More snow that must go

It's winter and I'm in Iowa, that means cold temperatures and snow. We have not had record amounts like some areas, but we are still receiving a good amount.

As predicted, snow started falling early Friday morning and continued for most of the day into Saturday morning. My Friday night nurse called off early in the day due to projected snow totals and road conditions. Since she drives quite a distance, so my parents and I expected that would happen.

Therefore, after nobody to help during the day, mom and I stayed up until about 2:30 Saturday morning. Dad then took over after getting a good five hours of sleep and got me ready for bed. He then started my morning routine a little after 8:00 and immediately went to clear snow after he was finished with me. Dad spent all of Saturday morning, and more, taking care of snow around the house and then at work.

It is nice watching snow through webcams in other areas, and even out my window, but I don't like when dad gets stuck with continues work. While I was up Friday night into Saturday morning, I watched a documentary called "The forgotten children of Ukraine." It covered children with a wide variety of disabilities that were given up by their parents and put into orphanages.

The conditions and medical "care" they received were horrible, even with an orphanage director that worked to help them. When children became adults, if they survived that long, they just went to other institutions and never out in society. One wealthy individual was trying to help a few people escape the system who appeared to not have any physical or cognitive challenges.

I'm very thankful for the parents God has given me as well as living in a country that does help people with disabilities, even if not as we would always prefer. I pray for these children in the video and saw a few comments that some of them had been adopted and were doing better.

Whatever challenges come this week in the quad life, I will remember try to always remember to give thanks in all circumstances. I am also looking forward to spring, which comes closer every passing second.