Queenies Little Kingdom

Morgan & Ally at JCHS basketball game 11/08

It’s never easy to understand. Why someone so young? Why cancer? Why this child? Only God knows. Our job is to trust Him. Even in these difficult times. My daughter has a classmate and friend (another sophmore @ JCHS) who is fighting the last few days of a battle with cancer. This vicious friend stealer….is not picky in who it affects.

Morgan Wright and her family need our prayers right now. She is a precious girl. Her family has gone above and beyond the call of duty to love and care for her during this illness. Cancer is a word no parent wants to hear for their child. Yet this was their reality for the last year or more.

God we plead for peace and understanding in the midst of this chaos. Morgan has touched so many lives in her short life. Thank you for sharing her with us all. I pray for her and her family as they sit by her side as she makes her transition from this world to you in heaven. Help them know you are there. We love you, mighty comforter! We choose to trust You, Lord.
Amen.

Ally, Allie (Morgan’s step sister), Morgan, Leah, Laura, & Emily @ our house before the game!

WE LOVE YOU MORGAN!!!

I’m not a fan! I can’t afford to lose more sleep. I tend to stay up too late at night and this really puts a damper on my undisciplined lifestyle. I need sleep. Especially since I’ve had the cough my head off gunk. I wake up coughing during the night….and feel so tired when I wake up. Hopefully soon this will be gone and I can sleep comfortably again.

Today I spent the afternoon with the high school singing group, Touch of Class. I drove the “man” wagon! That means I had all boys in my car. Five of the crazies! I was trying to be responsible but the testosterone fumes in the atmosphere had me laughing at their shenanigans! Let’s see, they were physically wrestling over a quarter…not safe in a moving vehicle! One had to ride with his window down (it was rainy) and yell out at people we passed by (yes, I was worried about the repurcutions) on the way back, this same lil’ 6’3 260 pound darlin made prank phone calls to all the girls in the car in front of us including the music teacher Mrs. Wildey! Sorry, Mrs. Wildey! After the performance at the nursing home we stopped at McDonald’s for a “treat”. The people there thougth it was a take-over! The kids were still dressed in their costumes. We had a great time! Even though all the teenagers and their leaders were pooped from a long weekend.

Touch of Class from Wanda Staton Galloway on Vimeo.

I’m not sure what is going on with vimeo…everything I upload with them is turning out jumpy. It’s not my video skills…it’s something with them. Sorry! Hope you have a great week!

Congratulations to my three lucky winners! I am so glad you stopped by my blog. I hope each of you enjoy your new books. Come on by again sometime. Big bloggy hugs to Tracy over at Book Room Reviews. She was the host of this book carnival and I think she did an outstanding job! Thank you Tracy! I love your blog!

Simple Ideas 4 Healthy Living—Chrysa (another great blog)

Through the Storm—Mindy

Abundant Gifts—Dorothy

Winners have been contacted.

I must admit….winning feels awesome! Tonight’s sectional game was intense! I was really nervous for Tyler and his team. These games are a big deal and it’s easy to get overly anxious and make mistakes. The first half of the game was neck and neck. Nerve wracking! I couldn’t see either (bad seats)….we were running late. You don’t do that at a sectional game where 4 different teams have packed the house with fans people. We vowed to leave extra early for tomorrow nights game. I want to see every second. I’m so excited! Woohoo!

So….here’s a little snippet of Tyler#15 working it!
Final South Decatur 59 Shawe 51

Tyler @ Sectional South vs. Shawe from Wanda Staton Galloway on Vimeo.

Sorry…if this is jumpy…I’m not sure why it’s doing that. 🙁

This flu/chest cold/misery maker sickness stuff is taking over my family. Gavin spent the day home in bed again and Gates called me in my classroom around 10:15 needing to go home. I went to work barely able to talk. The medicine to relieve the congestion made me feel crazy all night mixed in with the snore monster loose in my room…I may have gotten 5 hours of sleep total. It seems that Ally and Don are the only ones not sick. Hopefully it stays that way. Somebody has to be here to identify our bodies. We want to feel well again and live like rockstars! Whoop!

Friday is jeans day for goodness sakes! We never get to dress down at my school. So I’m going to school, dangit! Sick or not! I’m so very principaled, don’t you think? It’s also basketball sectional time. Our school plays…but we are skipping that massacre to go and support Ally’s boyfriend, Tyler as he plays the same time. His team has had a great season this year and it would be awesome to see them win these games. It’s the end of the basketball road for him (he’s a senior) and this would sure make his day to win. So….GO TYLER!!!! We’re praying you play your best! We think you R O C K !!

So much is going on right now. Yesterday I picked up Gavin’s cap-n-gown for graduation. Tonight we attended the travel meeting for his New York trip which is in two weeks. Tomorrow I have to pay the deposit for his senior trip (they are going to Chicago). Time is flying by. June will be here in a blink of an eye. This last Saturday as I was changing his sheets, I noticed a dvd we had made for him for his birthday. Yes….I got weak and put it in and watched it. A word of advice to you mom’s…..DON’T DO IT!! I ended up crying. It was just yesterday the kid was a baby. They really do grow up fast. He’s been a joy to raise. I look ahead with excitement at what his future holds.

Jer 29:11 (NIV) “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

I am not a sickly type person. But last night as I was trying to post on here….I was feeling weird. I thought I was having an asthma attack. Which I haven’t had in forever. By the time I woke up this morning my chest was so congested that I felt like it was caving in. The pressure was intense and the feeling to cough was obnoxious. It was like a dry painful cough. I wasn’t sure if I should stay home or just push through. I pushed on and went to work.

By the time I get to school, Gavin is calling me to say….he has to leave. He feels so bad that he wants to go home and croak. I meet him at my desk and we head down to the nurse so I can sign him out. He looks rotten when I see him. I know he has to feel pretty bad for him to want to go back home (we hadn’t even made it to first period yet). He heads home and tries to sleep it off. He comes back in for AP Physics last period of the day. Still feeling like garbage….he even stays for Hello Dolly practice. By the time he makes it back….he falls on the couch and sends text messages to me upstairs begging for meds. Poor kid….I’m not much help as I have by this time fallen into my own bed to croak. We’re pathetic! Don’t come over.

Hubby doesn’t make it home until after 8pm. No one can help themselves by this point. We all feel sick and tired. He passes out pills and now we are all going to bed. It’s no fun getting sick. I am not a good sick person. I’m too busy to stop and be sick. I have a ton of things to do all the time. I feel bad feeling bad! Crazy huh? So, enough whining for me. I just wanted to say…..I’m sick. It feels like junk! I hope to sleep it off….but with chest congestion….that’s not likely to happen. That usually gets worse while you sleep. 🙁

Here’s to hoping you are healthy and well. Stay away from anyone coughing or wiping their noses. These people are germ monsters and they will try to kill you! Beware! 🙂 Oh….and WASH YOUR HANDS!!!! Please?