What a ride!

This marks Esther's third week of radiation treatment, our third week at the Ronald McDonald House, and our first month at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  What a ride!

While being the sole caregiver for Esther and Josiah, and cooking/making as many meals from scratch as possible to support Esther's own natural healing that God has designed, I'm pretty short on "extra" time these days, although with so much going on outside of St. Jude's as well, I could really use extra time!  (And extra energy...did I mention sleep, too?? 😂)

Although the day-to-day and week-to-week routine is getting easier, and I'm balancing meeting the kids' needs with my own needs such as getting some sleep, it is also one of my goals to journal, document, and update everyone on Esther's blog here more often.  That may mean one long post every week(-ish) or a couple of shorter ones throughout the week.  Either way, imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Another goal of ours is to work on Esther's nutrition plan more and getting things organized for a brand new kind of shopping list and recipes, as well as figuring out how many carbs/proteins are in everything she eats and figuring out how to keep track of carbs/proteins.

Most of the computer adult-kind-of work waits until Esther and Josiah are both in bed so I can focus on them when they are awake.  I love being their mommy and their immediate physical and emotional needs come before everything else. 

Thank you for all the prayers, gifts and support that you each bring to Esther and our Desrosiers family.  They make a huge difference in keeping up our spirits and make it easier to take care of all our babies.  There's no greater gift that God can give us next to giving us His own Son.