I have a phobia (or two) now...

I have been rear-ended in my current vehicle 3 times. All three times I was just minding my own business sitting in traffic or at a stop light. All three times I have been completely stopped. All three times, someone has barreled into me and they have been completely at fault. And every time, I have really hurt my neck. Yesterday, I was on the way for a check up for my adrenal disease and thyroid and someone barreled into me and sent my car forward into the car in front to me. I am sore all over and my neck is very sore but luckily I was not badly hurt. I will say though that I am extremely jumpy and anxious in the car now. I have a rental while mine is being repaired and I am very nervous driving. The irony is that this is the kind of stressor that makes adrenal disease worse. I hope I can relax about it soon because with 3 kids, I drive a lot.

Thank you for the b-day wishes for Will. He had a good birthday.

He wanted to pick out a doughnut for breakfast...so we went to a local favorite place.

(I-phone photo~the writing on Will's arm is from his swim meet. They write in permanent magic marker the events they swim in).

Then we hung out and played with some friends. I made spaghetti, meatballs and sausage with my homemade sauce (all gluten free) for dinner. The kids always get to pick what we have for dinner on their birthday. I think my pick was usually this same meal when I was a kid. My Mom made great sauce.

After dinner, we sang happy birthday and Will opened gifts. Kate and Harry got him some Lego mini figures and silly bands. Harry also bought Will a really cool opal from a geology show they went to. We gave him a portable DVD player for some trips he has coming up this year. He is going to Paris with his school! He was excited!

(Notice that cute new short haircut?)

Tomorrow Will has surgery. When he was a baby, he had a growth between the layers of his skull. A neurosurgeon removed a large section of his skull (it grew back) and he has a scar over half his head. As his head has grown, the scar has as well. One section of the scar looks like a large bald spot and kids tease him about it. He has wanted it repaired for years. I have told him that God made us exactly how He wanted us to be and we ALL have some kind of scar. I have tried to encourage him to live with it. However, every summer when he swims some insensitive kid teases him and he asks to have it fixed. It really bothers him and I think that is why he wears his hair long. Now that he is old enough to really know what is involved, we have taken him to the plastic surgeon who originally did the opening and closing of his surgery when he was a baby and he agreed that it should be repaired. So, tomorrow, he will have surgery to repair the scar. It is elective surgery and I support Will's decision 100%, but this Mama is a nervous wreck anyway. I have unfortunately seen all 3 of my peanuts undergo surgery and it is always scary. I covet your prayers for a safe surgery.

Here is a photo of Will when he had the original surgery at 6 months old...

The surgeon actually remembered Will from 12 and 1/2 years ago. He is a pediatric cranio-facial plastic surgeon (there are not a whole lot of them) so he said it is his job to study faces and he said Will has a memorable face:)