My daughter Ashlee, will be performing tomorrow in Agawam, MA. She is in another Fine Arts Competition. This competition is a huge one. There are over 150 churches involved. Ashlee will be singing another vocal solo. When that competition is over she and I will be catching a flight out to Lakeland, FL at 6:05pm. We are flying to Southeastern University where she will be singing for a vocal scholarship to the college. Yes, there is a lot going on in such a short period of time.
Tomorrow she will be singing "Imagine Me Without You", by Jaci Velasquez. On Saturday she has to perform two pieces. They are, "On My Own", from the broadway play Les Miserables and "Batti, Batti", an opera piece. She sings them so beautifully.
My seven year old, Antonio, sang in his homeschool fine arts program today. He did such a wonderful job. He sang, "I'm a Soldier of the Cross". I hope to post the video soon. My husband missed recording most of the song because he was intently watching Antonio and forgot to press the play button.
Please pray for my daughter, Ashlee. Pray that she does not forget the words of her music and that she sings with the power of God behind her. Also, please continue to pray for Eithene Rose, the little girl with many health issues that my little Alana had.
God is good.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Alana's Art Gallery
These are some of Alana's artwork that she did while in the PICU at Mt. Sinai. She loved to paint. It made her feel happy.
My husband named all of Alana's pictures. The first picture is called, "It on Pink", next is "Alana's Many Colors, then "Purple Tracks", followed by, "Green Graffiti", then "See Red Three", and lastly "Ana Alana".
There is one more picture that is very special to me. This picture she and I did the Monday before she passed away. This was the special day that I spoke about in one of my earlier posts. It is called, "Remember Me".
It warms my heart to look at these pictures again. She sure was a good "little artist", just like her daddy.
God is good.
My husband named all of Alana's pictures. The first picture is called, "It on Pink", next is "Alana's Many Colors, then "Purple Tracks", followed by, "Green Graffiti", then "See Red Three", and lastly "Ana Alana".
There is one more picture that is very special to me. This picture she and I did the Monday before she passed away. This was the special day that I spoke about in one of my earlier posts. It is called, "Remember Me".
It warms my heart to look at these pictures again. She sure was a good "little artist", just like her daddy.
God is good.
Friday, April 2, 2010
God Grace is Sufficient!
Sorry it has been a few days since I have last posted. I wanted to let you all know that Alana's birthday was such a special day. Let me tell you about it:
We still do have the Foundation up and running, but we both wanted to do something special on the anniversary of Alana's birthday. I went to Toys R US and bought a Bubble Maker(which was shaped like a lion) and some extra bubbles. I then packaged the toy in a birthday gift bag and brought it to CCMC(CT Children's Medical Center). I was able to witness the giving of the gift that my husband and I had purchased to a sweet little child. What joy there was on the child's face when those bubbles starting spitting out of the lion mouth. What joy it gave me to see how happy the child was. This is exactly why my husband and I want to have this foundation(Alana's Bubbles for Joy Foundation) up and running. We want to make many more children happy by simply handing them a gift of bubble toys. Please keep us in your prayers as we get the foundation going.
My daughter, Ashlee will be competing in another vocal solo competition on Apr. 9. It she advances to the next round, that will be on Apr.23. The week of Apr.12th she will be headed to SC for nationals. This trip is in regards to her winning states and regionals. The evening of Apr. 23 she and I will be headed to Lakeland, FL to audition for a vocal scholarship. The audition is held at Southeastern University where Ashlee will be attending in the fall. She has a lot of singing to do this month. Again I ask for your prayers for my daughter. She needs strength and a healthy voice.
Many of you know that my 7 year old son Antonio, was scheduled for surgery back in November '09 to have gallbladder removed because he has gallstones. The surgery had to be canceled because Alana was in the hospital in NY quite sick. We simply could not have one child in the hospital in NY and the other in the hospital in CT. Well, now he needs to have the surgery. The gallstones have gotten larger and he is now showing symptoms. He has been complaining of a pain on the right side of his abdomen, a tell-tale sign. There will be three doctors involved in his surgery, ENT, the surgeon and GI. Antonio has what is called "subglottic stenosis. This is a narrowing in the airway. The surgeon will not do the surgery unless he knows that Antonio's airway is safe, thus ENT. ENT will perform a bronchoscopy, which is inserting a tube through the mouth with a camera at the end of it to see if the airway does not have to much scar tissue. Antonio has had many upper and lower airway issues. Hopefully, all is well and the surgeon can proceed safely with his surgery. GI will be doing an endoscopy and a colonoscopy during this surgery time. Antonio will be getting the works. Please keep our little guy in you prayers. It's going to be tough to have another one of our little ones in the hospital again.
Yes, there are many things that will be going on in April. We will definitely need God's grace. It's a good thing that God's grace is abundant, we seem to need it a lot.
I want to say I hope you all have a wonderful Easter or Resurrection Sunday. I love Easter because of what our Lord sacrificed for us. His death, burial and resurrection. It's a wonderful day to remind us that we serve a living God.
God is good.
We still do have the Foundation up and running, but we both wanted to do something special on the anniversary of Alana's birthday. I went to Toys R US and bought a Bubble Maker(which was shaped like a lion) and some extra bubbles. I then packaged the toy in a birthday gift bag and brought it to CCMC(CT Children's Medical Center). I was able to witness the giving of the gift that my husband and I had purchased to a sweet little child. What joy there was on the child's face when those bubbles starting spitting out of the lion mouth. What joy it gave me to see how happy the child was. This is exactly why my husband and I want to have this foundation(Alana's Bubbles for Joy Foundation) up and running. We want to make many more children happy by simply handing them a gift of bubble toys. Please keep us in your prayers as we get the foundation going.
My daughter, Ashlee will be competing in another vocal solo competition on Apr. 9. It she advances to the next round, that will be on Apr.23. The week of Apr.12th she will be headed to SC for nationals. This trip is in regards to her winning states and regionals. The evening of Apr. 23 she and I will be headed to Lakeland, FL to audition for a vocal scholarship. The audition is held at Southeastern University where Ashlee will be attending in the fall. She has a lot of singing to do this month. Again I ask for your prayers for my daughter. She needs strength and a healthy voice.
Many of you know that my 7 year old son Antonio, was scheduled for surgery back in November '09 to have gallbladder removed because he has gallstones. The surgery had to be canceled because Alana was in the hospital in NY quite sick. We simply could not have one child in the hospital in NY and the other in the hospital in CT. Well, now he needs to have the surgery. The gallstones have gotten larger and he is now showing symptoms. He has been complaining of a pain on the right side of his abdomen, a tell-tale sign. There will be three doctors involved in his surgery, ENT, the surgeon and GI. Antonio has what is called "subglottic stenosis. This is a narrowing in the airway. The surgeon will not do the surgery unless he knows that Antonio's airway is safe, thus ENT. ENT will perform a bronchoscopy, which is inserting a tube through the mouth with a camera at the end of it to see if the airway does not have to much scar tissue. Antonio has had many upper and lower airway issues. Hopefully, all is well and the surgeon can proceed safely with his surgery. GI will be doing an endoscopy and a colonoscopy during this surgery time. Antonio will be getting the works. Please keep our little guy in you prayers. It's going to be tough to have another one of our little ones in the hospital again.
Yes, there are many things that will be going on in April. We will definitely need God's grace. It's a good thing that God's grace is abundant, we seem to need it a lot.
I want to say I hope you all have a wonderful Easter or Resurrection Sunday. I love Easter because of what our Lord sacrificed for us. His death, burial and resurrection. It's a wonderful day to remind us that we serve a living God.
God is good.
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