sing like wildflowers

My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.

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Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!

Category: hospital

  • Discharged and home now

    This cyclic vomiting bout started on Monday around 11 a.m. and ended Wednesday around 6 p.m . It took experimenting with 4 anti nausea medications to abort the episode. I always stay alert to the ‘perk up’ moment, when she begins to look comfortable, starts to talk, asks for her phone, and is interested in…

  • Wordless Wednesday: a red leaves

  • Some thoughts. Still in the hospital for cyclic vomiting.

    Thank you to everyone for your kindness thoughtfulness and encouragement! It gives us that extra boost of strength to keep carrying on even when it gets tough knowing that we have people cheering us on. Yesterday, we were in the ER from 2 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. when we finally got admitted and transferred upstairs…

  • The stuffie duck was unharmed in the microwave

    We finally tried using this duck as the warmer duck it was meant to be. Elliot had a stomach ache last night, and Ellis reminded me that we could warm up this duck as a heating pad. I searched the duck for a velcro opening where a separate bean pouch could be warmed up in…

  • Heart clinic visit and many fears

    Wednesday was our heart clinic day at Lucile Packard Heart Center. The time we spend there varies each time, but the last couple of times took less than an hour, so I presumed this visit would be the same. It was not! The whole appointment took 4 hours with Ellis getting an echocardiogram, EKG, and…