Which brings me to my first fact: Ezra is here!
6/29/11 - 10lb. 3 oz. - Lots of hair! haha
Things have been pretty wild around here since then...no sleep, lots of pumping (TMI), lots of eating, an extra trip to the hospital a week later for me (which is a whole other post- in itself!), & a bit of cabin fever... but all so worth it! :)
In other news, I'm missing our Garage students! Youth has been going great and so has the summer internship- I'm just jealous I've had to be MIA. (insert fun group picture here...bc I don't have one right now. haha) But I will be rejoining them this week and I can't wait!
I'm lacking pics because Bobby, in an effort to be a mult-tasker, was: holding Ezra, using the Mac, and drinking coffee all at once...the coffee and the Mac didn't mix well. BUT better to spill hot coffee on the Mac than on Ezra, right?!....crazy boys.
There's some other news too....some that isn't as fun or exciting. News that has been pretty difficult for me to swallow....
Right around the time that Ezra was being delivered one of our Garage students was in a fatal car accident...
At first no one told me. I'd just been through surgery and what a roller coaster of emotions etc. It wasn't until around 5AM the next morning that I found out. Bobby had been trying to keep me from using my phone to get online and I didn't know why. Finally, I insisted he hand it to me and before he did, he explained what had happened and why they didn't think they should tell me right away. I cried....and felt like someone made a huge mistake because that was impossible...then I cried some more. The next few days were a huge mixture of emotions. Students and friends from church came to visit and our conversations were a mixture of excitement over Ezra and sadness over Sarah. The schedule for Bobby was between the hospital and the memorial -and the hospital and the funeral. All the while I was in the hospital, feeling very disconnected. The truth is, I don't know that I've fully realized that it's reality yet- because I still haven't been anywhere that I normally see Sarah....
Since she passed I've been reading all the sweet things people have written on her facebook wall and spent time talking to God about why things like this happen... The bottom line is we really aren't promised tomorrow and we aren't promised that things will stay the same...
My OB (who is a christian) heard about the accident and knew Sarah was part of our church family. She came to the hospital to see me and asked how I was coping with everything and I told her how it's such a strange feeling having Ezra and being in the hospital- and not being there for all of this with Sarah. She looked at me and said "You're part in this is not to be at everything. You're part is here with Ezra...and being a reminder that though now is a time of mourning for many and things seem hard- there will still be beautiful and joyous times ahead. That's your (& Ezra's) role in this."
So, as I think about beautiful Sarah and I think about my sweet little Ezra: I'm reminded that life changes in a flash. And I want to remind YOU not to take any of it for granted.
Tell the people that you love- that you love them. Treat others with kindness. Don't waste your time. Share Jesus at every chance you get. Be thankful for everyday and don't take anyone or anything for granted.
Sarah was a smart, beautiful, & VERY talented girl. A natural leader. A CRACK-UP to talk to!
She was the reigning queen of "chubby bunny" at the Garage. :)
She was a part of our church family and she will be missed.
I didn't intend to be so long- but that's what's been going on in the Sasser house...and would you look at that: little Ezra is such a good boy, he slept just long enough for me to type it all out. Now, I'd better get going or he will put me in a choke hold! (you think I'm joking?) ;)
I hope you're all having a Fantastic Friday!!!
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