Hi/Lo Thursday yadsruhT oL/iH

This post is part of "Hi/Lo Thursday" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check out their blog to read everyone else's "Hi/Lo" posts and for a chance to win $100 ... It's where we get to know each other by sharing our emotional/spiritual HIGH and LOW for this previous week.

Since we are rather UnConventional here at G&G, we are going to post our Lo first, which turned out to be a Hi. As you know, I have been overwhelmed with work over the past month ... almost like drowning underwater ... and with no end in the sight. Over the past 6 months, we've had a newborn in NICU, a messed up Dad in trauma, nights of no sleep, unplanned for medical bills, braces on No. 1, stomach viruses on Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, and finally ... one AbsentDad (... me ...) from working too late. I leave for work before the kids get up in the morning and I come home after they go to bed at night.

Here's my emotional low: MyBeloved calls yesterday morning. She says that No. 4 ... who just turned two ... was running through the house ... looking for me and crying my name. My heart is ripped. I'm sad. Here she is on her birthday the other night. ( ... I miss my family ... )

Here's my emotional high: In an effort to surprise the kids, I came home last night before they went to bed. Imagine walking into the kitchen to see your 5yr old boy ... bathing ... in the sink. My heart leaps. I'm smiling. I'm laughing. No. 2 looks up and says, "Hi dad!"