Copeland Family Fire

Whitney (11:00pm PST, Friday 3/11/22) Our sweet girl is having a difficult day/evening. Surprise surgery #30 this morning, the plastics team wanted to work on her eyes. They aren’t closing all the way when she falls asleep. We originally thought they were just doing 1 eye, but came back with both sewn shut. She was angry. Very angry. Calm now, lots of pain and anxiety, but resting. This was the same surgery Kyle had done, the gauze will come off and she will be able to see in 3-5 days. Extra prayers on her behalf!

Whitney (9:16pm, Friday 3/11/22) I was driving to the hospital to be with Pepper this morning and I couldn’t help but feel like a weary traveler. Tired, used up, emotionally spent, and feelings of sadness as I left 3 children to be with the other. That’s hard for me. From the very beginning I just wanted to gather all my chicks like a mother hen and keep them safely under my wing and protect them all. Providing the unique nurturing abilities that have grown with me the last 12 years of being a mother.  When I was little, still in grade school and the question would arise, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I always answered with a straightforward answer. A mom! I was once told that wasn’t a real answer and that I must pick something else.  I always stuck with my original answer, a mom!  Little did I know that it would be one of the hardest  most challenging roles I would ever willingly carry out. Exhaustion has taken on a whole new level I didn’t think possib...