{"id":1915,"date":"2017-06-05T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2017-06-05T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:03:13","slug":"brace-me-no-longer-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2017\/06\/05\/brace-me-no-longer-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Brace Me No Longer In High School"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, Abigail sat on the cold doctor\u2019s table waiting for her scoliosis doctor to walk through the door.\u00a0 Over the last few weeks and as she sat there, several thoughts have been going through her head:\u00a0 \u201cWill the curves in my spine be worse?\u201d, \u201cWill the doctor make me get a new brace or even a day brace?\u201d, \u201cWhat will the doctor say?\u201d.\u00a0 All those thoughts were about to be answered very soon.\u00a0 We sat in the room waiting and waiting and then there was a knock on the door and the doctor entered the room.\u00a0 After a minute or two of looking at Abigail\u2019s x-rays, the doctor said, \u201cAs of tonight, you no longer need to wear your brace!\u201d\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0 All of Abigail\u2019s concerns were gone and the best news she could ever hope for was given.\u00a0 The doctor told us that not only did her curves not<\/em> increase (get worse) over the last two years, the curves have decreased because of wearing the brace every night.\u00a0 We are so excited.\u00a0 She can now say, \u201cBrace me no longer!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Abigail,
Abigail, “Brace me no longer.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even though she doesn\u2019t have to wear the brace ever again, she will begin therapy this week for a month.\u00a0 Over the course of the month, Abigail will need to learn new exercises to keep her back strong.\u00a0 Thank you for prayers over the years for Abigail and we ask you to keep on praying that she will do her exercises faithfully as a \u201cThank you\u201d to God.<\/p>\n

Now, all this news only leaves us with one question:\u00a0 \u201cWhat do we do with Abigail\u2019s brace\u201d?\u00a0 So far, we have thought of a few options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Run it over with a car.<\/li>\n
  2. Attach it to a 4th<\/sup> of July firework and watch it explode.<\/li>\n
  3. Throw it off the deck.<\/li>\n
  4. Keep it for memory sake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is your suggestion?<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Along with this good news about Abigail, this past week we have had the joy of watching Rebekah participate in a high school graduation ceremony and hosting a graduation open house for her.\u00a0 Both of these events celebrate her hard work and the accomplishment of finishing high school.\u00a0 She is \u201cno longer in high school.\u201d\u00a0 As parents, we are so excited for her and look forward to seeing how she lives her life for Christ.\u00a0 Please pray for her, and us, as she prepares for college.\u00a0 This is a new step of faith for all of us in so many ways.\u00a0 Congratulations Rebekah!<\/p>\n

    \"Rebekah
    Rebekah no longer in high school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This morning, Abigail sat on the cold doctor\u2019s table waiting for her scoliosis doctor to walk through the door.\u00a0 Over the last few weeks and as she sat there, several thoughts have been going through her head:\u00a0 \u201cWill the curves in my spine be worse?\u201d, \u201cWill the doctor make me get a new brace or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":1918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448],"class_list":{"0":"post-1915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ethnos360","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}