On the Wednesday before Madison's first communion, she showed Duane a few "mosquito bits" that she had. He told her it was that time of year. The next evening after her shower she showed me how she had more mosquito bites". They looked like bug bites, but their location made me question it. So on Friday Duane took Madison to the doctors and sure enough it was chicken pox or "chicken pops" as Mallory liked to call them. We were all disappointed to say the least. We spend the afternoon canceling hotel rooms, the cake and food as well as calling everyone and telling them the news. Not to mention, helping Madison work through her disappointment and cheering her up. She ended up with a grand total of 14 spots. Molly had one. Both girls felt fine. No fevers or other symptoms. After warning the neighbors, I even let them play outside in the yard and took them for bike rides. I didn't think it was fair to keep them cooped up the entire weekend. The weather was great. We had lots of family movie nights and had a chance to relax. After all, the house was spotless and the garage and the yard were in great shape. For once, there wasn't much to do. I prayed for a week that our two huge dirt patches would fill in with grass before the party, that Kathy's knee's would miraculously be healed and that the weather would be nice. So God gave Madison chicken pox. Now we have grass in the dirt patches, Kathy is well on her way to recover and can make it for the first communion later this month. The last thing to come through it the weather. Sometimes God does answer our prayers. We just don't always realize it. The disappointment is long gone and we're back to preparation mode. Almost everyone can make May 31. The coordinator at church is working with us to make Madison's first communion very special for her. It's going to be extra special due to the fact that she'll be the only child making her first communion that day. We're really looking forward to it!
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