Journal

Thursday, July 3, 2008 5:02 PM CDT

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

We hope you all have a safe Fourth of July holiday!!

SHE DEPARTED FROM US 2,242 DAYS AGO; OUR LIVES TODAY

We are blessed but can’t quite seem to escape the normal tensions of life. I came home from work yesterday and the first thing I saw was Noah and a neighbor boy in another neighbor’s yard that is supposed to be off-limits. Then a neighbor girl comes up to me and laughingly asks me if I had a son by a certain name. I looked at Aubrey and was not too happy because I had once shared with her that I had named the baby I lost before I had her. While normally I am not at all a private person, I was upset because for some reason I have kept my naming of that baby semi-private. Very, very unlike me and I cannot explain it. It was no one’s fault but I was coming off of a bad day at work. And then I go into the house and find out that our family agreement that there would be no fireworks that night was no longer an agreement. We were saving them for the actual holiday and had already used some the prior night but Aubrey and Noah had apparently pestered John almost to death so we shot off more fireworks. All legal, of course, by Minnesota law so nothing that shoots into the air.

But truly, these are normal family tensions and we remain very blessed in many ways and Jesus is our LORD and Savior!!

AUBREY’S UPDATES

Aubrey is going up to Alexandria with Auntie Sarah to the resort where some of my mom’s relatives congregate every year. It is very cool today but is supposed to warm up soon. She is so excited but has greedily commented that she is worried about all the extra attention Noah will get while she is gone. Honestly, the worries she comes up with!

NOAH’S UPDATES

Noah is just his normal summer self and is roughed up by lots of vicious mosquito bites.

PRAYERS FOR…

Pray for America. We are drifting from our Christian heritage and will soon be a “universalist” nation.

OUR THANKS

Thank you for visiting, I know the updates are a little sparse.

In His Arms,
The Paquettes: John, Monica, Aubrey, Saint Gabrielle, and Noah