From Rec Therapy to WRECK Therapy

HURRAY! The long and short of it is Sawyer is going home (and actually may already be by the time you read this) Thank you so much for joining me in praying for my friends, the Lairs. Please continue to pray as Sawyer continues to heal and Cher and Stephen jump back into recovery with their 2 year old along with parenting their other three boys, Jackson- 8 years old, Campbell- 4 years old, and Houston- 8 months. This has been a rough experience for them all, so please pray for the transition back to "normal".

As written by Cher around 11 am Friday, May 21:

Party people, we are breakin' out of this joint, and headed to the Lair! we decided sawyer is headed from rec (rereational) therapy to the more organic "wreck" therapy instigated by 3 bouncy, jacked-up, often over-zealous (yet loving) brothers (expecting, "mommy, this incision really won't open back up, no matter how hard i try", or "mommy, i put the staples back in his leg"). fun times ahead! still waiting on the staples and sutures to be removed, and for an official discharge, but we are packing up! little man is taking one last run at the playground, and then we're off to see the boys! i HAVE to take a moment to recognize the people who have cared for us so well, and made it possible for us to stay here round the clock with sawyer: *MISS BECCA BOCK got into her car a week ago (in boston), and started driving when she heard we might need help, and has been with the boys for NINE days now. NINE. she has fed them, clothed them, taken the to movies and field trips, and most importantly, loved on them and kept them just informed enough to know we're ok, and just ignorant enough not to be completely freaked out...a true mommy in the making! then, her sister, KATE, whom i have only met 3 times, drove from atlanta to help her! she then paid to have our carpets and upholstry professionally cleaned and de-germed. rockstar diva. she may also been in mexico somewhere with the baby, but we're not totally sure yet...one thing at a time. *KRISTIN BROUGHTON swooped in with a vengeance and cared for the boys, made meals, organized meal drop-offs for the boys, and did the horrifying deep-clean of the very infected Lair house! She is a superstar! *JULIE FORREST did not even blink when we needed help with baby Houston, and just took the whopper jr. into her home as one of her own. not totally sure she's giving him back, but we're in talks. *there are just SO MANY of you to thank that i could not possibly name you all, so please do not feel we have overlooked you, but i wanted to make sure the world knew what amazing ROCKSTAR women I am privileged to call my friends. we have been loved on by the greears, treeces, heidorns, poseys, biggerstaff/tresolahvys (sp?), babers, wiggins, culbersons, franks, sheltons, hills, sullens, broughtons, foster-coburns, douglas', gaynors, and just so many more that i don't even know about. i know many of you have taken meals over to feed the boys and miss becca, and i just cannot thank you enough for filling up their tummies and making it easier on miss becca. Kristin, Terri Turner and Miss Dorris cleaned our freakin' house so we would not have to return to a den of scary, streppy filth, and for that, we are SO THANKFUL. it has probably never been, and will never be again! our INSANE laundry mountain was also sent to a laundromat and professionally cleaned, and honestly, i don't even know who to thank for that! superheroes you are!! many of you (jen heidorn, christy lassiter) helped with drop-offs/pick-ups and playdates to help the machine run smoothly and keep the boys nice and distracted. you win. I LOVE YOU ALL! * i am just utterly flabbergasted by the outpouring of love and support you all have shown, from near and far. those of you that couldn't be here encouraged me daily with your prayers, calls, notes, and scriptures. i love you for it. I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE OUR LITTLE (but not so little anymore) FAMILY! i want to be the kind of friend that you all are, and i am utterly convicted and challenged because i know i have not been. you have changed me forever. now, let's (gently) rip out these sutures, and get outta dodge! Romans 8:28 "for we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, and those are called according to his purpose"...i'm claiming this mess for GOOD!!!!