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: migraine

  • Mental overload for me

    What a day. I was doing well physically throughout the winter break, and then this afternoon, I had one of those severe abdominal pains bouts, vomiting, and a panic attack. I’ve been holding in a lot of stuff the past couple of weeks as Ellis has been feeling down and tearful. She goes through bouts…

  • Cyclic vomiting rescue med for Ellis 😞

  • Anti-anxiety therapy sessions

    Ellis had her second therapy session yesterday, and she and I are learning some anti-anxiety skills to cope with anxiety. The doctors were pushing for Ellis to get into therapy after all the Cyclical Vomiting bouts she had last year, and they worried that further stress that comes with heart therapy could affect future treatments.…

  • Getting tired of the whole ER trips. Again…we’re here

    Same story…cyclic vomiting. We were discharged last Monday, and now we’re back.

  • Hopeful today for discharge

    It seems this admission is going to be a short one, I think! The plan was to get discharged today, but now they’re reconsidering because of her losing weight and possible endoscopy. Ugh…it’s disheartening to think we’re staying longer. On early Sunday morning when we got up to the patient room, Ellis was able sleep…