Rodan+Fields 100% Gaurantee Correction

Last night I posted incorrect information (R+F Sales newby mistake!)  Anyway, you can return any portion of the used portion for a full refund or exchange WITHIN 60 days (less shipping and handling).  Still a great deal.  And it doens’t take 60 days to see results.  :)

Rodan + Fields- Reverse Regimen

Reverse is the first Regimen I tried and now here I’m selling it.  I love the way it makes my skin feel.  Here is what the Rodan+Fields website has to say about REVERSE,

“It’s not what you see…It’s what you don’t see. Exposure to the sun and the environment can leave you with less-than-youthful skin. Erase the signs of premature aging, including brown spots, dullness, and sun damage. REVERSE Regimen exfoliates, lightens, brightens, and protects your skin for a more even tone and texture. Recognized on Allure Magazine’s A List. The REVERSE Regimen features 4 full-size products: Deep Exfoliating Wash 100 mL/3.4 Fl.Oz.; Skin Lightening Toner 125 mL/4.2 Fl.Oz.; Skin Lightening Treatment 50 mL/1.7 Fl.Oz.; and UVA/UVB SPF 15 Sunscreen 50 mL/1.7 Fl.Oz.”

I have remnants of pregnancy mask on my face that I swear is getting lighter.  In a few weeks I’ll have pictures to post and show you the difference.  The won’t be absolutely “before” because I have already been using it.  But if this stuff keeps working you should be able to tell a difference between now and then anyway. 

If you are wanting to reverse the results of sun damage this product is a definite MUST SEE for you!

In Sickness and in Health, For Better or Worse

Lately some things have been brought to the front of my mind.  It’s about my dad.  I have written many times on here in the last 5 years about the period of life when my mom died.  I rarely write about how ugly or terrible watching what the cancer did to her body was.  Or how much she could not do for herself because of how sick she was.  I don’t give the gory details.  Anyone who has lost someone due to terminal illness doesn’t need an explanation.  There are just some things you don’t like to burden other people with unnecessarily.  But in few words, lets just say there were many times during that season that were horrific.  That being said, as I reflect, there was still something very beautiful out of it.  My father.  

My mom and  my dad did not have a perfect marriage (who does).  I know he has his regrets and I know that she lived with her own regrets as well.  But it is often said that when someone is hard pressed on every side you see who they really are… if that is the case, my father is a beautiful person.  He kept his vow to my mother to love her for better or worse, in sickness and in health. 

Until now, I took this for granted… that is what one is expected to do right?  But lately I have heard more and more stories of this not being the case.  It’s not an easy call.  It’s a very tough one.  It is one that requires the emptying of oneself.  It says in the Bible that “greater love has no man than this, to lay his life down for a friend. “  To care for someone you love who is utterly helpless, this is laying your life down.

Dad, I’ll always be grateful for the example you have set before me.  I’ll never forget how devastating that season of life was.  I thank you for not running.  I thank you for being with mom through all the ugliness.  I thank you for being with her until the very last minute and holding her in your arms as she passed into perfect healing.  I pray that I can love those around me in the same selfless way.  I love you Dad.

Avery Gained Again!

Avery had her year old check up today and gained a pound!  Yippee.  She is in the 22nd percentile for weight and is in the 95th percentile for her height now!  They still want regular weight checks and to make sure she continues growing.  They also still want a CF test.  But I’m really encouraged that her height and weight are growing!

Avery Update

First off I just want to thank everyone for their prayer and support.  I have felt so much love around us.  I also wanted to update you on our appointment today.

We don’t have a ton of answers yet as we are still waiting on results from the blood test.  We do have a major praise though.  In this last week Avery gained 2 lbs…. that after  months of only losing weight!  The Hemotologist was very encouraged by this.  He was a great doctor and explained to us what his concerns were and how high her levels were etc.  But the more he watched her and interacted with her the more encouraged he was about her.  He said that she looks like nothing but a super healthy baby.  He told us that tells him a lot and that he wouldn’t be surprised at all if she had been fighting something so strongly in her immune system that wasn’t being exhibited by her outward symptoms.  He said we still needed to look at all her levels to be sure.  So what we are waiting on are 2 things:

1. her monocyte count.  This should be around 1000 and was 1764… we want to see that go down not up.
2. this thing called hemoglobin F.  You have when you are in the womb and after you are born it gradually changes to hemoglobin A in the first year.  The only reason it wouldn’t do this would indicate that there are stressors in her bone marrow.  We want to see this number virtually non-existant.

I’m really encouraged though because She has had so much prayer from all of you, so many others, and we when we went forward for prayer at church yesterday morning.  I really think it is possible she has been healed from whatever it was that was battling with her body.  I’m going to choose to believe that at least until I’m told otherwise.

On another note, my grandpa went into the hospital yesterday with shortness of breath and ashen color.  He is feeling somewhat better now but will be undergoing heart catheter wednesday so please lift him up in your prayers.

Thanks again so much.

PS- IT’s OWEN’s 5th BIRTHDAY!!!!  But festivities are a little behind

Avery’s Health

Some of you already know that on Friday we got a call from our doctor that we needed to go down to children’s with Avery and get her blood drawn.  She hasn’t grown in several months and the dr. wanted to make sure everything was fine.  This morning we got a call from the doctor and got the results.

Her liver and thyroid are great.  The problem is with her Monocyte (a white bloods cell) count.  It is “elevated”.  She said she was hesitant to call because she didn’t want to “ruin our vacation”, but that she thought we would want to know.  She called the pediatric hematologist (blood doctor) first thing this morning and asked what he would do.  He said he needs to run another blood test and look for more things and that he needed to see Avery by a week.  She told us not to come home but to have the appointment first thing when we do.

She did say that she was pretty sure it didn’t indicate cancer because the count would most likely be even higher.  Of course we do what you aren’t suppose to do and look it up on the internet and most of the indications of high monocyte count is leukemia.  We’re trying hard to not think about it and just be patient/ give it to God.

Avery’s appointment is at 10:20 Monday down at Children’s. Please keep Avery in your prayers as we know how very powerful those are.

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Sunday Is Seriously My Favorite

I really love Sunday. Most times in my life from my 20’s on I have had the blessing of going to a church that I love and learn from on Sundays. I get to be surrounded by people I love that are just as excited to worship Jesus and learn more from his word, the Bible. Today was no exception. Boy I needed today.

The last couple days Jeff has been out of town in NY. I have had a lot going on which include some things planned and unplanned. Planned- 3 kids to take care of somehow during a photoshoot. Unplanned- car dying in a chuck e cheese parking lot and needing to get a ride and a tow. Planned- a hectic schedule. Unplanned- headache. I could go on, but really I have no reason to complain too much. Life just gets thrown at us. Sometimes chaos gets thrown at us… and I really think that it is sometimes the times that are most absurd that make me realize I HAVE NO CONTROL, but GOD DOES. And truthfully if he is allowing me to go through it… I’ll make it just fine.

I woke up today hurting from head to toe. (allergies?) Headache and knowing a long day of church, lunch, and 2 meetings to go… all the while kids in church childcare. Not a favorite Idea but I knew it was a one time deal and things I needed to get done. And really I made it just fine once again. Even with a 5 hour long excruciating headache.

The worship time today was amazing. I have been stretched to dependence on God alone lately and those times seem to produce the most intense worship times. I find it hard to hold back the tears. Tears of Joy in the Love of my Savior and tears of emotion that just need to be released. Sometimes it’s just so intense. There was a song we sang during worship today that I really wish I could remember the words to. It must have been just for that moment… because my mind is blank right now.

On a total side note. Our church had a pretty intense conference this weekend that I wasn’t able to go to. It had a lot to do with Christ and the current events going on around us and the world right now, (or so I understand). At any rate there were some amazing guests at it and one that we were told a few Sunday’s ago that they couldn’t announce his name because of the security around him. My friend Peggy and I figured out who it was this morning when she recognized him down front before the service. This guy is the son of the Hamas leader who left Islam and became a Christian. We had seen his testimony in depth on Fox News awhile left. He has an incredible story. This man really understands what it is to leave the mother and father you love to follow Christ. What a sacrifice. In the extended special (which I’m sure they will re-air at some point) he tells a lot of what Hamas is really about. Below though is a very condensed version of his story. Take a few minutes and watch.

Happy Easter!

He is risen.  It’s all because he lives.

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