Things I liked from SSM class

Well I do have to say that I have learned a lot of different things from this class some I liked and will use more than others.  Some I really wished I knew of a long time ago (even though they probably wasn't made at that time). 

The things that I really liked and think I will use is podcasts to check out books that I am thinking about reading, the enotes that Laura, Amanda and I are working on sounds like a really wonderful thing.  That is the one that I would use if it were out 10 or 15 years ago, when I had girl scouts trying to earn their gold award.  I did like making my own website, I have done one a long time ago and it was not user friendly so I never did finish it.  This one I will add more things that I enjoy doing.

The readers are neat, but I am not so sure that I will use it after this class.  It is great to know what they are if I ever feel I will use them I at least know what they are are and how to use them.  There is a lot of things so far in this class that I am glad I got exposed to but it just isn't something that matters to me at the moment.

I do appreciate your finding all these things to expose us to.

First Post

This is my first post, it is a little hard for me because I have no direction on where to go with it.  Something that is very heavy on my heart right now is a little girl that is 21 and has 2 children.  She is a very close friend of my daughters and as close to a daughter to me than if I had delivered her myself.  She got married 2 years ago last month, and like I said has 2 children and one on the way.  Both of her kids has always had health issues, minor allergies, tubes in the ears, and some major issues.  As of yesterday they told her that her middle son probably has something wrong with his kidneys she could not break his fever and she took him to ER and they could not find any reason for the fever till they did a urine check.  I hadn't told you the boy she is carrying might be delivered next Friday because he has a rare defect and she is only 27 weeks along, he is only 1lb and some ounces.  She has to go to St. Louis Friday to a hospital there to see if the baby is under any stress, if so they will deliver him.   As a mother I am thinking they haven't done any fluid testing on this baby so how do they know for sure what actually is wrong with him.  How can they just peg him at having this rare defect without him even being born yet.  Yes they have seen his very large legs in the ultra sound, but that doesn't give them proof of what it actually is going on inside his very small body.  Needless to say she is ridiculously scared and a lot freaked out, which doesn't help the baby's stress levels out at all.  This child, mom or Ashley, lost her mother when she was in 3rd grade and was taken in by a not very nice step mother and dad, she has had a very special place in my heart and life since she was very young.  I pray that everyone that reads this with add her and her family to your prayer list, if any one deserves it she and this helpless little baby sure needs it.  Not to mention her other 2 boys that seem to be in and out of the hospital more than most of us see in our lifetimes.