happy healthy hips

today we rejoice and give thanks as marit's hip saga comes to an end. she has not worn her brace for a couple years now and i just assumed we would keep having annual x-rays. nope. we have been released by the pediatric ortho department for good (at least until someone breaks a bone or something). i found myself getting a little teary on the way home thinking about our hip journey and God's care and goodness through it all. it got me thinking about life's bumps and bruises and how a God who can heal and restore could surely prevent us from the bumps in the first place. i certainly do not have all the theologically correct answers for why we must endure the consequences of a broken world when the purpose seems unclear. but i do know that he uses the bumps to remind us that we are not in control of our existence, to draw us to His side (which is for our ultimate good). it must be His goodness to prevent our lives from being frictionless and easy so that we will acknowledge our desperate need for Him and His tremendous grace in our lives.

we are thankful to be over this little bump for now...here is a little trip down memory lane...
harness days (miss that kitty)

brace days

the doc says we are good as long as her legs can go 180 degrees...