Today in History....

Four years ago, about this time, we dropped The Kid off and began the trip to Texas that changed our lives forever. As soon as we got there, we flew straight to the hospital, screeched into a parking spot, found the quickest route to the delivery wing of that hospital, then ran to the room where our baby was about to deliver her first baby. In retrospect, I am not sure why we rushed....that baby took his own sweet little time to make his entrance. I'll never forget that wait! Every once in awhile I would sneak to the door of the room and listen in to hear what was happening, then I'd resume my post in the waiting room. (I've always wondered...if they knew that was going to be a place where people were going to be waiting, why not put more comfortable furniture there?) Anyway, I commenced to praying and journaling my thoughts. There were intermittent tears and spots of mild anxiety, mixed with some yawns....did I say we waited a looooong time?! My husband just slept, with the understanding that if something happened, we'd let him know.

Words can't ever express how grateful to God I was when I heard that he had finally decided to move out of his hibernation and into our world...and that he was safe and sound along with his mom. We now had two babies - a grown one with her own little one! Immeasurable JOY!

So today I say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Wild Man! My life and heart will never be the same!

Just Stomp It!

So The Kid and I were talking about lying and how much God does not like it. Curious about what he would say, I asked, "Do you ever lie?" He admitted that sometimes he had lied. Then he said, "But like a big bad roach, I stomped it out!"

If only getting rid of bad habits were so easy for me.....