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

please prayfor wisdom. filling in ds's cars form. (autism rating) and have a meeting with the headteacher about dd's iep... which was reviewed without parental involvement contary to the sen code of practice published by the dfe.

Praying BES

Thank you TUO. Prayers for you, for BES, for expat and weegie, and anyone else in need of prayer.

Prayers that I can get through to talk to someone on the NAS helpline. 4th attempt got me to an operator who then told me no-one was available. Prior to that, I got the automated "no-one available" message.

There are very few services in my area it seems. I am dreading the school holidays, trying to keep them both happy, without spending a lot of money and without people judging DS's behaviour because he's over-excited or because there's a lot of people and he's overwhelmed.

Praying, Mary...

I'm feeling cross with school in general today, not only this school but all the schools DD has been to. It's taken her entire primary education to get a referral to an OT for her dyspraxia difficulties, always been fobbed off with either 'we don't like to label children', 'it's not too bad' or just 'she's fine academically so what's the problem?' OT was so helpful but it seems DD should have had far more help all these years. Yes she is good academically but she's had that many problems physically, resulting in bullying etc, and should have had more support. I was just put down as a neurotic parent I think. At least now she'll have the support for going into high school, and hopefully more understanding from teachers there when she gets a statement, esp for PE and writing etc. She has enough trouble with her psoriasis without adding the dyspraxia to the mix.

But...she had a wonderful time at her leavers party, and I think she looked beautiful, I may be biased but I was so proud, and she didn't worry about her psoriasis showing. She's a star.

But I need to work through some forgiving of ex teachers I think.

MHD... just checking in quickly from work [slaps own wrist] to say that my dd1 has been much happier at secondary school than she was at primary. She doesn't have the specific difficulties that your dd does, but is quirky ("weird" to use the term most often thrown at her in primary school) and not always good at knowing how to fit in in a given situation. She has found kindred spirits at secondary school and has been encouraged to develop her talents and creativity in ways that suit her, rather than always appearing to be a square peg in a round hole. Praying it'll work like that for your dd, with the additional support that she will now get for her dyspraxia.

Also praying for the support you need for your dd, BES, and for someone to answer the stupid phone and speak to you, Mary...

I got through on the helpline, but was only given a few more phone numbers to call, websites to try and leaflets to read. There is MOUNTAINS of the stuff out there, most of which is either completely unsuitable, we don't qualify for because we don't get DLA or is too expensive. Can't see the wood for the massive great forest :(

MHD, saw the pictures, she looked great :). Its frustrating isn't it, you want to do the best for your children but it feels like you are pounding your head against a brick wall. Then there are well meaning people who suggest putting him into respite care, how awful it must be for me to have a child with a disability etc etc. ARGH!

Fairly minor in the grand scheme of things but The Mister are trying to buy a house and it isn't going well. We have already missed three court dates due to having to have additional surveys and other delays and now there are disputes about the boundaries.

We thought we were going to complete in the middle of June and now we are looking at September at the earliest. The house probably needs about 3 months work doing to it and I am expecting a baby due in December.

Prayers that things get sorted easily and quickly and that it all just goes swimmingly from here would be great!

My DS and I went to a soft play today, someone had a voucher, so we got in for free and it was totally manic in there, lots of older boys running about and my son became over excited and started behaving appallingly, worst of all he had an altercation with another child he starts at school nursery with in Sept and the other boy bit him, as apparently he kept throwing balls at him. But the mother looked at me like she didn't believe me when I told her and I think she has already labelled my son as a "difficult child" as she has been doing a placement for her course at DS's pre school for the last month, so she has no doubt strong opinions on him

DS also had his 30 min slot at nursery this morning to meet the teachers, see the room etc and in there another child pinched him. No reason that I could see, but they both have older siblings in the school and play in the playground together at drop off and pick up, so they know each other already, his mum gave me some "looks" too.

Then of course by the afternoon after the soft play DS was running around in the school playground at collection time and pushing boys or even worse, swatting at them. No reason, he was just charging about like a loon and I had to give him a time out, then after we walked down to the playground he decided whenever someone did something he didn't like, to swat them then too. So another time out ensued. He fell asleep in the car on the way home and is now still awake but should be asleep. What a day. I feel ashamed and I am worried about him being judged and me, and my parenting. He is so so so much better than a year ago. But I am so anxious about September and his interaction in the class with the boys. The whole "say it with words" is an oft repeated phrase here

No time to reply yesterday, Momerath, sorry. Praying for you and others on the thread.
We are still in a lot of turbulence, but things are gradually being sorted.

oh heck..mome

hope it keeps improving do

today is the day I see the head teacher. eek! pray that i make my point politely, but firmly and get it across well.

Sorry for not posting for so long. I have been lurking a bit via my phone but laptop is being temperamental and I struggle to respond individually. I have just read and prayed through the last page.

All fine here. Sorry for those of you struggling or in difficult relationships / situations at the moment.

Keeping everyone in prayers...

Hi all, I am going to post and run, since I just have no emotional energy to read through other people's difficulties. :( I have been praying for those of you that come to mind, but I am feeling very bruised at the moment.

I am also tired, as I keep staying up late writing in my journal. And we are not sure yet whether we will be able to move on the day (8 days' time) that we have planned to.

As for H, I think he treats us as he would treat himself - puts us last, never spends money or time on us unless other people will benefit. I am increasingly clear that, whether it's intentional abuse or not, I am suffering, the dcs will suffer, and it's not right. So I'm considering leaving. That is such a scary thought that for the moment my thoughts stop there. Not a great place to be left in, though!

mome, I guess you could try talking to her, see if you can make a friend of her, if thats what you want. Mums are very protective of their kids, as I am sure you are. If you think there is likely to be a problem, maybe speak to the school? Prayers.

Prayers for all. I'm feeling pretty low and dreading the school holidays.

also reading and praying for everyone wish we were all in a real life prayer and some proper hugs for everyone.

Lost, yup. If he's unwilling to be sensible about any of you, and unwilling to change then that may be a wise thing.
Prayers aplenty continuing for all.

Jan I wish that too. Praying for all the lovely people on this thread. Great advice and support. Not looking forward to the weekend (H away lots during week so get some space which is nice)

Feeling rather trapped. Choice between H in a rage if I stand up to him or sucking up to keep things amicable - not good.

Hi again all, feeling stronger than I was this morning and have read and prayed through.

BES, how did it go yesterday at school?

Kaykat, do you feel you are in danger? How did you try to stand up to him? Did you ask him to leave? He needs to give you space - it's sooo disrespectful what he's doing as well as all the other adjectives I could use. Do you have anyone in rl to support you? Lots of questions, sorry if I'm too intrusive.

Kaykat - Keep the peace and stay safe. Call Womensaid and get their advice on how to leave if you are concerned at all, even emotional abuse they can give very good advice about, you do not have to live like this, they can help you x

i second that advice WA have talked to me on the phone a few times and were really great, just talking anonymously helped me feel so much better, boosted my self confidence and helped me know it wasn't me to blame. hope you are ok

This thread is huge now. Does it still stop when it gets to 1000 on mn?

Yes I think so Mome.

I was noticing we may need a new thread - with expat and weegie first in our prayers ?

Lurking and praying, praying and lurking. Good advice re WA.

We're on week 4 of the holidays here and I've surprised myself at how much we've enjoyed it. DS1 is very energetic and I thought it'd be a bit of a trial with the bad weather we've had but it has been fine. Noisy, but fine. Oh, and DS1 is probably getting just a little too good at Mariocart...

MHD - I hope DD finds it easier at high school. I was bullied in primary school too but found life much easier in high school as there was more space and it was easier to avoid the bullies.

After lots and lots of rain this week including a day when there was an amber warning we finally have some sun. BBQ here we come!

Just quickly popping in to say praying as I read through...

Prayers for all....

Please can I ask for prayers for a friend of mine. She texted me a couple of weeks ago to say she'd had an ovarian cyst removed but now on the mend. Well last week she ended up having a hysterectomy as the cyst was found to be malignant. She and her DH are shell shocked and (understandably) struggling to hear and take in all that the doctors are saying so at the moment I don't know what further treatment she will be having.