Our Quiverfull

Now, on to the chosen name. While we loved many of the names, there was one that we kept coming back to over and over. . . . congratulations to Miss Carey for the name In Ruby Slippers!!! (We’re going to use it without the dashes) The slightly quirky aspect of the name appealed to me, and I loved the explanation Miss Carey gave:

"Your reference to Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz inspired me. The Proverbs 31 woman is likened to rubies and she would be thinking along the lines of everything you listed you want your blog to be. So, it’s rather like walking her footsteps (or shoes)."

Here is the funny thing.  I really do love the explanation – the whole idea of walking in the footsteps of the Proverbs 31 woman.   I plan to tie each section/main category to scripture, and now I think I’ll be able to key each section to a verse from Proverbs 31.  I like the tidy, symmetrical aspect this will bring to the blog.

Even so, I felt that I was missing something BIG about this name.  A few nights ago I was almost asleep and as I was drowsily pondering the names, it hit me.  In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy put on the ruby slippers, clicked her heels, and said (drum roll, please . . .) "There’s no place like home!"

It’s perfect!  It’s a whimsical, fun, slightly off-beat name with a great (easily recognizable) tagline and a wonderful deeper explanation.  I was praying that the name would help guide my focus and narrow my purpose, and the tie-in to Proverbs 31 will give me the focus and structure I need.  Thank you Miss Carey, and thank you Lord for inspiring her!

Robin and Miss Carey, please email me ASP at jkestes@gmail.com and let me know if you would like a $50 Amazon card (we can do Amazon.ca, Robin) or a $50 gift certificate to Hands and Hearts. 

Let  me thank each and every one of you for the prayers and hard work you all put into this.  I wish I could have chosen every one of you as winners!!!

In the Noah news department, those of you who follow me on Twitter know that Noah ended up quite sick Friday afternoon.  He caught Mary Faith’s little cold after all, and Friday his sniffles developed rapidly into a bad case of croup.  He was hospitalized Friday and discharged Saturday night.  After several breathing treatments and doses of IV steroids, he was breathing well enough to come home.  He still feels rotten, and the steroids are not helping.  A toddler with ‘roid rage is not a pleasant thing at all – I had no idea my sweet, loving boy could be so cranky!  I’m thankful that his last dose is today and praying that it wears off FAST. 

All of this happened so fast, we couldn’t really blog – if you didn’t see the tweets, I’m sorry.  Please pray that he will recover soon with no lingering effects.  He is truly stable and breathing fine, but is coughing horribly – that is a big energy drain and we’ve seen him end up with other mito issues when he has had persistent coughs.