Wow, it's been a while!

Hi there! It's been a while since my last post. I guess I've just been a little proccupied with the fact that my husband is now here to stay with me! I'm so exstatic! So happy! He is doing so much better now. I'm just glad to have him here with me home. That's where he belongs - home. So now it's a matter of trying to get our life back to normal. Hopefully we'll be able to start saving. With all the stuff going on with the car, brakes and tires, it's been a little difficult. But I know, with all my heart, that with God, ALL things are possible! So, it's a matter of faith in my Lord, He is my Lord and my God. I put full trust in Him. Thank you God, for all you have done for me. Through trials and tribulations, good times and bad, you have been with me. TTFN

He's finally here!

He's finally here! My honey is home with me now!! I'm so happy....so extremely happy!! It's all surreal that we are back together again. I have missed him so much! He has missed me too, which makes me happy. It's going to be an adjustment for sure. We're gonna have to get used to eachother again, like as far as bathroom, and putting stuff away. It's gonna take some getting used to. Again. But I'm confident we'll get through it. God has brought us together for reason. We are gonna be ok. I know it. TTFN

Excited but Sad at the same time

Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day!! Fishfest is going to be so much fun!! I can't wait!! I was really sad that my husband wasn't going with me after all. That is our event to go to every year, but he is still up north. So my friend is coming with me. I can't wait!! I'm so excited to watch Toby Mac!!! Yayyyyy!!!! I hope the weather will be good. But I have a hat and sunscreen just in case. I guess you can't be too unprepared! TTFN

Happy and Sad

Ok, so I went to see my husband in Selma this past Memorial weekend and I was so happy to see him! I was excited to be reunited with my honey, but then got some bad news. The eye dr did not like what he saw and made an appointment for him to see a specialist. He may have to have surgery on his eyes. I am so caught in the middle as far as do I stay here at home, at my job, at my church, or do I leave it all behind and go be with my husband, jobless, homeless, churchless? I can't decide. I am so heartbroken to be apart from him. This last time leaving him behind was worse than the first time. I'm trying so hard to keep a stiff upper lip, but I can't help crying for him. I wish thinks could be so much easier, but it isn't. Only God can get me through this rough time as He does with every situation. I can't do this alone. I am so thankful to my sister in law and brother in law for letting me stay in their extra room and helping me out. I couldn't be more thankful. I just wish I knew what to do. TTFN

I'm Tired

So I've been back to work full time for about 2 1/2 weeks and I am so tired! I didn't sleep in or take too many naps while I was taking care of my husband, but it's crazy. I can't seem to catch my breath. But I hope I can catch up to where I used to be at work. Still gotta learn a lot of stuff though. So I really miss my husband. I feel so alone. I miss him so much. I hope these next few days go really fast. TTFN

Miss my honey

I miss my husband so much!!! 2 more weeks and I he'll be done with his dr appointments and I can bring him home!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!! I'm so excited and sad that it's not sooner. :( I am happy to be home, but sad he is not here with me. I hope that everything will come into place within our lives as far as marriage, home, family and especially our personal relationships with God. I am so excited about him coming home to me!! I hope we will be alright. I can't thank everyone enough for all the love and support we have received from everyone. Now we just gotta get our butts in gear and get back to full time church!! Thank you Lord!! TTFN

Waiting for Lakers to Win

So we're here at my sister-in-law's house and watching the Lakers play the Jazz. When they win tonight, it will be a sweep and the Lakers will go on to the semi-finals!! So happy about that!! It's nice to be surrounded by friends and family at this time because my husband is still not with me at home. He is still at his parents house because he still has more appointments to go to. But he is doing so much better!! I'm so glad he is walking now! Thank God that I still have my husband with me. Thank God that we are still together and still going strong!! I love my husband very much!! TTFN

Work's getting better

So work is getting better for me. I'm remembering stuff more and more but still have a lot to learn. 5 months is a long time to be off of work. I guess if my husband hadn't gotten the infection in his foot, we would have never found out that he had diabetes. Scary. So I went to church tonight and in a new class for married couples. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law head up the class. There's about 7 couples all together. It's cool to talk about little things. Little things that drive us crazy. But little things that keep us together, even by a thread. I miss my husband so much. The week has gone by fast but the days are long without him. I wish he was here with me. At least I talk to him on the phone or on facebook. But it's not the same. I want him here. I'm sure I will stop crying eventually. TTFN

Here without my love

So I came back home and back to work. The first day was really hard but now it's all coming back to me. I so felt like the new girl. I really miss my husband. He stayed behind in Selma. I'm so sad. Not alone though. I'm staying with my sister-in-law and her family. So I do have people to talk to. I hope that this month will go by very soon. I'm just sad that he will miss my birthday. It's not fair but it has to be done. I hope I can get through all this. It's hard. TTFN

Not so happy

So I never told what happened when we went to see Oceans last week. We showed up at the theatre at 9:30am along with 2 big busloads of 4th, 5th and 6th graders, who raided, I'm talking every line of the concession stand! I stood in a line of adults and did not move for over 5 minutes! I gave up at that point! We ended up watching Date Night, which I have to say was so hilarious!! Then after confirmation from the employees that the school was only watching the 10 o'clock showing of Oceans, did we then decide to watch it at 12:30. It was great! Now I have to wait a whole year to see African Cats, the next Earth Day movie from DisneyNature. But the reason why I am so sad is because I will be going home tomorrow. I should be happy, I know, but I will be going by myself. Not so happy. My husband will be staying here another month. I have to go back to work because one of the girls is quitting from my department. I can't even get a good nights sleep because I am so heart broken! Well, hopefully I can muster up the strength to carry on for that time and keep my head up. Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to, but it's all in God's hands and whatever He has planned is what will be. TTFN

So excited!

I'm like so excited right now! Tomorrow, we are going to see the new movie from Walt Disney Pictures, Oceans! I love the ocean! I don't know if I could actually like, be on a boat without being scared that it will sink, but I do love to look at creatures and pictures and movies about the ocean! I guess that will have to do! So anyway, I am excited to go see this movie! My favorite animal is the Manatee. A lot of people don't know what it is, but when I went to Sea World in San Diego and I saw the Manatee, I was like, wow! So gentle and slow and big! So cute! I don't know why I like them so much, but I really do! Okay, so I will write about the movie next time I'm here. TTFN

Going Home Really Soon

So, I will going home really soon. My husband will stay behind a few weeks to go to some more dr appointments. I will be sad. He will miss the concert at the church. He will also miss my birthday. I am truly sad about that. It's on a Monday too. Yuk! So, life goes on. That's all I can say about that. Life goes on, sometimes without you. I have to enjoy what time we have left, until reality hits and I will be going back to work. But enough complaining, because God has done miracles for us! Big miracles! Thank you Lord! TTFN

So on Friday, April 9, my husband, in-laws and I headed to Yosemite for the day. It was so beautiful! I can't even describe how lovely it was. The day was perfect! Blue skies, until the afternoon as you can see in the picture, 65 to 70 degrees, no crowds. We got to see several blue jays, some deer, a fox and a bear! It was cool! I kinda wish I didn't have to drive 'cause I couldn't take the pictures I wanted. But my husband helped me out with a couple of photos. My phone took some pretty cool black and white pictures. I was impressed. Now if only facebook would allow me to post them all instead of just a few. I'm so bummed. I tried to rename an album and then pushed delete to take the name out, but instead deleted a lot of pictures I had been posting since January! Oh my! I'm so sad. I don't have those photos on my phone anymore! So bummed! Anyway, we did have a good time on Friday. Wanted to go before we went home. Couldn't go with my husband on the wound vac. That would've been too hard. TTFN

Daddy's birthday

Today is my daddy's birthday! He is 70 years old. Wow! He doesn't look it. Nor does he act like it! But I'm so thankful that I still have my dad with me here on earth. I know that God has us all in his hands and that He takes care of us all the time, but I thank God for keeping my dad in good health, even through the rough times he was in the hospital. God kept him here. I hope he has a good day, and yes, I am going to call him in a while! One of the things I remember about my dad is that on birthdays, he sings 'Happy Birthday' but in a funny kind of way. It makes you laugh! If he doesn't, then you kind of miss it. My nieces and nephews kind of get annoyed, but I always tell them, "Someday grandpa's not going to be here with us anymore, and you're going to miss him calling you every birthday to sing to you." That's the truth. I know I will miss him terribly later on. So Happy Birthday Dad!! Enjoy your day and thank the Lord for another year of life! TTFN

My former name

So last year my husband and I went to Disneyland on my birthday! Was so much fun! Especially because he took me to the Blue Bayou! I've always wanted to eat there! I mean you see the people eating when you're on the ride, Pirates of the Carribean, so it is enticing! Then I took this picture of the castle, and it reminded me of my former name, Sara Castillo, actually means, Princess Castle! I always thought that was pretty cool!! So, TTFN

Easter Weekend

What a great weekend we had. First on Friday, the podiatrist gave us good news that my husband could start walking again and that the skin graph looked great! Then we headed down south to home for the Good Friday service at church. It was awesome! We got our taxes done on Saturday. So glad to get that out of the way! Then had lunch with some friends and they blessed us by taking the bill. We babysat our nieces and nephew. So then it was Easter Sunday. Such a blessed day and awesome message from our pastor. Very uplifting. So we're enjoying Sunday afternoon when all of a sudden at 3:45 we start rockin' and rollin'! There was a 7.2 earthquake 20 minutes south of Mexicali. We were all very worried because my bro-in-law and his sister couldn't get a hold of their parents, who are pastors in Mexicali. But finally after a few hours we got word that they were alright. So it was a very crazy afternoon but thank God everyone was alright. It was crazy to hear that they shut down the rides at Disneyland! So I got to stop by my work this morning. It was so good to see everyone! I still have my job. That's a good thing!!! Thank you Lord! TTFN

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It's LOST day!!!

Woo hoo! My favorite show is on! There's only a few more episodes left! I'm so sad! Boo! But it was great while it lasted! So what will I be watching now? I don't know. I'm a fan of other shows, but not like LOST. That show was so captivating and mysterious and funny and crazy! It was awesome! So I will enjoy what episodes are left and in the mean time try to save my arm and leg to buy the seasons on dvd. My husband didn't like to watch it at first, but then he really got into it later! Ha Ha! He even has his own theories about it! All I know is that I would love to go to the LOST Fan Party in Hollywood come May. That would be awesome! TTFN

Going Home Soon

So from what I can tell, my husband is getting better. The doctors are completely ecstatic about how the skin graph is taking on his foot. They are very happy with the progress that is made not only with the foot but with his sugar level as well. So with that, we should be going home to Southern California soon! Yah!!! So happy! I've been so homesick. I hope to be back at work and get our own place soon after that. I hope I still have a job when I go back. From the letter it didn't seem that way. Well, we're in the Lord's hands, that's all I know. Okay, that's all for now.

A Little Sad

This past Friday, March 26, 2010 at around 5am, my Tia Felipa went to be with the Lord. She was my mother's aunt but was always like my tia anyway. I will miss her greatly. Two words come to mind with my Tia, Shopper and Giver. She liked to shop everywhere. Like she could spend 2 hours in the Dollar Tree. But the reason she shopped so much? She gave. Even to people or kids she wasn't around all the time, but she gave. I will never ever forget what she gave to me, when I just turned 12 yrs old. I was on a trip all around California with 40 other 6th graders. When our trip took us to the capital in Sacramento, my tia was there to greet me with a gift bag. Little ducks were on it, with some soaps, and a little cosmetic case with a mirror and a lipstick. Bright pink. I only got to see her for a few minutes, but that memory has lasted me a lifetime. It is something I will never forget about my Tia Felipa. Rest in peace Tia. Jesus has you now. You will be in our hearts forever.

Wish I was somewhere else.

So another day, another dollar that I don't have. Money isn't everything, I know, but sometimes I think maybe it would be good if we had it so we could have our own house, maybe another car, or get 2 new cars, and just a place with nice furniture and a nice bed. All this time, everything we have had or owned has been because it was handed to us or we bought it from someone else. I've never bought my own sofa or dining room set or bedroom set or even a mattress. Even the car we have is because my husband suggested it. Don't get me wrong, I love my car. It's roomy and it's the color I've always wanted, but I didn't pick it out from the beginning. I wanted the bug. However, the wheelchair would not have fit so well. So kinda good we got the Camry. I have been kicking myself for years and coming down on myself that I don't deserve anything or that I'm just a loser and that's why I never get what I want. But maybe, that's the whole picture here. I've had things and places and family taken away from me because I hold things too dear to my heart and I don't let God do what He needs to in me, because I'm holding on to my heart instead of giving it all to God. Help me Lord. Help me rely on you more than what I know or what I see or what I am. I need you now more than ever. Help me be who you want me to be.

Another Fun Day in Fresno

So today I took my husband for another appointment to the dr so they could change his dressing on his foot. Dr and the surgeon say everything looks great! Thank you Lord, that is such good news! Afterwards, we spent the day in Fresno. Best Buy (got myself some new headphones), Berean, Chilis, it was nice. That's the way we used to be anyways. We were always going places. It felt good to get out of the house. So, this week, he should be able to start walking again. Yah! That is so great! I hope we can get back to normal someday soon. That would be nice too.

Homesick

So I've been taking care of my husband at my in-laws because he lost a toe due to severe diabetes that we didn't know he had. We've been here since Thanksgiving and I really miss home. Maybe I should say where we live. We live with his sister and her family for the time being. He lost his job last year. It's been a little rough this past year, but all we can do is not look backwards at where we were but look foward to what's ahead. What's next? What's in store for us in the next bend? Anyway, yesturday, my husband and I had a rather fun filled day, even though he was in a wheelchair. That did not stop us one bit. So I say "kudos" to those of you that are in wheelchairs or have to use a walker. You guys have your work cut out for you, but you do it day in and day out. I salute you. Hopefully, my husband will get better. His sugar seems to be more stable lately. That is good news. What's around the next bend? We'll see......

My first blog

I always wanted to start a blog. Now I have. Hopefully anyone who reads these blogs will be able to just see random thoughts, ideas and whatever else I have bubbling in my head. I have lots of time right now, being that I am taking care of my husband at home. So, Light from the Cliffs means that my favorite thing in the whole wide world is a lighthouse. Which one? I have two favorites: Old San Diego and Santa Cruz. San Diego because it is my favorite place to go and Santa Cruz, because I enjoyed my 2 yrs at Bethany College in Scotts Valley and we always went there. So that's it for now, will write more later.