Since our last update, things have seemed to slow down slightly. Not much though. We still maintain a very busy schedule between doctors, work, and school for both Garrett and myself. Yet somehow, at the end of the day, we are always able to make some time just to relax and enjoy a few moments together as a family.

As Kristin had mentioned in our last post, we have been wanting to write about some of the many little whispers, or God Winks that we have experienced in the past few months. It seems that every time we think we have a good grasp on anything and have an idea of where we are going on this journey. Something inevitably comes up to derail that train. It's a major pain, but somehow, through all the frustration and tears we manage to come out even better off than we had initially thought in the end. 

I'm sure Kristin will be able to come through and add more details on our God Winks later. I just really wanted to get on here and share a quick update while I'm enjoying one of these brief moments where I can take a few moments to breathe, and not have to focus on anything in particular. 

I have a friend in Maryland that serves as the pastor at a rather large church there. In a recent email, he spoke of their church being able to "Surbless" or surprise people with blessings, over the Easter weekend. This spoke to me in a unique way, as I found that not only are we continuing to receive these little winks or nudges that we feel are coming straight from God, but there have been several occasions where we have been "surblessed." 

A family who lost a child with a similar heart defect has blessed us with the gift of time to help us clean our house when we were unable to do it on our own. Their church made a generous donation to our GoFundMe campaign. They were able to find a plumber who not only fixed the issues with the plumbing in our home but did so at no charge! 

Nativity Pre-K, where Garrett went to pre-school started a fundraiser of their own, and blessed us with a donation of over $1,000.00!!! 

We reached out to our local United Way and were put into contact with several other wonderful resources. Including The Arc of Buncombe County. They said they would be able to provide assistance to us with catching up on any bills that had become past due during our time in and out of the hospital. We had asked them about if they could help us get a car since mine is well... Dead... We were told that they couldn't do much there except possibly helping with a car payment. I believe it was the very next day we were contacted by them and told that there is a family that has a car that they would like to donate to a family in need that has special needs children. Fast forward through many calls back and forth, The Arc office being broken into and vandalized 0_0 !!! and the car needing to be towed to a shop for some repairs, we went yesterday to transfer the title and get a temporary tag. Now we just need to get the vehicle from the shop. Which in itself is another small blessing - the shop fees and repairs are being handled for us. We are not paying out of pocket for anything except tax, tag, and the title transfer.

All in all, while this has been a very unique and at times frustrating experience - we take comfort in knowing who is really in control. Ironically as I write this, I am listening to Pandora on my laptop, and the song currently playing is Praise You In This Storm by Casting Crowns. Which is exactly what we have been doing, and will continue to keep doing so.

I know Kristin would like me to write about our Easter, which was awesome! but unfortunately I seem to be losing my train of thought, and the phone at work is actually ringing for the first time in what seems like days. As you can see by the photo, this is such hard work though... I know everyone wishes they had Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker socks, haha!