Pray for Ewan

Would you pray with me for Kirsten and her husband James, and their infant son Ewan?

Kirsten is a connection I made via the blogging world some time back.  A number of months into their pregnancy, their son was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and James and Kirsten's world changed.  She's blogged about the journey through her pregnancy on this blog.

Tonight Kirsten posted the following to facebook, asking people to pray, and I'm asking you to join with me (and so many others) in praying for this special family and their lovely little boy, born on September 18th:

PRAYER WARRIORS: Now is the time!! We were just informed that Ewam requires emergency surgery. We were quoted some fairly grim numbers and this is his only chance. Please pray hard, and spread the word!!

Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 39

Today's Daily 5:

1. getting a link by email from a friend, full of info I'll need to pursue getting some citizenship paperwork taken care of
2. Almond Joy bars (why do I live in a country where this little bit of heaven is not easily available?  it's always so good to have them again after a trip to the states where I can stock up a bit!)
3. laughing with friends at house church
4. nacho cheese and corn chips
5. Harvey's burger
6. reading funny greeting cards at the card shop
7. pausing to consider that I have friends near and far praying for me
8. taking the morning really, really slow
9. feeling relatively content and peaceful, despite some really challenging realities
10. a friend reminding me that "I'm worth it."

Today

I'm needing to make a list, just for my own clarity.

These are some of the things I need to accomplish (or begin working on) today:

• buy a sympathy card for a friend who lost a parent in the last few days
• stop at an office supply shop
• check if a particular tea shop is hiring
• start unpacking my suitcase
• write a blog post (complete with pictures) about my trip
• figure out a schedule that will force some things I really need to be paying attention to to actually happen
• catch up on some emails
• catch up on some pre-scheduled blog posts
• read an email about US passport requirements, and begin the process of applying for mine, to make cross border travel even easier; carrying two passports seems like a good plan if I'm going to spend a bit more time in the US in the future
• see if I can figure out a way to go to Ikea... looking for a few cheap ways to make a hard living space a bit more liveable
• figure out a way to incorporate a bit of creating back into my life
• sit with a journal

Things I've accomplished without yet getting out of bed:

• made a phone call determining that as long as I don't send more than 250 texts a month, texting is a new viable way to keep in touch with a friend far away
• written down a dream that shook, and processed another shaking moment that came upon waking, and managed to fight off the incessant weight of it again, to be able to laugh a little at the realities that bring those moments that cause shaking
• watched several episodes of Grey's anatomy on dvd
• allowed myself to simply rest

Realistically, many of the things on that first list won't be done today, but if even some of them get started, that's something.  I'm needing to celebrate and acknowledge the "somethings" right now, and not be overwhelmed by the stuff that just doesn't happen.