Sunday, September 23, 2007

Leaving home...

...is never easy. I think it gets more and more difficult. Hannah and I left for Cleveland today around 11am. It takes about 4 1/2 hours to get to the Ronald McDonald House. No dinner tonight so Hannah and I had some cereal. We went to the hospital but the volunteers did not show up so I couldn't leave her at the activity room. I was able to leave her with the NICU receptionist for about 2 minutes so I could see Isaac's sweet little face. I wanted to cry. It's so hard to leave him there. It's so hard to choose which child I'm going to leave behind for the other. All of this causes me a lot of stress.

She fell asleep almost immediately tonight. This is the first time since we've started staying here that she's gone to bed so quickly.

Jason is planning on coming Thursday night and leaving Sunday. Can Oprah just pay our bills at home for a few months so Jason can be here?! Just a thought.

I'm going to read. Relax a bit. Love to all. Thank you for your prayers and support. We appreciate each and every one of you.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hang in there Tiffany. I know the stress of this is so very hard but try and look at all the good in this...You have a beautiful daughter that God has blessed you and Jason with, you have also been blessed again with a son...although not a perfect situation...nontheless he is yours to worry about:) How about that! You have two children to stress and worry over...YAY!! I continue to pray for you all and as I have said before you have a crown in Heaven for all you are doing for that precious child. He is adorable as is Hannah...always love seeing the pics of them. Try and enjoy your time in Cleveland.
God Bless

Anonymous said...

Tiffany, you and your precious family are very much in my prayers. I check your blog every day to know how to pray. I wish I had a million dollars to take care of things for you and many more in your situation. I am so thankful that God has you all in His Hands, and that you KNOW that!!
Love you in Him,
Becky
Kettering, OH

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Jason Grate- Ordinary Extraordinary- Simple Stories of Lessons learned said...

Good morning my great friend. Jay finally brought home the computer so I thought I'd take a few seconds before leaving for work to let you know how much I love you guys. I believe in you and Jason and think God has AMAZING blessings in store for your future and for Hannah and Isaac's future. God is good- don't let anyone tell you different!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Good morning,
You sure do not let any grass grow under your feet or should I say the tires of your car. As you know you have been from one end of the state to the other in past couple of days.
I am waiting to hear how "little bit" is doing today. I hope it works out that you can spend time with him. Hopefully the ladies show up.
Keep Psalm 91 in mind as you are going though this. It will refresh your spirit by the Holy Spirit. Also keep reminding yourself that there are so many of us out here that are praying for you.

Love ya all, Gram and Papa

Anonymous said...

Tiffany,
Your family is still in our prayers. We miss seeing hannah's smiling face here at the hotel. Issac looked good in his pictures, even a smile, thats great! If there is anything we can do for you let us know. Can't wait until you can bring Issac to see us!
Love from the McKinley Grand
Jennifer and Staff

Jane said...

No great words of wisdom here... just know that I am praying like crazy for you guys! And I WILL be praying that someone would be able to finance your families needs until you are all living in MI together and under ONE roof!

Praying Jane

Anonymous said...

It was wonderful spending the day with Hannah (and you guys too!!!!) The one on one with Hannah while we had her was something that we all needed.I am glad to hear that things were uneventful in Cleveland while you were up here. I will send you some copies of the photos that turned out this weekend. Praying for all of your family's needs and more. Love, Mom(Nana)

Anonymous said...

Hey Me again,

I was glad to see that Hannah and Nana had some time together. That is great. It is so hard for all of us to be so far away and unable to do much to help you, OF COURSE OTHER THAN PRAY. That is the most important thing that "all" of us can do.

Pizza tonight. Thick crust, uugg! I like the thin crust. I am full anyway so needless to say I did not go hungry. I just did not eat the crust. Of course you know who did and is going to. PAPA!!! and he should not.

My prayers are still for your friend Sherry and her pregnacy (?) my spelling is not kicking in right now. I do not see spell check here. Daaa!!

Looking forward to later this evening when Hannah is down and you have a few minutes of down time to talk to all of us about what went on today and how Isaac is doing.

Christ's Love and Ours, Gram and Papa.