May time-Christian prayer thread

[blackeyedsusan]

All welcome to join

Here is a list of all those who popped in or were regulars on the last thread. I hope I have not missed anyone!!

Amberlight- prayer that the heart problems she has are temporary and that the beast cancer will not return. Pray for dh after his op.
Aspirantpiate-studying and a new job in September
Bafana, Thesober-single parent to teen/preteen Pray for a friend who has a brain tumour
Becaroooo- ongoing health problems that are now starting to be investigated
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
birdofthenorth prray for comfort and support after the loss of her baby at 8 weeks of pregnancy
Bluetinkerbell- lost her beloved Sterre during her second trimester. Now pregnant again!
Caz and her baby Xander. Also for dh who does not share her faith.
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored-dh has ms and ttc number1
Creatovator ds ?asd and dd?s eczema
Don in killerheels-hous
Dutch Oma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest. Church services are not always easy due to excessive noise causing problems for Bob.
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia. Give thanks that she has a donor for transplant and pay for a good outcome!
FriendofDorothy- pray that the pregnancy will stick and bleeding to stop.
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, high blood pressure
heyyyo-dd with health issues.
Issypeach- work situation insecure for h and Issy. Prayer requested for the dcs one of whom has gone awol and the other at uni
Jaffacakes... new baby
Jan marriage, new baby and ongoing health problems
Jugglingwith?-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children and a husband who needs to appreciate all she does!
Lostmywellies- recently returned to the uk, friendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery. Possible knee op?
LoveAndPrayers. Marriage and h?s debts
Lovelyman access arrangements and maintenance. (and his SO prefers kissing wookies? eeuuu)
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. SATs week. Madhair is writing a book! ?or at least she should be if she weren?t on mn?
MaryB- work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's. dd getting bullied.
MrsMcCave -hello!
Nanniejo- family and weddings abroad
Nickelhasababy pray for friends who have lost babies.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years from 17th July!. Pray for dds1,2 and 3 staying behind. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek). Prayers for DB and PA?s family?s relationship with sil.
SESthebrave-prayer for husbands stressful job situation, which may involve going to Dubai (not what ses wants). The last few weeks of pregnancy and work. Pray for the baby to turn the right way round.
Starwisher-pray for a job for dh
SweetestThing- just got the all clear from cancer and officially in remission. however, still has to deal with the after effects of surgery.
Teaandcakesplease- single parent to 2 young children. unsupportive parents re ds "being a toddler." prayer for new reliable friends, and one friend in particular!
Tuo-dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie Thank God that treatment is bring some relief to her condition, chronic inflammatory.Demyelinating polyneuropathy. Ongoing prayers for more improvement and adjusting to a new way of life for both weegie and he dh dd has Perthe's syndrome , where the hip joint dies then regrows. Thank God for an improvement in her condition and further improvements so no op is needed.
welshcerys- family and a mega toothache
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back! GCSE season for ds
and finally (I hope)
Blackeyedsusan- mad as a hatter! single parent to 2 youngish children, separated after dv. pray for friends and a new church. ds's behaviour and toddler diarrhoea. dd, niggling health problems. Parents poorly, mum collapsed- investigations to find out why. Mil with lifelimiting cancer

I think I'm missing LM too, I've only seen him twice this month with work, extra jobs on the side to help fund this awful court case and the distance between us He has a date for the court case now. But things are so tough for him

Yep still moaning. Sorry ladies

Oh momerathes! I wish I was closer so I could help. People like us could do mutual help - I'm crap at kitchen stuff like dishes but would love to look after your Los for a bit as mine are such galumphing giants these days.

If you are ever in/near Glasgow shout me! Hey, I don't know where you are, maybe you live down the road!!

And I have to ask you cos no-one else has and it's eating me up!

Do your Mome Raths Outgrabe?

Maybe I'm bitter? They always send me gushing messages on my birthday and say we must meet up on fb posts during the year and then they do not contact me It can feel isolating sometimes as a lone parent and lonely. I can't stomach reading any of it this year. Although I may get a few on a status update, I just won't have millions on my time line

I live in Hertfordshire Weegie

I'll do your dishes, weegie; other people's washing up is always more inviting than one's own, I find (might be just me!). Your galumphing giants can play with my horde while I wash up. Well, apart from the small matter of the 300 miles between us - shame...

Glad to hear you're out of that nervy first trimester, FoD, and not bleeding any more. And how are you feeling? Sick? Blooming? Something in between? Shattered?! Amazing how early the exhaustion starts. Or not, really. Hope you're putting your feet up lots, and when questioned about all the stuff that needs doing, are saying, "I'm busy right now growing a baby." Blue, hope you're giving that sentence lots of use, too. :o

MomeRaths, I'm miles away from Hertfordshire, so no practical use to you either, but I do recommend sitting your kids down with card and pens and helping them make birthday cards for you. Or a cake, or a special birthday breakfast on the day, or something. You know how we sometimes tell our dcs to say thank you? Sometimes I tell mine to say "thank you, you're the best mummy in the world." It's silly, but it still makes me feel special when they say it - plus it makes them laugh! Seriously, do something to make the day special. You don't need to be away from the kids, or spend money for that. Blow up balloons. Dance to the radio. Whatever. :)

Oh momeraths - wish I was nearer too :( I hope you have a very lovely day, despite things being so hard, I hope too that you can get to see LM more...prayers for you.

Lol at do the MOme Raths outgrabe....is that after they've gyred and gimbled in the wabe? Oh no, that's the slithy toves

LOL beware of the Jabberwocky? I got it from Alice in Wonderland, the Disney version from many years ago.

Yes maybe I should buy something special for breakfast on Wednesday tomorrow, that we can all eat together. Any ideas? Help me make it a positive day or I'll drown in misery instead.

Pain au chocolat for everyone!

It's our birthday treat well I get a croissant or 2!!

Now tell me, worthy Mntters, I can send birthday cards to whoever I like?
Or should that be whomever I like. English is not my first language you see.

We do croissants and pan au chocolats for birthdays too, they're a lovely treat!

Or, you could do a cooked breakfast - bacon, eggs, the works, with lots of tea and toast :)

Or eat cake for brekkie

We'll join you cyberly...

Of course you can, DO. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise

DO of course you can In Sweden it's custom to eat your birthday cake for breakfast

I had a lovely peaceful meeting with my spiritual director/adviser tonight. It was nice to be able to talk through what happened the last few weeks and she said no wonder I needed some time off, that I've been through so much. She prayed for me at the end and I felt so relieved and uplifted in Gods' hands.

Lost I am definitely putting my feet up going to try and read lots over the next few days...

Mmm good plan.

I suppose my moans about fb may make me sound a bit odd in retrospect. It's the people who I attend church with, who keep making the empty promises and have done for almost 3 years since my marriage first collapsed.

Mmmm pain au chocolate, fresh strawberries too? DS and DD love those. I could buy fresh real coffee for a cafetiere for me, instead of instant. Now that's a treat.

Blue that sounds lovely, so good to be able to talk to someone and feel God's presence

whomever, definitely.

And no Mome, you don't sound at all odd. fb can be quite false at times.

I think it is, I certainly rarely post how I truly feel on there, I just put the lovely things that happen up. Like the video tonight of DS reading the Monkey Puzzle from memory. Love that book.

I've left FB at times with the ethos that sometimes its less than helpful. I found my true friends contacted me more without FB, they made more effort. After a couple of months away I could come back but feel quite detached about it.

I like the idea of cake for breakfast :)

Hummingbird cupcakes for breakfast? Mmmmmmm

I have recently deleted about 200 people from my FB, people I knew from the past but the last few years never been in contact with. I think a few years ago I had about 800 people on there, I'm now down to about 250, and still deleting every so often. Someone messaged me the other day saying she'd noticed I wasn't on her friends list anymore and why... and re-add me as a friend, I had already declined the request before I read the message... oops [shame]
Since my lent break from FB I have definitely changed my attitude towards it.

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=514&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnse&tbnid=Ml_wL-ZA3if7FM:&imgrefurl=ourlifeinmeals.com/2011/06/28/battle-of-the-birthday-cakes/&docid=Amsfyzr_RwZhWM&imgurl=ourlifeinmeals.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/birthday-cake.jpg&w=902&h=667&ei=L9LoT9KvF8TZ8AP8srW7Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=112&vpy=200&dur=1171&hovh=193&hovw=261&tx=218&ty=90&sig=102637256528554300363&page=2&tbnh=156&tbnw=204&start=9&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:9,i:129" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Typical Swedish birthday cake Do you reckon I can convince DH to do me one for my birthday in August

Oh wow that cake looks lovely.

You are right, Blue, birthday cake for breakfast is not unheardof, even if my parents never did it . Being woken up by the rest of the family singing Happy Birthday, or rather the Swedish equivalent, and opening your presents in bed, on the other hand, is standard.

Just saw on other thread that Aillidh is in intensive care. praying.

Stuff joining you cyberly! If your having a fried breakfast then so am I ( before physiotherapy then psychotherapy - I need the energy lol!)

sorry unable to catch up on all the thread, but know its a special persons birthday tomorrow! weegie am i getting that its also your birthday tomorrow?

i will be up for joining in the celebrations tomorrow i will be thinking of you both and having a treat :) :) i echo the others in that mome you should make it a very special day - you and the kids honor it and go out of your way to make it fun, special and a good one, don't let it be like the rest! the Lord can make it feel like you are with hundreds and thousands of angels - not lonely at all - i pray this for you. i don't think you are moaning or silly - i would feel the same.

about the whole facebook thing - for ages i didn't use mine. i only started using mine when dd was born, as i then had something positive in my life to talk about, and use it as a way just to vaguely keep in touch. but it can really bring you down too because it just looks like everyone is having all these perfect lives while you are the only one struggling; whoever wrote that its very false i would agree. and when your having a bad day its so hard not to go on fb for some reason! then you feel even worse! im trying to make it a positive thing. if it stops being that for me, i think ill just delete myself.

ive had a rough 2 nights now and am feeling it - last night to top it off the dog howled all night. usually i don't let him on the furniture but i did the past few days as he got clipped and is all nice and clean. now he is very demanding, he growled at dd yesterday, he thinks he owns the place, wouldn't sleep in his bed last night and wanted in to get on the furniture and dh went mental at him in the middle of the night (shouted that he was going to 'bury him') and banging etc charming! hopefully today will be more peaceful - taking baby to a baby viewing cinema with mum hopefully - her first time.

thinking of each of you.