Hurting and Healing

George got out the convalescence wagon for Greta because she got her five year old shots the day before and she had sore legs.  Faith and Cannon also got their first Covid vaccines and they had sore arms.  And to be honest, lots of us were pretty "sore" from some heavy life stuff the last couple weeks.  

Clark and Alexa have parted ways and have filed for divorce.  I'm not going to go into details, but for multiple reasons we all think this is for the best and we're grateful for the timing.  It wasn't a healthy or happy situation. While it is terribly disappointing for all parties involved, we support this decision.  We are doing our best to love and support Clark as he navigates these unexpected life choices.

We also recently learned that Abe was let go from his job at eHealth.  I'm not one to dwell on life's unfairness-- and I'm not going to do that now-- but I will say the reasons are highly questionable!  With the pay scale the company has in place, he was a very expensive employee.  He was also consistently one of the best, but the reality is, they could pay three people for the same productivity and still pay markedly less than they were paying him.  The company hadn't been doing as well as they expected and there had recently been management changes.  Sadly, decisions were made that we aren't very happy with.  

Faith underwent a little surgery last week.  It was a success and she's recovered quickly, but anytime you are going under anesthesia, it's at least a little unnerving.

Thankfully, he wasn't as grouchy as she was when she had her oral surgery a while back.  Remember THIS?  Ha ha ha!

 

So you can understand why things have been tense at our house since getting home from our trip.  This takes nothing away from our dream-come-true trip.  The memories we made are buoying us up during these challenges.  And very much like George getting out the convalescence wagon for Greta when she wasn't feeling well, we have been buoyed up by kind friends and family.  They've listened and talked and visited and loved us.  

In hopeful news, Abe already has a position lined up with a great friend at an All State Insurance office very close by in Riverton.  Clark has an apartment lined for the fall and work and school.  Life goes on and we're all doing our best to live and learn.  This is life-- the good times and the bad times.  I love the thought from Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin-- "Come what may and love it."  

And now we're on the road to Spokane for the annual and beloved Fox family reunion.  At least we don't have to worry about Abe using up all his vacation time.  That's something, right?  

And in much happier news-- THE OLYMPICS HAVE BEGUN!!!!

We got out our Olympic flags! 

And we made a lot more.

We do the flags because we enjoy it, but it also assuages any guilt I feel about not doing much by way of arts and crafts with my kiddos.  Also, we can check geography off our list of subjects to cover.  We're basically world flag experts!

Faith and I really went to town making flags into the evening while watching Olympic trials, because the actual Olympic competition hadn't begun.  

I feel quite grateful for the distraction of the Olympics rights now.  The Olympics have always been a happy place for me and I love that the kiddos are onboard.