tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42647996973880120772024-03-13T11:51:04.026-07:00Cameron ReyburnDalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-19598521490954011282010-08-30T12:06:00.000-07:002010-08-30T12:10:10.021-07:00New blogI’m a <em>word</em> person, more than a <em>picture</em> person, so while some people paint or scrapbook or photograph, I’ve used this blog as a way to record the first 2 years and nearly 5 months of Cameron’s life. It’s cool for me to think that Cam will have this record to delve into one day when he’s ready. And it will be good for Murray and me, in time, to remember things that for now are easier to forget. I might also draw on some of what I’ve written here when I finally get around to writing a book about this past season of our lives :). Keeping a blog has been cathartic for me, and a real source of healing. I know God has also used it here and there to encourage others, and I’m really grateful for that.<br /><br />But seasons changes, and with spring and jasmine in the air, what better time for the August winds to be ushering in a brand new season. Our second little man arrives in just 3 weeks or so, <em>Deo Volonte</em>. I can’t possibly blog about one son and not the other, and the thought of keeping up two blogs, amidst copious newborn nappies, is just too daunting! So, I’ve created a new blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://reyburnboys.blogspot.com/">http://reyburnboys.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />which you can visit, should you wish, to read about both our little boys. I want this blog to be a celebration of the depth, beauty and richness of life, reflecting the hope we have as believers, the freedom we have to seize life in all its fullness. As we walk through the seasons, recognising that ‘there are pockets of beauty in every season, even the wintery ones’ (Pam Ferreira), I want to be asking, ‘Where did I see God’s glory today?’ I want this blog to reflect that ‘He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him’ (John Piper). I want it to reflect the beautiful, paradoxical reality that we are getting younger on the inside, day by day – for ‘that is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.’ (2 Cor. 4:16)<br /><br />If you read Cameron’s blog because you are given to praying for him and his visual progress, please keep checking the new blog. I will definitely continue to chronicle his journey! There should be photos soon of him wearing his new little glasses. Murray has designed specs for him to wear, to correct his astigmatism (but mostly to get him used to the idea of wearing glasses).<br /><br />Lastly, thank you for reading my thoughts over the past two and a bit years. Often it has felt as if I’ve sent my bleeding heart out into the ethers of cyberspace to be judged, or worse, to be ignored. It’s then that I’ve received much needed encouragement, from close friends and family who read this blog, or from praying, distant friends as far flung as North America, the Middle East, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. From me, Murray and Cameron: THANK YOU and may our God bless you abundantly for carrying us.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:dalene.reyburn@gmail.com">dalene.reyburn@gmail.com</a>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-4312115629791484102010-08-26T07:39:00.000-07:002010-08-26T07:41:51.664-07:00Two cute statements...Cam today:<br /><br /><strong>‘I not crying ‘cause I choosing the right attitude.’</strong> (Shame, sounds like his Mom is quite intense...?! :)<br /><br /><strong>‘No, Lola, stop it! You being ridiculous! Just relax Lola!’ </strong>(He was trying to wrap her in one of his baby brother's blankets and she was having none of it.)<br /><br />Twenty-seven days ‘til baby brother makes his debut! :)<br /><br /><em>‘You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.’ – Psalm 139:16</em>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-82616344830152898882010-08-22T07:41:00.000-07:002010-08-22T07:47:49.132-07:00Just some photies...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwbL6ImuISTonT6YCMz_NvsyPMOriMt85BANktbUytZJSITGcJomWMra7dhupC-UgoDXlHpEP8ESxfZ5g3hEkPRxro_QlrLmnkZvP2cXqiPPiSy7kUe7kuuMNXPzRBMrpNhvpUP6Bu48/s1600/DSCF7955.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508245978066746930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwbL6ImuISTonT6YCMz_NvsyPMOriMt85BANktbUytZJSITGcJomWMra7dhupC-UgoDXlHpEP8ESxfZ5g3hEkPRxro_QlrLmnkZvP2cXqiPPiSy7kUe7kuuMNXPzRBMrpNhvpUP6Bu48/s320/DSCF7955.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA0oIHEXlKEJw63GF38mjkNV-D9vxww8s9qvgLv-skQe3NpfLZ7fMTQ6vPWNQt6vQhvsQDNvVVmbBhyphenhyphenTGo2xsQdUOn8sK1KmGskh8PfHyHjXHMblh3T6Na8F0End8ZBVR80Uf0qYix0A/s1600/DSCF7957.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508245898281096226" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRw36TndFLmmRrsouAl1VWydI9-llV_E1UhbONF_eFOf7Mxu8eQr2JpH-hcfrWKZ5BAdnjmUPlW3VFNyxYuBU2P26XwcJH3U7xb291wBj07OKT1Q1Amb_FppxnsJtZUY2YbbkaSryZYLU/s320/DSCF7975.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-88474814038226210672010-08-09T05:24:00.000-07:002010-08-09T05:32:21.639-07:00Of painting and spotted, stripy cats...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjfvUikpIS8LjGsMhW_2AE9grrZ6Jb7ZyLwFH6yUt8ZumkA6DaQBa-6U9BBu9_IM930AXVxbNBhOHpa2L4TKeebrnFuhpmT7gnxEsHj9wrYU1iE-PS7MUvCz7UFCuxiNfgis8Ab-EBdI/s1600/DSCF7927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503386876241717778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjfvUikpIS8LjGsMhW_2AE9grrZ6Jb7ZyLwFH6yUt8ZumkA6DaQBa-6U9BBu9_IM930AXVxbNBhOHpa2L4TKeebrnFuhpmT7gnxEsHj9wrYU1iE-PS7MUvCz7UFCuxiNfgis8Ab-EBdI/s320/DSCF7927.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvpipsm6FWm2vHEftYy-vA2ZiG9AMVzF6LzkBwwIvLcqHAcZ9c7kTLZAqUk68LL5MlSwagzgrtdK7Tbj2pquuMizAArHgj5J5QMTypHNdlbL6hOkRHQj_fZ-CURzC-n7jNCqbFndLG8A/s1600/DSCF7934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503386799083948754" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdv4relk1Wo0Q50S83wqcedLIXKUKFFJpXYnqpw-TFTy06lKhpshXZxt2hL0JQTfRNtpnC0GJTZDTk67ydp640fH_IAZ7WXkD2go2Y4AltvvtI6exJa6vKqfwLhbdRpXmjmm680MYItEQ/s320/DSCF7953.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Cam has had a happy couple of weeks!</div><div><br />Last weekend, he helped us repaint the cot for his baby brother (and he also painted Lola, the bricks, the roses bushes, etc...). </div><div><br />This weekend, Aunty Mel organised an adventure for Cam to see lions, tigers, leopards and cheetahs right up close! Farm Inn (owned by friends of Mel, and Old Albanians whom I taught) has a menagerie of these amazing cats, and it was awesome for Cam to be able to experience them just centimetres away.<br /></div><br /><div>And yesterday he made a lego camera and snapped pictures of the family, each photo preceded by a hysterical cry of ‘Click!’ :)</div><br /><div></div><div>I can feel spring coming; God is good.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-6679739681284786292010-07-25T03:24:00.000-07:002010-07-25T03:35:23.234-07:00Latest on the little man...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIjQO0LH22AqCSmeYg07radbxVmDUq_UZrpe1rbN5HJY96oCSH9VqgCswgbGP4sHsuyYqkwykWRDxdWdQStkv4mMyq-kz1GZ_H9eVhtec_vZ-lCyspyGtn7cOqHOdK9IAfZppIf-2qTY/s1600/mini+TV+2.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497790503287209026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ACv50CAIPmtJ1rbeWthx0-QXcOs2W8piCbDoXAB11dXILguTSaMW960USqRYR9rYGGA0LIU6xiEt01ato1XGLC0C2m5VLMQkZXtTJIt4Jby7AWmWG5XKJ-r3YKE85Jm62z0vNOdizAQ/s320/DSCF7925.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Cam’s Uncle Gav, and Grandpa, hooked up a car DVD screen to Granny and Grandpa’s TV so that Cam could watch his own little TV, close up. This was a win-win situation because everybody could watch the cartoon. His cousins are very tolerant, but it can be annoying for them that Cam wants to stand super close and right in front of the TV...! We are looking into loads of techno options to assist Cam in this kind of thing. It’s overwhelming – there is so much out there. Pray for us that we would choose wisely to suit Cam’s age and needs.<br /><br />I met with a wonderful Mom this week whose son is also visually impaired and in Grade 1 at a mainstream school. I learned a lot from her, was greatly encouraged, and was left with much to think about. What a blessing to interact with people who have walked a similar road, and who are a little further along the way than we are.<br /><br />Victory: Potty training is going fantastically well! Sleep training is going pretty well, too. Our nights are definitely improving, and we are encouraged that we are gaining ground! :)<br /><br />Setback: Cam has tonsillitis and another middle ear infection... It looks like a tonsillectomy and more grommets are imminent... But we are completely fine with that, if his health will be the better for it. We are constantly amazed at the level of his cheerfulness and chattering, despite temperatures of over 40 degrees! Wow; he is my brave shining star :)<br /><br />I wish I could record every hilariously cute thing that Cam says, and am praying that my memory doesn’t fail and that I’ll be able to enjoy the recollections of him at this age when he’s all grown up. For some reason, for the past two days he has been telling us all things that he likes, like Mom, Dad, Granny, Grandpa, Nanna, all his aunties, going to school, going to church, yoghurt, pasta, juice, praying, his toys, Lola, smiling, tissues...? He’s also into little expressions of endearment, like, ‘So nice to see you, Daddy-Dads. Missed you today!’ and ‘Granny’s so precious!’ He entertains himself with role-playing, pretending to open the boot of the car to take out the shopping, or paging through any random book and reciting the story of Mr Noisy in a sing-song voice... Man, we just enjoy him so much.<br /><br />Had my 4D scan this week and got incredible footage of Cammy’s baby brother – so exciting!<br /><br /><em>‘Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds. Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord. Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him. Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given...’</em> – Psalm 105:1-5</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-16973947852916843472010-07-14T01:51:00.000-07:002010-07-14T01:58:50.460-07:00(Photos that go with the previous post)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nNxL3FEhOPSaEKXwQmebJgEfzxkIrD2vXt815qwpbRYFoP0UIKNUkNwGdeY1acAGHdcLpTW4Ea_HVKdTjGu6kT2KtYwfs7FI8FhOZRs_3PaHP837_Higkv69awDgANHVfBXttAwG5Fk/s1600/DSCF7878.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493683634632653698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nNxL3FEhOPSaEKXwQmebJgEfzxkIrD2vXt815qwpbRYFoP0UIKNUkNwGdeY1acAGHdcLpTW4Ea_HVKdTjGu6kT2KtYwfs7FI8FhOZRs_3PaHP837_Higkv69awDgANHVfBXttAwG5Fk/s320/DSCF7878.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDegafHn_9JCJgINccB6kluovB-xkzqmDERY-Tq6YEkKj6yABw9Nz7EeXmQyPkKVOF4rWpDksCOTX9bvhHasVX3HNzkCDzLHgAMiViBE8fme5wwTDoV1Xj9cADgEg3ePV0U2VaALpjw4/s1600/DSCF7881.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493683622172565442" style="FLOAT: left; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLale7J9JVKQy9NrQX8YcxinGftIxJ9juYbgpUQXy0IUob197e07GfGtTzaSor5OipTNZYTYdb6s0jT_TupoTIWDwn-jRPeT_-rVwtlWEYJVDMPv3Dh3HuBT7Qfl_ba7uTRGhV_OGdU5Q/s200/DSCF7915.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We’ve had a bit of a sad week, but it hasn’t been without its laughs and victories.<br /><br />Last Sunday we spent time with various friends, at church and elsewhere, who have kids the same age as Cam. It’s often then that we notice things that Cam isn’t doing – things that other kids are doing. Like looking across a room for confirmation from mom that it’s ok to do something, or getting the route to the slide and up the ladder right first time, without needing to be shown. Some kids at a coffee shop playground teased him about his eyes, and one was even throwing rocks around (which Cam didn’t see coming).<br /><br />On Monday I quickly went to my office and left Cam playing with Maria. When I came back in through the kitchen door he was there, but he didn’t recognise me until I spoke, which was sad. That same day, he tried to shove cheese up his nose, which was hilarious (though of course I sternly explained that this was not standard gentlemanly behaviour).<br /><br />On Tuesday we went to the zoo with Granny and all Cam’s cousins and aunties. What he could see, he absolutely loved! Like the stripy zebras and tiger (contrast), and the seriously close-up horse, and the seal that kept swimming right up to the window. The rest was pretty heartbreaking for me, because he couldn’t see much else at all, and kept saying things like, ‘Can’t see; want to look closer,’ and ‘If only could touch the elly...’ He also ran excitedly right off a step he didn’t see. He got a big fright, but he did do a rather excellent barrel roll and wasn’t hurt at all. We’ve noticed that he actually doesn’t use his eyes at all when he runs – he looks up and doesn’t try to see the way ahead. It’s miraculous that he doesn’t trip or bump into stuff more than he does. Still, it was totally worth going to the zoo, because he had fun despite the quiet dawning of realisation that his cousins were seeing things that he wasn’t. The absolute highlight of the day was a red sucker from Aunty Coral (he is still talking about it).<br /><br />Other breaking news is that Cam’s grommets have fallen out and he has had another middle ear infection this week. But praise God for his paediatrician, and banana-flavoured Augmentin. We’ll be paying another visit to his ENT in the next couple of weeks to see about another set of grommets. I also had a good chat to the paediatrician about our struggle with Cam’s sleep, and he was super encouraging and understanding. He gave us really sound advice and a way forward that makes sense, so we are feeling much more hopeful and at peace. Already we are getting in a couple of extra hours each night, so here’s hoping that by the time his baby brother arrives Cam will be snoozing all night...<br /><br /><em>‘The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you...’</em> – Deuteronomy 1:30<br /><br />Photos: our time at Sabi River Sun; Cam playing the piano for Dunx and Linda; Cam and Lola helping me do some filing...; the zoo.</div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-11968477201682997172010-07-01T03:25:00.001-07:002010-07-01T03:37:29.311-07:00Bushveld sounds and jelly totsWe spent a lovely time at Sabi River Sun with Cam’s Nanna, Grandpa-Linds, Uncle Dunx and Aunty Snoox. There's nothing like a sunrise through the fever trees of the lowveld to remind one that His mercies are new every morning. Cam thoroughly enjoyed the cacophony of hippo calls and bird shrieks, and got close enough to some Egyptian geese to see them – and chase them! He just loved the wide open spaces, bashing a tennis ball and kicking a soccer ball (sort of...), singing on the stoep, going for walks, running across the bridges, and generally being doted on by all.<br /><br />His potty training is going well – give it up for motivational jelly tots! :) We continue to pray for wisdom and discernment with regard to his untimely nightly awakenings. We spent a long time in prayer with him last night, on the lounge carpet in front of a roaring fire. We asked him first if there was anything he wanted to pray about. He said, ‘Dear Lord Jesus; for nothing to be scared of in my blue bed. Amen.’ I’m still trying to scrape my heart off the carpet...<br /><br />Today was his first day of school with his new teacher, Aunty Rene. He gave her a big smile and a huge hello hug! :)<br /><br />Struggling to upload photos today - will post some soon!Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-5072084743585712122010-06-21T12:20:00.000-07:002010-06-21T12:37:50.563-07:00These are a few of my favourite things...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9bdKQtMx4QHLhRmPZZmRwFsGFAHaadgsS3qsuhIYdhcnOi7N-IDP3XxgMId_CGgr9VsyAoMx5W_hpieQaBPyfNwys-yKsdeOhLr56BKx0YvXP-plnVVGyQeZ4twVECFNeIyBZCHZHCU/s1600/DSCF7855.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312514837357010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9bdKQtMx4QHLhRmPZZmRwFsGFAHaadgsS3qsuhIYdhcnOi7N-IDP3XxgMId_CGgr9VsyAoMx5W_hpieQaBPyfNwys-yKsdeOhLr56BKx0YvXP-plnVVGyQeZ4twVECFNeIyBZCHZHCU/s200/DSCF7855.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV17JC1KzPryBmOWBAoC6BvVvRR7uHXaafOl2X-Rn_X1ChN23mxu8Gz34oEcCi4xce4p7XBrERhPGL3uUM5Rkfen4a1261Fv_rA4fa2KjBZX-9oN-V0BM37irp7eAspZueYrTho33gLM/s1600/DSCF7856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312510999994466" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CtLp2DA7maosknQLpsueZcYO9p3yGuOliTUZoVUcJQ6dwqXjpMowI_VHAKOXMa9Kh_xJA997lzBNgJGjwtg-6_ONkG9wIEBbnJX31eJBBzGaRJ7pmGbdi1kW1Q6EbItfB749eizb8jU/s200/DSCF7864.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIMxmu6bdR0blFTAMmgqPPuNdLuqcnFcsQUcPDlV_ijJfItYrksKTVDcKUK89kn6gB0Xe37X2moPyQ5QStM5_D6qt8PahRgEP_SqyAxTMbBJcVK_xCgsAUJbGkthhUILwuFKzdZ9KhO8/s1600/DSCF7869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312234917146514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIMxmu6bdR0blFTAMmgqPPuNdLuqcnFcsQUcPDlV_ijJfItYrksKTVDcKUK89kn6gB0Xe37X2moPyQ5QStM5_D6qt8PahRgEP_SqyAxTMbBJcVK_xCgsAUJbGkthhUILwuFKzdZ9KhO8/s200/DSCF7869.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPvrCoCfsWKaA72NAUYCMI3RwihJ6tDmwKTJBnMOSrEQeFVYn7hJS_lSnKrkM37P523PCKmHEYhrZX5_YkskJbRFfX4xQf17pxbRAW8a5NUuFgSzGX0XX5uVhkozP2ZVNGja5ndN5xGg/s1600/DSCF7871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312213542279730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPvrCoCfsWKaA72NAUYCMI3RwihJ6tDmwKTJBnMOSrEQeFVYn7hJS_lSnKrkM37P523PCKmHEYhrZX5_YkskJbRFfX4xQf17pxbRAW8a5NUuFgSzGX0XX5uVhkozP2ZVNGja5ndN5xGg/s200/DSCF7871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fhL3dUCKu2jfpYOlbRPrZodaSftzrvwty8wQnXERUtaPNalvFtAZl1NkRbI6EQou-KXsgWxrqWNvb7kIW7qBIP3I6lQZ2NOhKcE40WMPexFf-dIgstvuJfVsHT_7zczhs1DqkfNmeaE/s1600/DSCF7876.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485310209232077186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fhL3dUCKu2jfpYOlbRPrZodaSftzrvwty8wQnXERUtaPNalvFtAZl1NkRbI6EQou-KXsgWxrqWNvb7kIW7qBIP3I6lQZ2NOhKcE40WMPexFf-dIgstvuJfVsHT_7zczhs1DqkfNmeaE/s200/DSCF7876.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div>In no particular order:</div><div><br /><strong>Public transport and a future in God’s hands</strong></div><strong></strong><br /><div>Last week I took my first trip on the Gautrain with some friends – awesome! :) Effective, state-of-the-art public transport in SA really excites me, because it helps me to picture a positive, manageable future for Cam, whether that’s here or elsewhere. I think the World Cup here in SA has also shown people that we don’t necessarily need to be afraid of one another and that just maybe, like all the tourists, we can all catch the same buses, taxis and trains.<br /></div><div>Sadly, on the flip side of fast trains and friendliness: my uncle was violently attacked in his home in Whiteriver last week. So is there a future? My hope springs from evidence that God is raising up a generation of godly young men (so many boy babies...!) who will bring His light into the future, however dark that future threatens to be.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Colours</strong></div><strong><div><br /></strong>Cam has made me very aware of colour. When he was born, he could only see light and dark. Then, before his cataract surgery, we realised that with lots of stimulation he could see red, orange, purple and pink. Now, with contact lenses and post-op visual therapy, his world is beautifully saturated with all colours. We’ve emphasised colour a lot, because we’ve recognised that where he can’t see detail, he can certainly see colour. He probably really enjoys colours because they compensate for clarity. He seldom mentions anything without attaching its colour, so he requests his <em>dark navy</em> undies, and <em>yellow</em> cheese for lunch, and wants to ride in Mommy’s <em>silver</em> car, etc.<br /></div><br /><div>Interestingly, he saw the moon on Saturday night – bright white light against a dark sky (even though it’s zillions of kilometres away...?); but only sees someone approach at about 4 or 5 metres.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Weekends in the bush</strong></div><strong><br /><div></strong>We spent the weekend at Somabula near Cullinan and it was glorious. I packed in all Cam’s books and cars, but he didn’t ask for them once. He just adventured in the veldt and around our little cottage, collecting sticks and feathers, making fires with Dad, etc. When we woke up on Saturday morning and were all lying together in our ‘holiday bed’ he listened and remarked, ‘There are lots of birds here.’<br /></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Books </strong></div><strong><div><br /></strong>Cam’s favourite book at the moment is ‘the sea book’. He remembers random things we’ve read to him. This morning he came into our room and said to me, ‘Dolphins are mammals that live in the sea.’ ‘The garden book’ and ‘the little lamb book’ are also firm favourites.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Food </strong></div><strong></strong><br /><div>Cam’s favourite thing to eat at the moment is pasta, tuna, cheese and tomato sauce. Yip, all together... </div><div></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Playing, imagining...</strong></div><strong></strong><br /><div>Cam’s favourite things to do: playing with cars; riding his red motorbike; washing dishes; going to Granny’s house; playing hide and seek or ‘catch you!’ with Dad (he tells Dad where to hide, then comes to find him... which kind of gives Cam an unfair advantage...); making a ‘cave’ with our duvet.<br /></div><div> </div><div>We are enjoying him so much (despite the days when he whines a lot or throws tantrums). Yesterday he spent quite a while lifting my shirt and kissing (well, licking) my tummy and saying, ‘Hello, brother!’<br /></div><div>He remembers stuff from way back and randomly tells us about things that happened or people we saw months ago. He’s also super descriptive (e.g. ‘Meagie’s got such a lovely ponytail’ and ‘Daddy’s got nice brown spiky hair’). He modifies most of his statements with quaint interjections like ‘actually’, ‘a little bit’ and ‘quite’. And his answer to a stern reprimand is generally to pause and then say, ‘Hug!’<br /></div><div>He has a wild imagination. Samantha (Aunty Manty) gave him a little plastic soccer ball, and I thought it would be fun for him to play with it in the bath. Alas, he was utterly distraught, and in panicked tones yelled, ‘Soccer ball mustn’t swim!’ then flung it from the water to the safety of the bathmat. Ok...?!<br /></div><br /><div><strong>The paradox of sleepless peace</strong></div><strong><br /><div></strong>Probably most moms feel judged for the imperfections of their children, perhaps especially moms of children with disabilities. When Cammy decided that sleeping through the night was <em>so</em> last year, it was very humbling for me. I mean, we read all the books; how could we have failed?</div><br /><div></div><div>My self-soothing consolation is that we have prayed and prayed for wisdom and discernment, and to know the next right thing to do. We have felt strongly that sleep therapy is not the right strategy (for us, Cam or the neighbours) and that we need to sit this one out, trusting that this season will pass. I have given my sleep – and Cam’s – to God. Since our times are in His hands, He will determine our hours of rest. This has brought a lot more peace, and now I see our encounters in the middle of the night as divine appointments.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-85595698090156227832010-06-12T12:03:00.000-07:002010-06-12T12:16:30.904-07:00Go, Bafana Bafana!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRd7-pYwPdmnZ6N39Mav5W43hsKiHhwLKJUD1TGEXRfC7ZYQSBADvYXdHsg15R-8adAN92wwtLP6-j1iObXsBYU4k30dCrk-vfC_W1y_F4XPPRe9j5pRJ98xFvWIDj7lYHBv-A1T7848/s1600/DSCF7797.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481967400805730098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRd7-pYwPdmnZ6N39Mav5W43hsKiHhwLKJUD1TGEXRfC7ZYQSBADvYXdHsg15R-8adAN92wwtLP6-j1iObXsBYU4k30dCrk-vfC_W1y_F4XPPRe9j5pRJ98xFvWIDj7lYHBv-A1T7848/s200/DSCF7797.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz21vwYs_tEqeCIScE5pmtzxxZ-A9s6tnE-ba2T3O6QH8tBq-zGlVfnU5Yfn8w9eyy5mhdIpxIAgrTMV-uEx_58whllQCeCyNwWgpUXxVcCR3SRRy6ITqTGd1OcYOH_Z4bUqyczbfFQA/s1600/DSCF7803.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481967366700322242" style="FLOAT: left; 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It is here.’ :) Cammy came with us to 3Ci’s ‘fan park’ yesterday, to watch SA score the first goal of the 2010 World Cup! The vuvuzelas got a bit much for him (and me!) and we spent a good deal of the match jumping on the trampoline outside. Still, the atmosphere was awesome.</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>'I wearing smart undies like Dad!'</strong><br /><br />We are now fully into hardcore potty training, and so far so good. Only two accidents in three days! Cam is wearing undies at home and around the campus, but he still wears a nappy if we go out, and when he sleeps. His teacher, Aunty Lyn, says we must send him to school in undies on Monday (with several changes of clothes). He’ll be going to school a couple of days a week through the holiday, so as not to lose his rhythm, and to get used to the fact that Aunty Lyn will be leaving at the end of the month. Cam will miss her desperately. He has absolutely thrived under her love and teaching. But, we know there’s a plan and that even though Cam is so little, God is building his character. These little hardships are ‘the small, the scorching / Ordeals which fire one’s irresolute clay’ (C. Day Lewis).<br /><br /><strong>Of sleepless nights and hope</strong><br /><br />We keep praying for a full night’s sleep for all in the Reyburn household, and that Cam would rest secure in the love of Jesus at night, because ‘perfect love expels all fear’ (1 John 4:18).<br /><br /><em>‘When I get older I will be stronger<br />They’ll call me freedom just like a wavin’ flag...’ </em>(K’naan)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-36705025862693444172010-05-30T05:46:00.000-07:002010-05-30T06:06:53.045-07:00At the end of a long week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScs9g9thuWReni3NmKYOi8GxGyUHcKE0Xb32ygMC6bxPzA8dcWGwsj1FnwCtlNd1aAsVvwIy1eNtzcRc_UcnsbUQVc_qwPBSrQjrU9UvS1SLVgode63b3TJD9oCEkyKw4F5z_jxgjbYI/s1600/DSCF7782.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477048805890105442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScs9g9thuWReni3NmKYOi8GxGyUHcKE0Xb32ygMC6bxPzA8dcWGwsj1FnwCtlNd1aAsVvwIy1eNtzcRc_UcnsbUQVc_qwPBSrQjrU9UvS1SLVgode63b3TJD9oCEkyKw4F5z_jxgjbYI/s200/DSCF7782.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOUncqvItScAvkeGQfMxInVezbZP6-zqt4nTRfxTJLdeS6W_tgwMm_ZKjexIL-Ek9UBVcV1GVrT0MIQZlw7iUIdw2M5c82Cw4MdC1hzPfP6GIJYLWCfnLVr-ETmtFWZLwx8huV3uiHcY/s1600/DSCF7790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477046982160678498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOUncqvItScAvkeGQfMxInVezbZP6-zqt4nTRfxTJLdeS6W_tgwMm_ZKjexIL-Ek9UBVcV1GVrT0MIQZlw7iUIdw2M5c82Cw4MdC1hzPfP6GIJYLWCfnLVr-ETmtFWZLwx8huV3uiHcY/s200/DSCF7790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfHN2cOvtxCjhF5_enNcBftbCFwL387cNIxENWmDGs7_SQcVfwJfOFSQJ2viU9LDWHTq2LeGY5OHbOxt2zg8fO9NVO116ptbfCxTmgnl1n-lS0eOLdXDEDeE5-UQyuWJULKQDEWCvwlM/s1600/DSCF7792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477046279352003106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfHN2cOvtxCjhF5_enNcBftbCFwL387cNIxENWmDGs7_SQcVfwJfOFSQJ2viU9LDWHTq2LeGY5OHbOxt2zg8fO9NVO116ptbfCxTmgnl1n-lS0eOLdXDEDeE5-UQyuWJULKQDEWCvwlM/s200/DSCF7792.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We have only had good news this week – thank God! Strangely enough, we are feeling rather flat and somewhat exhausted. I think it’s just the relief of coming to the end of a busy, emotional month. Work has also been intense for both Murray and I. Bring on the green pastures and quiet waters (amidst the vuvuzelas).<br /><br />On Thursday I went for my 22-week scan at the Foetal Assessment Centre at Pretoria East Hospital. Wow! My gynae was right when he said we were in for a treat. The sonar equipment is unbelievable, and it was a wondrous experience to see (and measure, weigh, check...) our little man from top to toe – organs, limbs, fluid levels, absolutely everything. He is already 25cm long and doing well! He was hiccupping, sucking his thumb - too cute! I couldn’t picture how on earth the doc would be able to check for cataracts, but sure enough we could see his little eyes very clearly – beautiful, translucent eyes. No sign of cataracts! Our ineffable relief surprised us – don’t think we’d realised how much it had been weighing on us. We are so, so grateful to God.<br /><br />Friday morning we were back at the Pretoria Eye Institute just after 6h00, to check Cammy in for an EUA. He went through the usual waiting stages in the ward: cheerful, energetic, grumpy, thirsty, hungry, exhausted. They took him through to theatre at around 9h00. He wasn’t too freaked out – told the anaesthetist all about the special hospital mask he had to wear, etc... Murray and Jacobus checked his retinas, corneas, pressures, etc and everything is looking fine! The miracle is that his right eye has grown slightly, for the first time since he was born. His left eye has also grown a bit, as it has been doing. So both contact lens prescriptions have changed. He recovered well from the anaesthetic and was his usual maniacal self by Friday afternoon, riding his black motorbike up and down Granny’s driveway.<br /><br />Friday morning was also particularly special because we finally met the Verdal-Austins, a family from Cape Town with whom we’ve been in touch over the past five months or so. Their baby boy, Joseph, was also born with cataracts and microphthalmia. Jacobus actually operated on Joseph’s right eye on Friday morning as well, to clear up post-op scar tissue that had developed from the cataract surgery. Craig, Brigitte, their two girls, and Joey, came for supper on Friday night and it was great to connect with them, and to remind one another that there is a future for these little people, no matter what they might face (see the photos – Lola really liked them, too!).<br /><br />Cam’s nights are going ok. He still stirs a few times, but this morning he actually told us that he ‘had a dream about the purple sea...’?! It really helps that he is able to tell us what goes on in his night time world.</div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-1815724111776774362010-05-21T10:29:00.000-07:002010-05-21T10:37:38.171-07:00Trinity Church conference<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW5RecpzIrRkzdUVWwM-XUltCyQKqPLbWdzaOwse4bdgZ24XLdap1tdN9aAcBAIDQA-CVyRDsRlWB5yfwwa_alI5dKEGoPn2jnslO_meeO6jneoZere1p2cXn9u176vtYAZBVWpB9bAc/s1600/DSCF7757.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473777946237134050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW5RecpzIrRkzdUVWwM-XUltCyQKqPLbWdzaOwse4bdgZ24XLdap1tdN9aAcBAIDQA-CVyRDsRlWB5yfwwa_alI5dKEGoPn2jnslO_meeO6jneoZere1p2cXn9u176vtYAZBVWpB9bAc/s200/DSCF7757.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrqKKheAaiJYke_hwpA81eUAtvqrLPxs_Z2NieZgAiCtc8g8sfMiEtl4Ls0uJGiUuFzcaeLqywYc_ptOh_ymRNUusYy1tq3bKO0AsqQJpspUN83Nb5y2B04V3nEMAX04uYhG2kQYN5oU/s1600/DSCF7758.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473777940811606658" style="FLOAT: left; 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What a beautiful part of the world. We stayed with wonderful people, and met many more over the course of the weekend. The conference took place on Saturday, and Murray and I spoke in each of the three different sessions, along with two other couples who have faced some hectic trials. I shared a bit of our testimony again in the church service on Sunday morning. It was tough for us to talk about our journey with Cam, but probably quite good for us, too. We were utterly physically exhausted by Saturday afternoon – we hadn’t realised how much it would take out of us. But, it seems that people were blessed and encouraged, and we were humbled and grateful to have been used in whatever way God may have chosen.<br /><br />Amidst the heaviness of the weekend there were some light moments. Cam was with us, of course, and he was so good. We took turns to keep him busy at the back of the church with plenty of toys, and another little boy. He was exceedingly cheerful and oblivious, for which I am very grateful, and at one stage he announced very loudly, ‘Want to wee on Cammy’s potty!’ Another time, while Murray was sharing, he thought it appropriate to sing ‘Jesus loves me.’ Very loudly. :)<br /><br />His sleeping is going so-so. He needs lots of comforting during the night, and lots of singing... But it’s hard to be mad at him at 3:00 am when he feels my face and says, ‘Mommy’s so pretty!’ I pray a lot that he would start sleeping through the night again, and that he would decide that vegetables are indeed palatable, but I’m also trying not to major on the minors, and to have discernment and wisdom, choosing to err on the side of comforting him too much rather than missing something that may be troubling his little heart. I’m also very aware that he will only be little for a little while longer, and probably a time will come when I will quite miss him feeling my face at 3:00 am. As for the vegetables, I persevere. And I am grateful for Junglevites!<br /><br />Cam’s EUA at the Pretoria Eye Institute is now scheduled for Friday 28th May.<br /><br />The photos are of the busy little gardener, collecting leaves in his wheelbarrow. He also took great delight in wearing his swimming goggles for part of the trip home last Sunday.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-29753434994018711382010-05-04T12:35:00.000-07:002010-05-04T12:48:53.872-07:00Joberg2C<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBBEan46_2oP_mvKq_Am4GHIZzJ3H1c426Y3qEo4DLLv4rf5OnBnOK4E_E3u5wZRds3o769wQnWcrvMQ8XKCggiTt2sKTxlfyCUeJbVF1IXF7TexLM2rF7rvgZLz-WQebxMGr_FjSCZ8/s1600/IMAG0185.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467503046962619666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBBEan46_2oP_mvKq_Am4GHIZzJ3H1c426Y3qEo4DLLv4rf5OnBnOK4E_E3u5wZRds3o769wQnWcrvMQ8XKCggiTt2sKTxlfyCUeJbVF1IXF7TexLM2rF7rvgZLz-WQebxMGr_FjSCZ8/s200/IMAG0185.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVszc2oyVccxmKr0RTndfaPRxC5yr8dzne7Z6lvC_t5nwxR9PGmTE3yy0-Kbh5olr3MjVVa1qsfjxo_Gu4VEK5W84ecct7cp4tLV_tnFRZSfkLrcPDYt0TE27BSqZkBatCPWQ350I3Fg/s1600/IMAG0177.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467503032466452418" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BsJfeSxk-3dEjPiQeRquFhYa3QCiMVSHhP1jx5KZg15KeS7DpNkVHnB-QrUgufVwQx1OSfEoerDMWHitwmrIP6LyMcR7u4xLbh0RvY0QTWnFLv_3apBv6qSCLy_wp3n5f-pXEllQJjs/s200/IMG_2967.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div>1. What Dad was experiencing along the way (check out <a href="http://www.joberg2c.co.za/">http://www.joberg2c.co.za/</a>)<br />2. Waiting for Dad on the beach...<br />3. The finish!<br />4. Post-race celebrations and more time on the beach :)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-3860883076502728252010-05-03T11:15:00.001-07:002010-05-03T11:42:15.164-07:00Lots happening this month<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnzmBluTh0JKg6nVFdcg3DPbgahtsmSgux5uPgYxUefiCa1RACbKHjF1w3hYNMUdBsycjwJppr-nVZx2ZeH6kvbrTrNVqBEMtYLCB4bfqPxx-C0iwlYWWyw1kf4dlzoQZRoASYtnRZpw/s1600/DSCF7737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467115895902618914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnzmBluTh0JKg6nVFdcg3DPbgahtsmSgux5uPgYxUefiCa1RACbKHjF1w3hYNMUdBsycjwJppr-nVZx2ZeH6kvbrTrNVqBEMtYLCB4bfqPxx-C0iwlYWWyw1kf4dlzoQZRoASYtnRZpw/s200/DSCF7737.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I took this photo on one of the many rainy days we’ve had over the past couple of weeks... My indoor entertainment ideas were already running low, and then Cam started eating the crayons...! :)<br /><br />The month of May had an exciting start! Cam, my folks, Coral, Meagan, Craig and I all travelled down to Scottburgh this weekend to see Murray and Toby finish the 9 day, 923 km Joberg2C mountain bike race. I’m married to a hero! :) I was so impressed that they finished strong, despite various injuries <em>et al</em>. I will post photos of the race soon... Cam and I really missed Murray and we were thrilled that Daddy was ‘finished riding his red bike’. Murray is stiff and sore and ecstatic to have done it all. And we’ll have to start saving for a tandem so Cam can do this sort of thing with him when he’s a bit bigger...!<br /><br />I’d like to ask for prayer for various other happenings this month.<br /><br />We’ve been invited to share our story of the past two years – with regard to Cameron’s eyes, our reactions, our faith – at a conference at a church in Pietermaritzburg, on 15th May.<br /><br />On Wednesday 19th May, Cam goes in for another EUA (exam under anaesthetic). Pray for Murray and Jacobus as they check, measure, assess, refract... Pray that the pressure in his eyes will be low.<br /><br />On Thursday 20th May it’ll be two years to the day that we found out about Cam’s eyes.<br /><br />The three (four!) of us are going away for a quiet family weekend from 21-23 May. Pray for a time of refreshing and rest. I’ve been asked about Cam’s eyes a lot lately, and for some reason it’s been hard again. We will also need to ‘go back to the beginning’ as we prepare for, and speak at, the conference. It’s not easy to force my mind back to where we were two years ago.<br /><br />On Thursday 27th May I will be 22 weeks pregnant and we’ll be going for an extra special scan at the Foetal Assessment Centre, to check how Baby No. 2 is developing, and if there are any signs of congenital cataracts. I’ve had a great pregnancy so far and I’ve hardly dwelt upon the portentous possibilities, but when I do it is somewhat terrifying.<br /><br />Speaking of Baby No. 2, he is kicking lots (just soft little polite kicks; nothing violent yet!). I can’t wait to meet him, and to start blogging his little life, too! :)<br /><br />Lately I’ve heard a few messages on the life of Joseph, from different sources. What has struck me is that as believers our promotion is in the hands of God. If he wants us in a particular position or circumstance, he will put us there, regardless of earthly circumstances, disabilities, etc. Joseph had ‘slave’ on his CV; next thing he was prime minister! From a worldly point of view, he had no prospects, and yet God’s plans for his life were bigger than he could ever have imagined. He also recognised that God was orchestrating and using the events of his life – ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good’ (Genesis 50:20). And I’ve been blown away by how Joseph forgave completely, and was willing to die to self.</div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-88793710151647930632010-04-23T18:10:00.000-07:002010-04-23T18:12:55.999-07:00Daddy's riding his bike...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknbjifXOFCmDrb0vQiK7_qVS8tfEsXQYwS1LZYOF4VutYdnMyIKajebCsjcR2kOpZPMGpdGgWMoIaXxPf4Dw9c7j4_uG2nJc0c7aMtrCFrWx3OXFFIIYhDiqRMww7BbHq88E_CW-Ya3s/s1600/DSCF7730.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463505709538833554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknbjifXOFCmDrb0vQiK7_qVS8tfEsXQYwS1LZYOF4VutYdnMyIKajebCsjcR2kOpZPMGpdGgWMoIaXxPf4Dw9c7j4_uG2nJc0c7aMtrCFrWx3OXFFIIYhDiqRMww7BbHq88E_CW-Ya3s/s320/DSCF7730.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQXWzVpplg9ieEbX6xiUQ_S6ebtDU9sEvAbzcMhfvzsxGvMEIpdC2LcIOeJehg2T4d9myejd6XLnqtNDiuZ8dLWmjVhQ6yL6Z1iLbKazjf67trQr4xDgWy3-0sVVBl6YG3cVQh87s_z8/s1600/DSCF7729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463505704939031234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQXWzVpplg9ieEbX6xiUQ_S6ebtDU9sEvAbzcMhfvzsxGvMEIpdC2LcIOeJehg2T4d9myejd6XLnqtNDiuZ8dLWmjVhQ6yL6Z1iLbKazjf67trQr4xDgWy3-0sVVBl6YG3cVQh87s_z8/s320/DSCF7729.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Murray left on Thursday to do the Joburg2C mountain bike race – 9 days, 923 km... Craziness! So it’s just me, Cam and Lola at home for the next week or so. We will drive down to Scottburgh next weekend, to be there for the finish, and the beach! Cam was terribly unsettled on Thursday night, but is sleeping like a lamb tonight, thankfully.</div><div><br />He is now telling everyone that there is a ‘boy baby’ in Mommy’s tummy...!<br /></div><br /><div>Something I read this week, from George Muller’s diary, which inspired and encouraged me:<br /></div><br /><div><em>‘How evident is the hand of God in all these matters! How important to leave our concerns, great and small, with Him; for He arranges all things well! If </em>our<em> work be </em>His<em> work, we shall prosper in it.’</em></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-23888087643960726972010-04-21T04:29:00.000-07:002010-04-21T04:33:32.069-07:00Bring on the blue!We're expecting another little boy - a baby brother for Cam! :) So aware that this is just what Jesus has chosen for him. :)Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-12510352903759997862010-04-12T01:22:00.000-07:002010-04-12T01:27:29.323-07:00The birthday week!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJw_s4WmJyVnhd9sqzVSmI3wX_03PAuhKnI3-8ymzCSgAlvYKwCctvvx7d3Wg9knYJE-mQVU5ZbOjsYzEZ3w77EFcgGSOc4YNpKPhGzv5PNBHT4gN6_j3tJKBnJ3EamZvqJi_Vv8Lntno/s1600/DSCF7676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459164632165819186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbOftMJSRV6ksgx0OAc_srq5-YnM-zXl-K-JU8Oik0utzA8yz9sgsmc6NKTddrR-NE7B1VBapPp3RSol9ZVJZe7cJ1jsxHToGEB0TnhNPlaftb2SQqFhN8SBUZmL3qIYNyK_ypTkBfqw/s320/DSCF7722.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong>Parties:<br /></strong><br />We had a week of celebrating, with our three birthdays all in a row – Cam, Murray then me. Crazy times! Cam was probably a bit confused, because he ended up opening (somebody’s) presents just about every day for a week, and he kept singing Happy Birthday – mostly to himself but sometimes to Mom or Dad.<br /><br />He helped me bake the biscuits for his party (kind of), and he had a great afternoon with ten of his little friends, and a car cake made by Grandpa, and plenty of tartrazine... (the ‘orange chips’ were the highlight). It drizzled a bit but no one minded. Kids are awesome.<br /><br /><strong>Thankful heart:</strong><br /><br />I’ve been humbled by Cam’s sense of gratitude. He’s been saying ‘Dear Lord Jesus thank you Meagan and Craig Amen’, at bedtime and at any other random moment. Then on Saturday, all day as he played, he kept breaking out into little prayers of thanks for whatever he was playing with – like his skittles, his green car, etc. And then at lunch time he thanked God for ‘tuna mayonnaise and raisins and yellow cheese.’ He also keeps pointing out to me the moss growing in between the bricks at the bottom of the garden. He bends down, gets right up close, and strokes it softly and in awe of its green velvety beauty. He has really challenged me never to lose my sense of wonder...<br /><br /><strong>Playing all day...<br /></strong><br />Cam is still mad about cars, to the exclusion of almost everything else. He does also love balls, and the skittles he got from his friend Abi, and watching Aunty Coral’s Noddy DVD.<br /><br />He’s quite into role playing. Yesterday he picked up the iPod, held it to his ear and said, ‘Hello? – fine and you? – thanks for phoning on the iPod... Ok, bye...’ Then a few minutes later he picked it up again and said, ‘It’s Reyburn’.<br /><br />The other day he pulled down the cloth on his chest of drawers where we keep all his contact lens solution, spare lenses, etc. In amongst the broken glass and spilt solutions, while we were searching the carpet for invisible lenses, he found the lid retractor we use when we put his lenses in. He immediately shoved it at his eye and said, ‘Lie still – open wide – in it goes...’<br /><br />He is busy, busy, busy... He climbs and runs everywhere. He still loves the hadida song, and Lola, and going for walks, and licking my face (we are striving to refine appropriate kissing techniques).<br /><br /><strong>Eye news:<br /></strong><br />Murray tried to measure Cam’s eye pressures in his rooms at Saks, Taylor & Brauer the other night (his doc, Jacobus, wants to avoid another EUA if possible), but he wouldn’t sit quite still enough. Murray could, however, check his corneas and lens fit, and all that is looking good. Cam responded nicely to a basic kiddy eye test – pointing out shapes that got smaller and smaller. Murray reckons that as well as he can see up close (he pulled the cards closer and said ‘See better!’), his vision is still really only comparable to the ‘Big E’, in traditional eye chart terms. Still, we marvel at his perceptions, and at how he uses the little bit of vision that he does have. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-72060679910214657812010-04-06T12:42:00.000-07:002010-04-06T12:54:20.193-07:00A prayer of thanks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv7Xv2NV2mrS30frZYIuR5eXrgstjHsfUhwsETp-thc5kDUnHI5GcEDqnjts-5ARkCkxUvmpovGkGRXx8nlr5Lanbm9EW4CddgBHzX77PlDkqxnTT6tWrP4PG45t2niUcrJxkP14ZfnE/s1600/DSCF7636.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457115163558047506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv7Xv2NV2mrS30frZYIuR5eXrgstjHsfUhwsETp-thc5kDUnHI5GcEDqnjts-5ARkCkxUvmpovGkGRXx8nlr5Lanbm9EW4CddgBHzX77PlDkqxnTT6tWrP4PG45t2niUcrJxkP14ZfnE/s320/DSCF7636.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8Sxs-mVVloZOXlnZD3xtnlMHcN4dZHWTzpuYAnI_lab2Nyxdingai9vhBmtKr_BQGcvk-Sj3id-KeUb2DHQfnG5W4ZubaDUvt7AnUewYBuGlsRUBeZastn53eE6vLR_FKqZJK7fMu40/s1600/DSCF7646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457114762293859330" style="FLOAT: left; 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I’m overwhelmed with thanks, and I stand in awe of all that you have done. I’m so grateful to you for lending us this little life to care for. I am infinitely aware that Cameron is your child before he is ours.<br /><br />I remember his birth like it was yesterday. I was scared that in becoming a Mom I would somehow lose my identity. On the contrary, and in two short years, Cam has intensified my awareness on every level and deepened my passions in a way I can’t begin to explain – and yet you know, because you created all this parent stuff.<br /><br />Thank you for preparing us for him long before you sent him our way. Thank you for mapping out a career for his Daddy that would meet his needs in unimaginable, miraculous ways. Thank you for the families and friends you’ve given us, that so undergird our lives. They have carried us through the dark days and laughed with us in celebration of the wonders.<br /><br />Thank you for the mysterious healing that you have brought to me and to Murray. The healing doesn’t make sense in many ways. I don’t quite know how you have wrought it in our hearts, and yet you have. You have gently, strongly restored us even while the jagged rocks cut us and we cling to impassable precipices on this journey to the ‘high places’. Thank you for the husband and father that Murray is. Thank you for helping him to endure and even to rejoice in the cruel ironies of his fatherhood and his profession.<br /><br />Thank you for protecting Cam through so many operations and countless general anaesthetics, not to mention several bouts of flu, tonsillitis and gastro, which are just part of being a little person in a big world full of germs.<br /><br />Thank you for the miraculous visual progress he has made. To think that when he was born all he could see was light and dark – and now he can successfully hunt for Easter eggs. Thank you for all that he is able to communicate to us now about his vision. Thank you for all that he is able to respond to, recognise and name. He has far exceeded initial hopes and prognoses.<br /><br />Thank you for Cam’s irrepressible brightness, his contagious laugh. Thank you for the way he seems to leave light behind him wherever he goes. May his life always be a testimony of your magnificence.<br /><br />I praise you, Almighty God. Take your glory. As Paul Simon says, these are the days of miracles and wonders.<br /><br />In Jesus’ name,<br /><br />Amen.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-66353351439869388072010-03-28T13:30:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:53:46.425-07:00Wrapping up March<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCgiWaHlblYQIN3yVrG1eUCzuo9jpu17DtrYxn0k_xsBDYvDU7pgdq9T4KaAG2kF5zTZXWDfnKKK1j4MTI43-ftsvw3kSjcQvonjtLPAv5XPmxFoQKm9YtNDMNlQeswA4yEFD3HpupEI/s1600/DSCF7537.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453789055751063122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCgiWaHlblYQIN3yVrG1eUCzuo9jpu17DtrYxn0k_xsBDYvDU7pgdq9T4KaAG2kF5zTZXWDfnKKK1j4MTI43-ftsvw3kSjcQvonjtLPAv5XPmxFoQKm9YtNDMNlQeswA4yEFD3HpupEI/s320/DSCF7537.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SF7ftuYHmswiMyjuKUpD8jOZjeSaN-VLaNBo9DReL0aXRFxhT4RwXbo6Mp4RWdU95aYUcztG_BrSMkGqR5qjvsVdPi8rjASIhSbulIhIPwWzZQZWqKwE3czeb2nu-TSCIm_3rnIAizs/s1600/DSCF7546.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453789055056831794" style="FLOAT: left; 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Cam starts chanting, ‘Hello little man!’ because that’s what Murray always calls to him as he comes up to the front door.<br /><br />Communal cousin bathing is a regular thing…!<br /><br />We went to Dullstroom this weekend with a bunch of Cam’s aunts and uncles (Duncan, Heather, Samantha, Reynard and Scott). He was the only little person in the house so he got lots of attention, and the big people were very gracious and patient when it came to his very early, very talkative, very excited, awakenings each morning… And his anxious enquiries as to Lola’s whereabouts… Sleeping late was not an option!<br /><br />Cam absolutely loved the little streams and dams, and the grass, wind, birds… It was lovely.<br /><br />News…:<br /><br />Cam’s little brother/sister is doing well! I had a scan on Thursday and all looks good – as far as we can tell, that is. By now the lenses of the eyes have formed, so what’s done is done and there’s no point worrying if there are cataracts present. My gynae wants to send us for a special scan at 22 weeks which will apparently tell us more. I’m going on 14 weeks this week and feeling great – the nausea has just about ceased completely! Today Cam was stroking my tummy and saying that we mustn’t hurt the baby (this is from me constantly reminding him to be careful when he’s sitting, climbing, kicking, rolling, laughing all over me…).<br /><br />A few weeks ago I handed in my resignation as Head of English at St Alban’s, as of December 2010. I’ll retain a full teaching timetable next year, but will officially be part-time, and we’ll be moving off campus. This was a huge decision for us – financially, and in terms of my career – but we felt that with two little ones, things will be that much harder to manage, with my boarding house duties, weekend and evening commitments, afternoon meetings, etc. Even though I will miss being in the thick of things at school, I haven’t a shred of doubt that this is the right choice. It’s a ‘backwards’ step in my career, and yet I know that with our God the best is yet to be. He always leads us into more, not less – of Himself and His purposes. I’m very excited for the change in pace and lifestyle, and for the opportunity to have that much more emotional energy left at the end of a day.<br /><br />As for Cam, he continues to thrive and amaze. However, it must be said that he also continues to wake up several times a night, some nights, and parental sleep deprivation is our reality… On occasion he also throws remarkable, smack-deserving tantrums, usually when one is taking him away from one of his two great loves: water and cars. Nevertheless, he is laughter and spunk and fun and love in a gorgeous little body. He is very vocal about absolutely everything, and talks about everything with its colour attached (orange bus, grey shirt, green juice, etc). He also talks much more about his eyes now. If I peer into his face and ask to check his lenses because it looks to me as if one might be missing, he says nonchalantly, ‘Lenses still fine.’ On Friday he looked out of the lounge window and told me he couldn’t see something that he was obviously looking for or expecting to see. I felt an initial pang of fear and pity, thinking, ‘He’s beginning to realise…’ but then it struck me that already he has such a strong sense of self-awareness and self-acceptance. While I know that a day will come when he will realise fully that he is ‘different’, we can be so grateful that he is a grounded little chap, so confident and so happy. </div><br /><div></div><div>He is also amazingly aware of God, which is proof to me of Romans 1 – He has made Himself evident within us. When he climbs on his bed at bedtime he starts, ‘Dear Lord Jesus…’ and waits for one of us to pray with him. I still have to ‘sing about Jesus’ every night, and he always wants me to start with ‘Jesus lover of my soul’ – he starts it off for me. He also told me this weekend that ‘Jesus made the birds’. Again, before anyone thinks he’s just too spiritual for an almost-two-year-old: he might talk about Jesus and then in the same breath say something profoundly arbitrary, like ‘Mommy’s got a armpit under Mommy’s arm...’ :)<br /><br />Psalm 34 has really spoken to me over this past week:<br /><br /><em>I will praise the LORD at all times. </em></div><div><em>I will constantly speak his praises. </em></div><div><em>I will boast only in the LORD; </em></div><div><em>Let all who are helpless take heart. </em></div><div><em>Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; </em></div><div><em>let us exalt his name together. </em></div><div><em>I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me.</em></div><div><em>He freed me from all my fears.</em></div><div><em>Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;</em></div><div><em>no shadow of shame will darken their faces.</em></div><div><em>In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;</em></div><div><em>he saved me from all my troubles.</em></div><div><em>For the angel of the LORD is a guard;</em></div><div><em>he surrounds and defends all who fear him.<br />Taste and see that the LORD is good.</em></div><div><em>Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!</em></div><div><em>Fear the LORD, you his godly people,</em></div><div><em>for those who fear him will have all they need.</em></div><div><em>Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,</em></div><div><em>but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.</em></div><div><em>Come, my children, and listen to me,</em></div><div><em>and I will teach you to fear the LORD.</em></div><div><em>Does anyone want to live a lifethat is long and prosperous?</em></div><div><em>Then keep your tongue from speaking eviland your lips from telling lies!</em></div><div><em>Turn away from evil and do good.</em></div><div><em>Search for peace, and work to maintain it.</em></div><div><em>The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right;</em></div><div><em>his ears are open to their cries for help.</em></div><div><em>But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil;</em></div><div><em>he will erase their memory from the earth.</em></div><div><em>The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help.</em></div><div><em>He rescues them from all their troubles.</em></div><div><em>The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;</em></div><div><em>he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.</em></div><div><em>The righteous person faces many troubles,</em></div><div><em>but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.</em></div><div><em>For the LORD protects the bones of the righteous;</em></div><div><em>not one of them is broken!<br />Calamity will surely overtake the wicked,</em></div><div><em>and those who hate the righteous will be punished.</em></div><div><em>But the LORD will redeem those who serve him.</em></div><div><em>No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.</em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-79625117501144905812010-03-09T11:36:00.000-08:002010-03-09T11:38:23.998-08:00Early morning dialogueCam: Tiny baby inside Mommy’s tummy.<br /><br />Mom: Ja, there’s a tiny baby in Mommy’s tummy...<br /><br />Cam: Take tiny baby out Mommy’s tummy. <em>(Reaches down front of Mom’s shirt...)</em><br /><br />Mom: No, no, we need to leave the baby in Mommy’s tummy for a bit because it needs to grow. When it’s big and strong we can take it out.<br /><br /><em>(Brief silence)</em><br /><br />Cam: Take tiny baby out Mommy’s tummy <strong>tonight!</strong><br /><br />:)Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-72724059798370218212010-03-02T09:25:00.000-08:002010-03-02T09:44:37.583-08:00The loo montage and other stories<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NpPCY3EbPniPwcjwtMaZAedzxDvqtM9sOuye0Np_gLd7bgZSytl80T3WuIvYoruHYTUmTa0OtY7jg1-j60tYQ_TA7Sn9SRMMpUSV44Enlbod4obfOhGx916RhyphenhyphencUgQ4X7Ck9-OjSJrU/s1600-h/DSCF7535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444093724943018322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NpPCY3EbPniPwcjwtMaZAedzxDvqtM9sOuye0Np_gLd7bgZSytl80T3WuIvYoruHYTUmTa0OtY7jg1-j60tYQ_TA7Sn9SRMMpUSV44Enlbod4obfOhGx916RhyphenhyphencUgQ4X7Ck9-OjSJrU/s320/DSCF7535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFq_PZpwinEH-dcQIQoDpYfOlWQal1KKt336Asqc1en6F3vvbnoaAprIYXKdHnbkwSHEcdFh2HiNYkXwXLHMNWF30S77ktrZmAEdkEMtqYstyGO0blN42hsrBukr2Sx-LTU45482JZNr8/s1600-h/DSCF7534.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444093638219896386" style="FLOAT: left; 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But Cam does enjoy sitting on the potty or the toilet, and every now and then, he does a wee-wee...</div><br /><div></div><div>The other photos are of Cam checking out the first pic of his new baby bro/sis. :)</div><div></div><div> </div><div>After supper tonight Cam said, 'Thank you Jesus for nice food.' And it was only a tuna sandwich. Little hearts are so grateful. I sing him to sleep most nights, and especially lately, because for the past (many!) months he has been quite unsettled at bedtime and he sometimes wakes up several times in the night, so we do what we can to get him to sleep peacefully and to minimise our sleep deprivation... Tonight at bed time he asked, 'Mommy sing about Jesus.' </div><br /><div></div><div><em>'I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.' - </em>Mark 10:15</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-19097413752845977012010-02-20T06:14:00.000-08:002010-02-20T06:22:52.742-08:00Thoughts on a Saturday with early Autumn in the air...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7TSFCJzA7DBgHDWyk_3iIrlf0yTQRGZ0VHwNVFJDYmrPHaYNJ-2Typ_sNGj-8YpqRQotHdZBQobg9xI-L3nHWzfXxDpLCrc3RinPZEbyOq2owdLJevz-Cgmv0tYaZTHVR670__KvDgk/s1600-h/DSCF7512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440330867500263954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7TSFCJzA7DBgHDWyk_3iIrlf0yTQRGZ0VHwNVFJDYmrPHaYNJ-2Typ_sNGj-8YpqRQotHdZBQobg9xI-L3nHWzfXxDpLCrc3RinPZEbyOq2owdLJevz-Cgmv0tYaZTHVR670__KvDgk/s320/DSCF7512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_7OCWeOFQcB31QyjCt45AsoC3eOHA-qvGhQonGSo1Cg95fMULlKJLhoyTWUMFuL7q7QPTyWlwvJtgVrY72N6_Tf_mmvzSEaakYbELOvvCPtdzmpEmZwS25XxaCO8TohVX5BK3KRTqlA/s1600-h/DSCF7508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440329848628349794" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayXJAR-TqSGYxwf7LbuasyhLLm04IO_tjGWXnFQuwYO6xcis7IOYaAamXdgUvR9CcSwOAxLK_LcUdRtyux9tWbQrvf8jH0GJhzJqmZq9zA68FjBtu2kAyf6N6EIavRt3jfMWNSFR4aPc/s320/DSCF7461.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcLl_Kav4mIaiy80KwfXP9w65HaQ-Xi3iPc2iDICdjBfvSD5W9FjfSmgjCwHsH0Cz-K5T7HMiXnMPMNoRpFpBIcWh3pz7LB0uq4SP4vDtldUJkpSokooUWdAYo5WYYcyg6jG4-xPCyQQ/s1600-h/DSCF7460.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440329392585647570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcLl_Kav4mIaiy80KwfXP9w65HaQ-Xi3iPc2iDICdjBfvSD5W9FjfSmgjCwHsH0Cz-K5T7HMiXnMPMNoRpFpBIcWh3pz7LB0uq4SP4vDtldUJkpSokooUWdAYo5WYYcyg6jG4-xPCyQQ/s320/DSCF7460.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6ZeRABDvwTvFAdqjTZJVDNLH0nKeJuOqwEpq_u1e71L1Pvc7O8WhDI1qdIp8mO88Sz25Wd6SNUSCy1JvqitvUyjawvSbZd4rLsPWVNJCZPF5Y3OHXw4clzqxPl8cwiNwaaM1EbKMOxo/s1600-h/DSCF7455.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440329298863537250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6ZeRABDvwTvFAdqjTZJVDNLH0nKeJuOqwEpq_u1e71L1Pvc7O8WhDI1qdIp8mO88Sz25Wd6SNUSCy1JvqitvUyjawvSbZd4rLsPWVNJCZPF5Y3OHXw4clzqxPl8cwiNwaaM1EbKMOxo/s320/DSCF7455.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We’ve been grateful for God’s gentle way of dealing with us over the past 22 months. We have needed time and space to digest and to heal and ultimately to embrace Cam’s situation. It’s been relatively easy for me to share our story in the cathartic realm of cyber space, where vulnerability is not so tangible. But if we’d been asked, say, a year ago to share our story in public, with a real audience of real people who may not ‘tread softly on [our] dreams’ as Yeats suggests, we may not have been ready. This month, we were asked to speak at a conference which is taking place in May in Pietermaritzburg, and our ready acceptance struck me as powerful evidence of God’s healing in our lives, and of His enabling, equipping faithfulness, and of His not testing us beyond what we are able to endure. This month, too, we’ve made contact with a family in Cape Town whose baby boy has congenital cataracts and microphthalmia and it’s been awesome to share with them – now that we are able.<br />Our cell group saw photos this week of congenital cataract patients in Benin, served by Mercy Ships. It’s always hard for me to see things like that, and to make sense of all the unfairness on the planet. But it reminded me to be grateful for the incredible visual care that Cam gets, literally on a daily basis, and for how much hope God has poured into our lives.<br /><br />Something we wrestled with in the ‘early days’ was the decision of whether or not to have another baby. There’s no family evidence that Cameron’s condition is genetic, but there is a possibility that it is genetic, and if so, there is a chance that our next baby will have the same thing. If recessive genes were not the cause, then it means that something went wrong on a particular day at a particular time in my particularly normal and uneventful pregnancy. We will never know what it was, and we will never know how to avoid it again.<br /><br />But, because he is just unthinkably awesome, we would have ten of Cameron if we could.<br /><br />And God has blessed us: there is another little Reyburn on the way, due to arrive in September, DV :) According to the all-knowing internet, he/she is already 1.6 cm long and has taste buds. We are excited, and a bit terrified.<br /><br />As for Cam, he will tell you that there is a ‘tiny baby in Mommy’s tummy.’ He has a broadening repertoire of songs, colours and numbers, and is saying whole sentences, using auxiliary verbs and everything :) (He still struggles with stairs and push bikes. He also has a snotty nose, but we soldier on!)<br /><br /><em>‘But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’ </em>– C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, 1962<br /><br /><em>‘Much-Afraid told herself that never before had she realised what the awakening from the death of winter was like. Perhaps it had needed the desert wastes to open her eyes to all this beauty, but she walked through the wood, almost forgetting for a little that Sorrow and her sister [Suffering] also walked with her.... “You see, the winter has gone at last. The delay was not unto death but for the glory of God. Never was there a fairer spring than this.”’ </em>– Hannah Hurnard, Hinds’ Feet on High Places, 1975</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-28434519022175499462010-02-05T06:24:00.000-08:002010-02-05T06:28:21.627-08:00Of facebook and faith...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dKRPl_Xyz1x9xVTrcMYCp5cbxCNWTHYjse6G0Cj2pm0IDWRk4efspdGKRl7dwzng6-4qytZekoYWcRcUXAb8A5KLap5nWRrx7g2LrF11juTejGsEo9j2d2sPKq1NMjDUDV2Tg7Ck7_U/s1600-h/DSCF7443.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434766035148582674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dKRPl_Xyz1x9xVTrcMYCp5cbxCNWTHYjse6G0Cj2pm0IDWRk4efspdGKRl7dwzng6-4qytZekoYWcRcUXAb8A5KLap5nWRrx7g2LrF11juTejGsEo9j2d2sPKq1NMjDUDV2Tg7Ck7_U/s320/DSCF7443.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWhXa87YMlNVQY_UQ17qRkzlphrTvPvVdxbdOwLlvoVd1wlbep4O_iUPg0JAcv2EYz-cjzy-jnnU7Sr51QgQZkhrwVVL26CohmCBH7aIk6-233XoGk-bQuhEGjLFLf9Tcv8ZuzGUbmPM/s1600-h/DSCF7440.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434765929678840530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWhXa87YMlNVQY_UQ17qRkzlphrTvPvVdxbdOwLlvoVd1wlbep4O_iUPg0JAcv2EYz-cjzy-jnnU7Sr51QgQZkhrwVVL26CohmCBH7aIk6-233XoGk-bQuhEGjLFLf9Tcv8ZuzGUbmPM/s320/DSCF7440.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveUseXI9i_BF0Z33uyZjOTJJ0SjyQT-5JYjWjEzgvc5-meyLILzuwLYeK9wPpWypgjhLCTw9E28XL7-T4fk_OUi5PnVbtwbrtGgtbrxKSppvuHFlJzqBhm3Mjfr3eYm3WD1okL4UjyDI/s1600-h/DSCF7438.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434765564789840034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveUseXI9i_BF0Z33uyZjOTJJ0SjyQT-5JYjWjEzgvc5-meyLILzuwLYeK9wPpWypgjhLCTw9E28XL7-T4fk_OUi5PnVbtwbrtGgtbrxKSppvuHFlJzqBhm3Mjfr3eYm3WD1okL4UjyDI/s320/DSCF7438.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>FYI, if you’re the parent of a blind or VI child, there’s a cool new support group on facebook – search ‘Blind SA Parent Network’ and join!<br /></div><div>I was really struck by the following extract, written by Beryl Pugsley with reference to God testing Abraham’s faith:<br /><em></em></div><div><em>God’s people are often exposed to great tests without any reason given.<br /></em></div><div><em>Like Abraham, even in our severest trials, we can hope for the mercy of God.<br /></em></div><div><em>Our hardest tests involve our greatest loves. The anticipation of the trial is often the bitterest part. The journey to Moriah was three excruciating days long. How the words ‘Take your son... and offer him as a burnt offering’ must have dropped like molten lead into Abraham’s heart. So too, do words like ‘the cancer is spreading’; ‘the child is handicapped’; ‘the divorce is finalised’; ‘a retrenchment is announced’ drop hotly onto our hearts.<br /></em></div><div><em>Obedience is often easier than trusting. Obedience is rational, reasonable and wise, while trusting in confusing situations that defy explanation can be much harder.<br />Passing the test was followed by the outpouring of blessing, Genesis 22:15-18. When the test is hard, God is up to something big!<br /></em></div><div>(<em>Closer to God</em>, Scripture Union, 2010)</div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-37286001277196371732010-01-25T22:19:00.000-08:002010-01-25T22:24:44.377-08:00He will make me surefooted as the deer...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyKdT5Ni4DjoL1th7b9H9nOSVcBg5tBhvwL5rr19o5LS8fMAT9ogEKWmYA8kDpjIGKNoD8WM3sIOZWGJccoeHsfmPckdxI6Sv-yn859e1Vez1kuJQ8uDifuUW6Rg5e3vflOLH8hSqxMc/s1600-h/DSCF7398.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430930340449350882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyKdT5Ni4DjoL1th7b9H9nOSVcBg5tBhvwL5rr19o5LS8fMAT9ogEKWmYA8kDpjIGKNoD8WM3sIOZWGJccoeHsfmPckdxI6Sv-yn859e1Vez1kuJQ8uDifuUW6Rg5e3vflOLH8hSqxMc/s320/DSCF7398.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ-xMV2YiMwZGgqbJu0im9LMxPfdFRbHoodHRLrPYDS5jwys8abaSu4_BRWpj0OtfVWxylhTYmgx91SCV2KdXRU7e6xNiUq71ZeYVdcf8q8Ab6puCHdiXb3tvUWfGNWV6Y8zmOMGyMMw/s1600-h/DSCF7402.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430930335474204690" style="FLOAT: left; 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He jumps around and says, ‘Monkeynastix! Again! Again!’ So this year he’ll carry on with Kindermusiek on a Tuesday and do Monkeynastix on a Monday... All terribly exciting! :)</div><br /><div>The photos: Cam wearing his undies (which gets messy...); Cam in his Ochse House t-shirt for the St Alban’s Inter-House Gala; and Cam holding onto a speaker – his latest favourite thing to do – while listening to music and dancing.</div><br /><div>By way of encouragement, I just thought I’d share the following passage from <em>Hinds’ Feet on High Places </em>by Hannah Hurnard, which I am re-reading with absolute delight. Much-Afraid, the unlikely heroine of the story, is pondering the wild flowers, which grow and are beautiful in hidden places in the wilderness where there is no one even to see them or to appreciate their beauty (i.e. what’s the point of them?). The Chief Shepherd responds with the following:<br /></div><br /><div><em>‘Nothing my Father and I have made is ever wasted,’ he said quietly, ‘and the little wild flowers have a wonderful lesson to teach. They offer themselves so sweetly and confidently and willingly, even if it seems that there is no one to appreciate them. Just as though they sang a joyous little song to themselves, that it is so happy to love, even though one is not loved in return.<br /></em></div><br /><div><em>‘I must tell you a great truth, Much-Afraid, which only the few understand. All the fairest beauties in the human soul, its greatest victories, and its most splendid achievements are always those which no one else knows anything about, or can only dimly guess at. Every inner response of the human heart to Love and every conquest over self-love is a new flower on the tree of Love.<br /></em></div><br /><div><em>‘Many a quiet, ordinary, and hidden life, unknown to the world, is a veritable garden in which Love’s flowers and fruits have come to such perfection that it is a place of delight where the King of Love himself walks and rejoices...’<br /></em></div><br /><div>(Hurnard, 1975) </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264799697388012077.post-12493814933468370362010-01-20T10:50:00.000-08:002010-01-20T10:54:45.421-08:00More miraclesYesterday was Cam’s check-up at the Pretoria Eye Institute. He was pretty cooperative and Jacobus could successfully examine him – just in his consulting rooms; no anaesthetic, thankfully. He will have another exam under anaesthetic in two months time, but hopefully before too long he’ll be big enough for the docs (and Dad) to be able to examine him while he’s wide awake. (When we put his lenses in every morning, he chants, ‘Lie still! Open wide! There we go!’ at each stage of the process.) Jacobus was really happy – his eyes are still in good condition (all things considered! :)). His red reflexes are good, his eyes look healthy and ‘clear’ (no vitreous build-up), he is managing a bit of binocular vision and he is focusing well (again, under the circumstances).<br /><br />Jacobus arranged for us also to see Dr Gideon du Plessis, who specialises in strabismus (squints). He is a wonderful, kind, godly man who knows all about Cameron’s case. At first he counselled us that right now would probably be the best time to operate in order to correct Cam’s squint, hopefully to give him some sort of depth perception. But then he examined Cam and he just kept saying, ‘Well, I can’t believe it... I can’t believe what I’m seeing...This is fantastic...’ and so on! Again, by God's grace, Cam has exceeded the expectations and predictions; what he is and what he can do are supposedly medically impossible. Dr du Plessis said that someone with Cam’s ocular condition should not be doing as well as he is, and that in fact we definitely shouldn’t operate now, and who knows, maybe not ever. His squint is not entrenched; with continued visual therapy and taking out one contact lens every afternoon as we have been doing (to strengthen the alternate eye), the squint may well, Lord willing, correct to an acceptable degree <em>sans</em> surgery. Thank you, Lord! We were so deeply relieved and grateful that we sommer ordered pizza on the way home, to celebrate... :)Dalene Reyburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15247221747056443732noreply@blogger.com1