You Bless Me!

Hi Friends! Have I told you how Wonderful you are? Have I told you how much you bless me? You are all so sweet the way you genuinly care about me and my family. Thank you for your continued prayers and friendship during these strange and trying times in the Fleming Family. I know I have told you all this before, but I really feel like it needs to be said again. Thank you for loving and supporting Dewey and Jo during these past couple of years and giving them the strength to carry on. Thank you for loving and praying for Lisa during her difficult time as well without any judgement or ridicule. And thank you for being there for us on so many occasions with your kindness and open arms as we struggled with Ella's seizures. Even though we kept our distance from you, you reached out to us as a friend and Body of Christ should do. You all have taught me so much.

I have truly felt your prayers this week as I came a little closer to being at peace about selling my house. I can't wait to see what God has in store for us. I can't wait to see His will for our life. My devotion this morning was about God's will and it said that alot of times we just ask God's will to be done in our lives, but it is not that simple! We also need to ask God for spiritual wisdom and understanding. God's wisdom and understanding gives us the ability to discern each step. So as I ask God for His will and where we are supposed to live, I pray He fills me with the spiritual wisdom and understanding that I need. Does this make any sense? Does it sound strange since we are just moving to another house? I feel God has a purpose and plan for every move we make. This move is about becoming debt free (eventually) and about Tim not having to work extra jobs to make ends meet. I feel this move will lift a heavy burden off Tim, which will relieve some stress off the rest of the family. I am so excited and anxious to see what "door" God opens for us. But wherever it is, it will be full of "His love" and forever open to each of "you".

Also, I can't close without saying how blessed I was Sunday morning! If you haven't read Tammy's email, please ask me for it because she put it beautifully!!!! What an awesome church we have!!
Love to you all,
Angela

HELP

Well girls, you are not going to believe this!! Our realtor called tonight and we have an offer on our house. It was worth Tim staying up till 12:30 a.m. Saturday night cleaning. (which, by the way, I thought was good for him anyway because it showed him a little bit of what I do every day..) I don't really know what to say or how to feel. I have such mixed emotions. I know it is the right thing for us to do right now, but it is still very hard for me. I looooove my house, my dream house! I really thought we would be here a long time. But we have always felt that the Lord wanted me to be home with our children, so therefore, I didn't go back to work this year and this has been too much of a financial burden for my husband to carry alone. I know God has a reason for everything. I am just going to trust in Him!

So girls, what I need you to pray for first and foremost is a place to live by June 9th and that everything goes smoothly with the sell of our house. Secondly, that my children will adjust to the move and will feel safe and at home wherever we go. And thirdly, for me, that I will have a peace about this and a positive attitude so that I won't put anymore stress on my husband. He is very excited and very relieved to get out from under this pressure. When I asked him how he felt about it, he said he felt like a burden was lifted off his shoulders. He can now quit his second job and spend more time with his family. Which is the most important thing to him!!!!

You girls have told me before to come to you with my burdens and you would gladly lift them up in prayer so here I am asking again for you to come to my rescue. It feels so good to know ya'll are there. I'm so lucky to have such a great bunch of friends that I can come to with my happy times, sad times and hard times. I love ya'll "hireds" (I still don't think I know what that means), but if ya'll are "hireds" then I want to be one too. I'm laughing out loud when I write this because I don't know if it makes any sense. I'm tired, nervous, anxious, happy, sad, sick to my stomach, but full of HIS Grace!!!!!!! So I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me!!!!!!
Love ya'll
Angela

An Ode to my Friends!

This weekend with my friends could not have been funner
We laughed and we cried and got to know each other.

Some of us went to Gatlinburg to take a quick look
While others stayed at the cabin to scrapbook.

Nine of us decided we wanted to get "tats"
And my husband suggested Harley Davidson hats.

As we all came together to sit down for dinner
Brandi, Mary Beth, and Tiffany cooked us a winner.

Later that night we decided to play games
We had some sore loosers, but I won't name names.

As the weekend came to a close we gathered for prayer and goodbye
Tammy prayed for our church without a dry eye.

Before we left we scrunched together for one last photo shot
All 19 of us and 3 little tots.

On the way home I thanked God for my friends
Each one unique, but what a great blend!

Now to my friends, what can I say
Just know you are in my heart each and every day.

I pray God fills your home full of His love
And keeps His hand on you from Heaven above.

As I close this poem because I'm so tired
I just want to say, I'm so glad to be a "hired".

I love you girls and thank you for accepting me and making me feel a part of you.
Angela

My Best Friend

It's Thursday morning and I am leaving tomorrow for a weekend trip with 18 women from my church. I am so excited about getting away for a couple of days and spending time getting to know these wonderful ladies. God has blessed me with a group of strong christian friends who have encouraged me, inspired me, loved me, and prayed for me through some really tough times. Thank you ladies once again from the bottom to the top of my heart.

Now I say all of that to follow with this. Even though I can't wait to go and bond with my friends in Christ, I will miss my husband, my Best Friend, very much. He is the best husband and Dad anyone could ask for. He loves me unconditionally and puts up with my many imperfections. He encourages me and holds me together when I feel I am falling apart. He provides for me (working 2 jobs) just so I can stay home, but still manages to find time to be there for us, whether it be playing games, coaching ball, attending cheerleading competitions, or watching Ella at night to give me a break and much needed rest.

Wow, what an amazing man GOD has blessed me with and sometimes I feel I take that for granted. This is really the whole purpose of this message, to let my husband know how much he is loved and appreciated for all he does. I thank GOD for you every day and will miss you these next couple of days! I promise to take great care of our precious little Ella Grace.

Also, to my other two amazing children, I love you very much and am proud of both of you for what wonderful christian people you have become. I will miss you guys too and hope you have a great weekend with Dad and Nana. I know this sounds like I am going away for a long time when I am actually only going for three days, but I just wanted you guys to know how much you mean to me and how much you will be thought of while I am gone.

With All my Love,
Angela

YOU ARE AMAZING GOD!!

Just as the song says, You Are Amazing GOD!! The doctor just called and the MRI came back perfectly normal! Praise GOD! The doctor said every aspect of the MRI was completely normal. Ella is Completely Normal! I just had to say that again!! He said we would just stick to the plan and keep her on the medication for about a year and then taper her off and she should be just fine. I give all the glory to my Heavenly Father! And I thank each of you again for your love and support and prayers. You are amazing friends!!!!! I will write more later, but right now I just want to hold my baby.
I love you, Angela

Still Waiting!!

I spoke with our pediatrician's nurse today and she has made several calls to Emory and Egelston to try to find out the results of the MRI. It could be next week before we know anything. I can't believe the nurse at Egelston told us 24 to 48 hours. From what we understand now that is how long it takes for the MRI to process. Then it has to go to another department and be read and then to another to be typed and then sent to the ordering physician and then to our doctor. Also, we were not the only ones getting MRI's that day so we e to wait on others being done. Even though this is very frustrating having to wait on the doctors, God has given us an assurance that everything is fine! Ella is doing great and is progressing along wonderfully. She is on her hands and knees trying to crawl. And now can say ma ma, da da, and na na. She is so much fun and brings such joy to our lives. Katie and Kyle are wonderful with her and love her very much.

Now for the rest of the Fleming news! Katie has been having sinus problems for a long time now. She also snores pretty bad and has to breathe through her nose a lot. We went to the ENT yesterday and they want to do surgery on her May 8th. They want to take her tonsils and adenoids out so that she can get some relief and better sleep. Just one more thing for me to worry about. But I know God has his hands on her and will get us through it.

Thank you all again for the prayers and sweet messages for the Fleming family. We seem to have a lot going on in our lives right now and we are so greatful to have our friends praying for us. Please know that all of you are in our prayers as well. I read your blogs daily and receive such a blessing each time. God has given us a strong church family now and I can't tell you how much it has changed my life. I have been so afraid to talk to or open up to anyone in the past as I was afraid I would just get rejected or hurt some way. I really feel we have gotten past all that now and it feels good to be able to share my hurts and joys with my new friends in Christ! I love each one of you and pray God blesses you abundantly.

Love in Christ,
Angela

We're All Doing Great!

Hi Friends! Praise God, we are finally home and all feeling much better. We are so glad to have this behind us. Thank you so much for your prayers! We have been so blessed by all of your comments and love all of you very much. God is so faithful and once again carried us through another bump in the road. I can't believe I let fear set in again and let it make me sick. I believe that is all it was because I feel so much better now. The doctor said it would be 24 to 48 hours before the results came back so I will probably call on Thursday if I haven't heard from them. I'll let everyone know as soon as I do. Again, you all mean so much to me and my family and we thank you for your prayers and friendship.

Thank you for praying for Emma today too. She was doing great this afternoon, but has to stay out of school the rest of the week. She can go back Monday, but with limited playing, so just continue to pray that she feels like going back next week without any problems.

I know we are wearing you guys out with the Fleming family, but also remember Dewey and Jo as this has been a very tiring day for them too on top of worrying about what the future has to hold for them.

On a lighter note, Kyle won his earlybird baseball tournament on Saturday. He pitched all three games (not every inning) and did an awesome job. We are so proud of him!

And let's not forget about Katie. She starts cheerleading practice next week and starting in May they will be traveling to Stingrays in Atlanta once a week to learn their routine. We had a great response on the donations, but if anyone knows of any businesses that will donate for a tax write-off please let us know. Katie is very embarrassed to ask anyone (as am I). Thanks so much to the ones who gave.

Well, I will end my saga with this! The Fleming Family loves all of you to pieces. I can't tell you enough how thankful we are to have you in our lives. Checking my blog, emails, phone messages, etc. is the highlight of my day to hear all of the sweet messages and see how blessed I am to have you guys in my life.

Love to you all, Angela