Current Prayers - month of May

Prayers this week:

• Continuing to pray for discipline with my evening/morning routines.  I am constantly failing at this.  I need so much more discipline.
• Continuing to pray for more motivation/energy with my workouts.  I have my schedule completed for next week and I am planning to alternate yoga DVD's and running in the mornings.  Let's see what happens.
• Praise that Olivia is back to a great sleeping schedule.  She sleeps especially well on Thursday nights after swim lessons. 
• Continuing to pray for Andrew's family and some personal issues several family members are dealing with at this time.
• Praying for Andrew's Nana who moved to Arlington this past Monday with Andrew's Aunt Twyla.  Nana is very sad about the move and she is convinced that she will never see us again.  Praying that she will get settled into a normal routine and have many visitors to make her feel welcome and at home.  We're planning a trip to see her next month.  Nana has also lost a lot of weight and her dementia has gotten much worse since Pops passed away in late January.  Nana actually weighs less than me now, which is crazy, because she has never weighed anywhere close to what I weigh.  She's lost like 40 lbs since Pops passed.  Twyla is feeding her some protein shakes and sitting with her during meals to make sure she is eating.
• Continuing to pray for Andrew and I to make wise financial decisions.  
• Praying for our dog, Cooper (aka "Bubba"), who was diagnosed with cancer this week.  Prayers for us to have wisdom in discernment to know when it is "his time".  We love Cooper very much and right now we're just trying to make him comfortable. 
• Praise that Cooper came through his emergency splenectemy just fine.  He is still suffering from some loss of feeling or something in his left back leg and he won't walk on it.  Praying for him to regain use of this leg, so that he can be more comfortable.
• Praying for Autumn to get into a better nighttime routine.  That girl does not want to sleep.  After we put her down she plays in bed for at least an hour.  Then she is usually so grumpy in the morning. 

Verse(s) I am meditating on this week:

• "Train a child in the way (s)he should go, and when (s)he is old (s)he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 (NIV 1984) - This is a constant prayer of mine.
• "Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions." 1 John 3:18 (NLT)