be fine tho.
All is well at the Murphy household. THANK THE GOOD LORD!!!!

Justin is in ICU!!!

Our brother, Justin, is in the hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. We are SOOO worried. If you can just put a few prayers up to Heavenly Father for him we would appreciate it. He is a good guy...and we want him to pull through this illness with flying colors. Hopefully, we will know something more soon. We found out he was taken to the ER this morning at 10 am. We found out he was alive at noon. Little progresses at a time...
Thanks.

Mini Vacation

Ok, here goes. We are contemplating doing something. ANYTHING! We need to get away a bit. We don't have tons of money...however...we want to do something with ourselves, for ourselves. Any suggestions??? We need as many ideas as we can get. Have any of you gone somewhere that is fun...maybe different...remote...or splashy...or wherever!!! PLEASE...we need some ideas. We would love to add your ideas to our own and have a chance to do something new. We are definitely in a rut.
We have thought of Frankenmuth, Michigan. If you haven't ever gone...go. It is a nice weekend visit for anyone...you can make it more than that if you want to. Also, Mackinaw Island is wonderful...we haven't actually been there but have heard wonderful things about it.
Of course, Washington DC is awesome.
We went to Virginia Beach on our honeymoon in October and it was BEAUTIFUL. It was to chilly to lay on the beach but boy was the view wonderful...we went to Busch Gardens and had a great time.
We will let you know what we decide to do.
Thanks for anything.