Death and Taxes

Benjamin Franklin was quoted saying, "nothing is certain but death and taxes." I would like to challenge this by saying that "nothing is certain but death, taxes, and Anna getting sick after a retreat."

Many of you know that one of the reasons that I don't like going on retreats is because I always get sick after them. The first time it happened (and many of you know this story) was the weekend before our wedding. Matt and I were invited to go on a couples retreat, even though we weren't married yet. We had a lot of fun out on the lake, wake boarding, swimming, watching the Olympics, and sleeping on top of the houseboat with the Lains and the Brams. However there were a few people on the trip that were sick. I didn't think too much of it until Monday morning when I woke up really really sick. I was so sick that I ended up spending the day puking and having an IV stuck in my arm for most of the day. I ended up losing a lot of weight and the first solid meal I ate ALL WEEK was at our rehearsal dinner on Friday night! Luckily the Lord helped me to be totally healthy for Saturday and the only problem was that my wedding dress was way too loose. :)

Anyways, that was the beginning of it all and since that retreat I have gotten sick after every single retreat that I have been on! I was hopeful that I wouldn't get sick after this last retreat, because I don't think that anyone that was on the retreat was sick, but that was not the case. I woke up Monday with a scratchy throat and I have been dealing with it ever since. I'm not deathly sick like I have been in the past but the fact remains that I have a scratchy throat and a runny nose. So like I stated before, I would like to challenge Mr. Benjamin Franklin, by saying that "Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and Anna getting sick after a retreat." :)

(The retreat was so great though that it's totally worth it!)