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6:13 HIGH Phone rings, mom's voice, Rachel is having a baby today! 7:01 low Lucy in tears, not wanting to go to school....again 8:11 HIGH Greer still sleeping, pour my second cup of coffee, work on my Praise Baby post 8:38 low Chris races upstairs, beckons me to basement, Maximus (Landon's cat) has passed away in the night....the tears flow and flow and flow 9:37 HIGH Phone rings, mom's voice, It's a BOY!!! 9:45 low Try to call Erin and Landon to tell them the news, tears of joy over my new nephew, tears of sadness....decide to call my mom back instead 9:58 HIGH Phone rings, Rachel's voice, praising God, joy JOY joy!!! 10:25 low laundry taking over my house, tears still overwhelming me as I think of talking to Erin and Landon, praying for my friend Mary as she is in surgery, praying for peace 11:39 HIGH hot shower, washing me clean 12:40 HIGH Check email, "David Wilcox is now following you on Twitter"....what??? One of my HEROES!!! 12:48 low Phone rings, Erin's voice - filled with sniffles and the sound of tears, mom has told her, we both cry, she says she's coming down 1:09 HIGH low See Lucy's face, quickly realize she had a bad day, my heart is breaking, tears flowing, I try to make a joke (and it's pretty pathetic) 1:21 HIGH Lucy is happy and laughing and excited about her new baby cousin 1:31 HIGH gymnastics, visit with friends, play with sweet baby Greer 2:49 HIGH home, Greer down for nap, Lucy tucked in to my bed with juice and Little Bear 3:08 HIGH Reeves walks through the door, we talk about his new baby boy cousin, we read and talk about multiplication...he knows what 10X10 is! 4:21 low HIGH Erin and Landon arrive, sadness, we load up Maximus in their car, they say they are so sorry it happened on my watch, I tell them how horrible I feel, we talk about how elated we are about Henry, Rachel sends a picture on the phone...he is GORGEOUS! 5:00 HIGH girls still sleeping, bags packed to go out for Reeves' first baseball game 6:13 HIGH Chick-fil-A drive thru 7:02 HIGH friends, red dirt, packed parking lot, strollers, ring pops, baseball bats and gloves and balls....it's Opening Night at the ball field 8:32 HIGH low Ballgame! the score is NOT in our favor but the smiles on those little boy's faces tell me that they know they played their best 8:49 low Lucy is already crying about having to go to school tomorrow HIGH we say a prayer together on the drive home and talk about the things she has to look forward to 9:38 HIGH everyone is asleep