Yesterday evening at 11:30 PM, Janice, Alex, Liddy, and Hudson boarded an Air France Airbus jetliner bound for the U.S. via a stop over in Paris. They made it safely to SEATAC ariport where Janice's brother, Ray, picked her up. I can confirm they made it safely to his house. PTL!
The trip was necessary for a couple of reasons. First, Alex is going "home" to start the next phase of her life. She won't be coming back to Chad any time soon. This breaks my heart as our sweet daughter won't be around us 24/7 anymore. I can honestly say that saying goodbye to her was one of the - if not the - most gut wrenching and emotional things I've ever had to do. I really cannot imagine going through something like that again. Yet, I know that I've got to do it at least another 9 times. And, secondly, both Janice and Liddy are ill. Liddy, as readers of this blog (and FB) may know, has been suffering for almost 3 months with some sort of bug that the doctors here cannot find source of. And, Janice, about 10 days ago or so came down with Malaria and Typhoid. She's been under almost constant doctor supervision and every time her condition improves, she takes a step backwards. The doctor here finally told her that the best thing she cold do was to hop on the plane and get treatment in the U.S.
The kids are all doing well after the initial shock of coming home without mom wore off. Today we spent time just hanging out and I gave the girls the day off from school so they could fix their rooms just right as furniture and beds were being swapped now that Alex no longer needs her stuff. Emma slept with me last night and tonight it's Tawnee's turn.
The highlight of the day was Ethan getting a tooth pulled at the French Military Base. It had abscessed and was in pretty bad shape. He only shed 1 tear. Man, is that little guy tough.
The low point of the day was the generator being out of commission for the better part of 8 hours or more. It was only about 110 today. By the time the generator was back in service (around 6 PM) I had narrowly avoided a mutiny by the kids for lack of A/C. All is well now as everyone is asleep now.
Until tomorrow.
sf
5 comments:
we're praying!
...and I thought saying "see ya later" to Caleb come Kindergarten in the fall would be gut wrenching. thanks for reminding me it gets worse...sorry you had to go through that. :(
Hi, Steve and Family: We'll are praying for you. It's hard to be separated from you family like this. We'll pray for Janice and Liddy's recovery.
The Helland Clan
Praying praying praying!
Your sorrow is our joy! We were thrilled to see 1/3 of our Fludies, but miss the other 2/3 very much. We will take care of them for you.
Love to all the family,
Auntie Lisa
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