Greetings Everybody,
Lots on my mind, words all jumbled together.
Let's see...where to start...sorry if this sounds negative tonight...I'm alright. Just alot going on right now.
1.We are keeping the baby this evening for a few hours cause both of the kids were working this evening. Son in law will pick baby up around 8 pm, daughter won't get off work till 10.
2. Sister in Law still in ICU...very complicated situation.
Infection, Active Seizures, Kidney Failure at one point (though they THINK that's been corrected now)
...like I said, very complicated situation.
3. Hubby isn't feeling well and has gone to bed already. He has been having issues with the diabetes, and this persistant cough, and fatigue. Plus he is worried about his sister.
4. Daughter is sick too, but it's not related to the pregnancy.
She has been having asthma troubles and upper respiratory issues too.
She is miserable and because of the pregnancy is limited on what she can take to help with her congestion.
Yet she went to work tonight.
She'll have a hard evening at work, but they need the money and so she went.
She did that because she feels like being able to work is a blessing right now.
I am proud of her for this.
I am proud that she sees that God has blessed her with this part time job.
And I am proud of her for not taking this blessing lightly.
She is being a responsible adult.
Still...I am praying that she will be OK, and that she is not pushing too hard tonight...and that she does not jeopardize herself or the pregnancy in any way.
5. She is not the only sick one in her family.
My Grandson is sick too and has a nasty cough and a stuffy nose.
He's a little sweetie, but when a fella's nose is stuffy, it's hard to breathe and suck a bottle at the same time.
And that can make a guy pretty fussy.
...So, once I had given him the bottle, and burped him, and changed his diaper...and he was still totally grumpy...I suspected that it was time for a visit to Grandmaws Magic Baby Swing lol.
I'm tellin' ya...that thing is MAGIC.
He went right to sleep.
And he is swinging even as I type...about 4 feet away from me.
Swings are just good for the soul aren't they!
I wish I had a Big People Sized Magic Swing just like his.
I bet I'd sleep good in that thing too.
But since I don't, I can just watch him as he sleeps...it's peaceful to watch him sleep.
When he wakes up, I hope he will be less fussy.
6. I started this post with "Lots on my mind, words all jumbled together."
and as I come to the end of this post it is still that way
The cool thing is that when "Little Man" wakes up it won't matter to him at all...
... cause he has "lots on his mind and his words are jumbled" too lol.
We make a nice little pair tonight! :)
In Him,
Grace
The Reward for Surviving Rough Seas
We are all like sea shells tossed about in rough waters and being re-shaped in wondrous ways. But have you ever contemplated the notion that sea shells have to complete their journey through the rough waters before they get to rest on the shore? Yeah, we are ALL like sea shells and Heaven is The Great Shore.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Thrift Store, The Oatmeal and The Prune Juice
Greetings Everybody,
OK...tonight I get to rave one more time about how smart it feels to shop at a thrift store. My grandson is going to be sporting some of the cutest clothes EVER...and I spent next to nothing on them
Got the cutest tiny pair of Old Navy Overalls (they look like brand new for 99 cents).
All in all I got 14 pairs of little boy pants...ranging in sizes from 6 months to 1 year.
Most of the pants were just 99 cents, some were $1.98.
1 pair was actually $2.98, but they were so cute that I went ahead and got them anyway.
Now 14 pairs of pants may sound excessive I guess, but they are not all the same size.
I got just a few at his current size and then kinda went all the way up to the 12 months size. The price was right, the selection was right, and it seemed prudent to go ahead and do it.
Yeah a new shipment had just come in, I was literally standing at the rack looking through them when the saleslady put about 3 feet of new merchandise right in front of me.
Thank You God! (lol...that was pretty cool)
Looks like I pretty much have the kid "covered" for the next 6 months of his life lol
Plus I picked up a great little selection of little boy shirts too...all of which look like brand new.
Also, this time I dropped a whopping $3.98 on a large baby quilt (suitable for Tummy Time on the Floor) and it was in impeccable shape
It even had the official tag on it..."Illegal to remove except by consumer"...stating that it had been sanitized on December 13, 2011.
OK...this is December 19th, so I took a risk and bought the thing.
Then I took off that metal ring with the official tag on it, and tossed it in my washer, on the 2 hour and 35 minute BULKY BEDDING STEAM SANITIZE setting.
Yeah I think the thing will be clean enough for my grandson when I am done with it!
We are going to keep him for a few hours tomorrow afternoon, and I am hoping that he can play on it THEN.Yay for Tummy Time. Can't wait to get on that quilt WITH HIM.
Can I confess right now, that I also went to the dollar store and picked up a few more things for him?
I needed a couple of 2 ounce containers to hold some juice in, cause my grandson has a wee addiction lol
...to Prune Juice and Baby Oatmeal of all things lol
He gets so excited...It's like the kid is a crack-head in need of a fix lol.
He focuses intently on swallowing fast and opening his mouth to get more.
And his little body has tiny tremors as he makes cute "Nummy Nummy Noises".
I think he would follow that spoonful of prune juice laced oatmeal to the ends of the earth lol
It's Pretty Hysterical to Watch!
Funny...his mommy (my daughter) was the very same way about Apple Juice mixed with Rice Cereal.
Cutest thing EVER!
In Him,
Grace
OK...tonight I get to rave one more time about how smart it feels to shop at a thrift store. My grandson is going to be sporting some of the cutest clothes EVER...and I spent next to nothing on them
Got the cutest tiny pair of Old Navy Overalls (they look like brand new for 99 cents).
All in all I got 14 pairs of little boy pants...ranging in sizes from 6 months to 1 year.
Most of the pants were just 99 cents, some were $1.98.
1 pair was actually $2.98, but they were so cute that I went ahead and got them anyway.
Now 14 pairs of pants may sound excessive I guess, but they are not all the same size.
I got just a few at his current size and then kinda went all the way up to the 12 months size. The price was right, the selection was right, and it seemed prudent to go ahead and do it.
Yeah a new shipment had just come in, I was literally standing at the rack looking through them when the saleslady put about 3 feet of new merchandise right in front of me.
Thank You God! (lol...that was pretty cool)
Looks like I pretty much have the kid "covered" for the next 6 months of his life lol
Plus I picked up a great little selection of little boy shirts too...all of which look like brand new.
Also, this time I dropped a whopping $3.98 on a large baby quilt (suitable for Tummy Time on the Floor) and it was in impeccable shape
It even had the official tag on it..."Illegal to remove except by consumer"...stating that it had been sanitized on December 13, 2011.
OK...this is December 19th, so I took a risk and bought the thing.
Then I took off that metal ring with the official tag on it, and tossed it in my washer, on the 2 hour and 35 minute BULKY BEDDING STEAM SANITIZE setting.
Yeah I think the thing will be clean enough for my grandson when I am done with it!
We are going to keep him for a few hours tomorrow afternoon, and I am hoping that he can play on it THEN.Yay for Tummy Time. Can't wait to get on that quilt WITH HIM.
Can I confess right now, that I also went to the dollar store and picked up a few more things for him?
I needed a couple of 2 ounce containers to hold some juice in, cause my grandson has a wee addiction lol
...to Prune Juice and Baby Oatmeal of all things lol
He gets so excited...It's like the kid is a crack-head in need of a fix lol.
He focuses intently on swallowing fast and opening his mouth to get more.
And his little body has tiny tremors as he makes cute "Nummy Nummy Noises".
I think he would follow that spoonful of prune juice laced oatmeal to the ends of the earth lol
It's Pretty Hysterical to Watch!
Funny...his mommy (my daughter) was the very same way about Apple Juice mixed with Rice Cereal.
Cutest thing EVER!
In Him,
Grace
Sunday, December 11, 2011
I Will Remember Today!
Greetings Everybody,
Here I sit, alone, but very contentedly nibbling my dinner and pausing to think and type.
(In case you are wondering, it's a little medley of scalloped potatoes, diced-up baked chicken, and broccoli chunks...all stirred with love...warm & delectable. It didn't start out as a casserole, but I realized it was richer when I blended it. lol Lots of things are better like that in my opinion)
Anyway, I am here alone tonight because our congregation meets in small groups in peoples homes on Sunday nights... and the home we meet in has a very real and very beautiful and very FRAGRANT Christmas tree.
Live Christmas Trees are wonderful for most folks...but are rather deadly for me.
My asthma takes great offense at them...and then makes me pay dearly for being stupid enough to be around them.
Asthma tends to control certain aspects of my life like that.
Hubby is there with them right now, and will be sharing in the lesson tonight... and the fellowship & food that will follow.
I wanted him to get to go.
He would have stayed if I had even given him the smallest indication that I needed him to do so,
but I really wanted him to go and be with the others.
I am here alone
However, I am not lonely.
God is here with me.
And as I reflect on today I am anything BUT sad & lonely.
Today was a GREAT DAY!
It didn't start out that way though.
It started out with me STILL not being able to sing at church.
I LOVE to sing.
And it just breaks my heart when the asthma steals my voice.
If GOD asked me what job I wanted to have in heaven, I would ask Him to let me be one of HIS Singers.
In fact I HAVE asked HIM for that.
REPEATEDLY and OFTEN
Not sure if there ARE such jobs in heaven or if it's more like EVERYBODY will be one of God's Singers...but I don't care.
That's the job I want.
Can't imagine ANYTHING more wonderful than singing praises to HIM eternally.
...with a Voice That Would Never Grow Weary
...with Lungs That Would Never Run Out Of Air
But I digress, let's get back to the scene at church this morning
So there I was, while others were standing and singing...I was just sitting there on the pew...crying little tears...singing in my heart...closing my eyes and concentrating on the notes that I WOULD have been hitting if I had been able to sing.
Yes I was pouting.
It was a heartfelt grieving.
I wanted to sing to GOD.
And I was miserable because I couldn't do it.
Not sure WHY I turned around, but I did JUST in time to see my daughter coming in the side door with my grandson.
Suddenly my tears dried up and that baby was in my arms.
My son in law had to work today, so my daughter and the baby decided to visit our congregation instead of going to their own.
The baby snuggled with me and immediately eased my heart.
And I realized that God had slipped my heartache away when that baby was slipped into my arms.
After church was over, they came back to the house for lunch and ended up spending the whole day with us.
Today I fed the baby several bottles, changed several diapers, played with him and loved on him...then when he needed a nap, his mother put him in that magic baby swing I just bought.
And he slept "Like A Baby" lol...for several hours.
It played soft classical songs and as the Baby slept, my Daughter curled up in a chair and slept too.
It played soft classical songs and as the Baby and my Daughter slept...my Husband, who was on the sofa, also slept.
It played soft classical songs and Everybody in the whole house slept...Except Me.
I was wide awake and loving the fact that I was hearing ALL of their soft little snore sounds.
My heart soaked it up like a sponge.
All of those little sounds are now stored away in my heart.
God reminded me of something today...
He reminded me that HE is in control.
He reminded me that HE gives amazing gifts if we take the time to see them
He reminded me that there are things that are far more precious than whether or not I can sing.
He reminded me that I am loved, that I am blessed, and that in terms of those blessings...I am rich.
(Sort of like my dinner tonight, I now see that this afternoon my home has been warm & delectable. The sounds of my husband & my daughter & my grandson all making their soft little snores stirred my heart with love. I realized that the sadness of this morning had been blended with joy, and that it had turned into something MUCH better because of the blending. The human perspective requires a little of the "SAD part of Life" in order to fully appreciate the "GLAD part of Life". The blending makes it richer. Lots of things are better like that in my opinion.)
I Will Remember Today!
In Him,
Grace
Here I sit, alone, but very contentedly nibbling my dinner and pausing to think and type.
(In case you are wondering, it's a little medley of scalloped potatoes, diced-up baked chicken, and broccoli chunks...all stirred with love...warm & delectable. It didn't start out as a casserole, but I realized it was richer when I blended it. lol Lots of things are better like that in my opinion)
Anyway, I am here alone tonight because our congregation meets in small groups in peoples homes on Sunday nights... and the home we meet in has a very real and very beautiful and very FRAGRANT Christmas tree.
Live Christmas Trees are wonderful for most folks...but are rather deadly for me.
My asthma takes great offense at them...and then makes me pay dearly for being stupid enough to be around them.
Asthma tends to control certain aspects of my life like that.
Hubby is there with them right now, and will be sharing in the lesson tonight... and the fellowship & food that will follow.
I wanted him to get to go.
He would have stayed if I had even given him the smallest indication that I needed him to do so,
but I really wanted him to go and be with the others.
I am here alone
However, I am not lonely.
God is here with me.
And as I reflect on today I am anything BUT sad & lonely.
Today was a GREAT DAY!
It didn't start out that way though.
It started out with me STILL not being able to sing at church.
I LOVE to sing.
And it just breaks my heart when the asthma steals my voice.
If GOD asked me what job I wanted to have in heaven, I would ask Him to let me be one of HIS Singers.
In fact I HAVE asked HIM for that.
REPEATEDLY and OFTEN
Not sure if there ARE such jobs in heaven or if it's more like EVERYBODY will be one of God's Singers...but I don't care.
That's the job I want.
Can't imagine ANYTHING more wonderful than singing praises to HIM eternally.
...with a Voice That Would Never Grow Weary
...with Lungs That Would Never Run Out Of Air
But I digress, let's get back to the scene at church this morning
So there I was, while others were standing and singing...I was just sitting there on the pew...crying little tears...singing in my heart...closing my eyes and concentrating on the notes that I WOULD have been hitting if I had been able to sing.
Yes I was pouting.
It was a heartfelt grieving.
I wanted to sing to GOD.
And I was miserable because I couldn't do it.
Not sure WHY I turned around, but I did JUST in time to see my daughter coming in the side door with my grandson.
Suddenly my tears dried up and that baby was in my arms.
My son in law had to work today, so my daughter and the baby decided to visit our congregation instead of going to their own.
The baby snuggled with me and immediately eased my heart.
And I realized that God had slipped my heartache away when that baby was slipped into my arms.
After church was over, they came back to the house for lunch and ended up spending the whole day with us.
Today I fed the baby several bottles, changed several diapers, played with him and loved on him...then when he needed a nap, his mother put him in that magic baby swing I just bought.
And he slept "Like A Baby" lol...for several hours.
It played soft classical songs and as the Baby slept, my Daughter curled up in a chair and slept too.
It played soft classical songs and as the Baby and my Daughter slept...my Husband, who was on the sofa, also slept.
It played soft classical songs and Everybody in the whole house slept...Except Me.
I was wide awake and loving the fact that I was hearing ALL of their soft little snore sounds.
My heart soaked it up like a sponge.
All of those little sounds are now stored away in my heart.
God reminded me of something today...
He reminded me that HE is in control.
He reminded me that HE gives amazing gifts if we take the time to see them
He reminded me that there are things that are far more precious than whether or not I can sing.
He reminded me that I am loved, that I am blessed, and that in terms of those blessings...I am rich.
(Sort of like my dinner tonight, I now see that this afternoon my home has been warm & delectable. The sounds of my husband & my daughter & my grandson all making their soft little snores stirred my heart with love. I realized that the sadness of this morning had been blended with joy, and that it had turned into something MUCH better because of the blending. The human perspective requires a little of the "SAD part of Life" in order to fully appreciate the "GLAD part of Life". The blending makes it richer. Lots of things are better like that in my opinion.)
I Will Remember Today!
In Him,
Grace
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Resting In HIS Palm
Greetings Everybody,
This morning I want to talk about Bone-Deep Security and to do so, I am going to apply the "It's Ok Baby, Grandmaw's Got You Now" Analogy.
When I Hold My Grandson, It Never Occurs To Him That I Might Drop Him...And It SHOULDN'T.
He can be QUITE upset and wailing to beat the band...but when I pick him up and cuddle him and place my lips next to his little ear and whisper "It's Ok Baby, Grandmaw's Got You Now"...his life gets better. He knows that help is on the way. He knows that somebody who is in control has come to his aid.
As grown ups, we know that this doesn't mean that he will never get uncomfortable again...there will be dirty diapers to be changed...after every bottle there will be pressure in his tummy until he burps...there will be sniffles, and coughs, and cuts and scrapes...and all the trials that come with human life.
But when he has needs...His Family Tends to them... all of us do that...and WILL do that FOR LIFE!
It's that way us and God... and it's that way with us and The Church as well.
Just as HE tends to US, We Are to Tend after Each Other.
We are HIS CHILDREN...FOR LIFE!
Matthew 19:14 "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
heaven belongs to such as these."
We were designed to ride in the palm of His Hand.
And God Almighty does not drop HIS CHILDREN.
He will supply all of our NEEDS...not all of our WANTS, but all of our NEEDS.
Phillipians 4:19 "And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
He created us, loves us and knows the most amazing details about us.
Matthew 10:30 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."
He does let us experience troubles...and He is there to help...but He does NOT take away our ability to feel discomfort or to feel pain.
Sometimes there is great SEARING Pain.
But HE does not leave us.
It is WE who leave HIM.
We leave Him when we doubt him.
We leave Him when we fail to Submit to His Will.
We leave Him when we fail to Seek His Will.
We leave Him when we get so full of our own autonomy and Free Will that we fail to remember that He supplied our blessings and that we did NOTHING of our own accord.
We fight against Him, and Wiggle, and Squirm our way out of His Protection and in the process get ourselves in all sorts of troubles...and THEN we claim that God let us down.
Hogwash!
Life got awful for us, because instead of resting in His Palm, we fought God and scurried out of His Loving Protection.
And in THAT process we get emotionally & spiritually and sometimes physically damaged.
Let's just take THIS little Bullet out of the Chamber too...Yeah, Bad Stuff DOES Happen to Good People.
In fact...MOST of the really GOOD people that I have known, had have quite a few difficulties.
Amazing HUH?
How do you think that they got to be so good?
Difficulties make us stronger.
The Most SHALLOW and SELF-CENTERED People I Know have had the Fewest Life Difficulties.
And just like wee children, they never crawl out of the egocentric phase of life...and they think that the world is all about THEM.
Troubles are often called Burdens.
Burdens have Weight associated with them.
Weight lifters know that increasing the load of weight you work with makes you stronger.
So Yeah...Bad Things Happen to Good People...and somehow when you have gone through hard times...you are strong enough to help somebody else who might be going through the same thing.
THIS is the POWER of The CHURCH FAMILY!!!
We are ALL at various times either being nurtured by others or being the nurturer OF Others...by the Grace of God.
Today I invite you to Ride In His Palm with me.
Take my hand and let's just sit in the palm of His hand together for a little while today...and as scripture says...
Psalms 46:10 "He says, “Be still, and know that I am God..."
Today I challenge you to please just sit and contemplate your own life and it's blessings.
Think about how you have arrived at this point in your life.
Ask Yourself this question : "Who Do I Submit To?"
And if the first answer that pops into your head is not Jesus Christ or God Almighty... then I suspect there are some significant troubles in your life.
I suspect that you see alot of discord and alot of inhumanity and alot of greed and that there is a lack of peace within your spirit.
Today, I ask you to set down your pride, your zeal, your causes...and Submit Yourself To The Lord.
Enter HIS PALM...
And prepare for the Ride of Your Life.
In Him,
AMEN
This morning I want to talk about Bone-Deep Security and to do so, I am going to apply the "It's Ok Baby, Grandmaw's Got You Now" Analogy.
When I Hold My Grandson, It Never Occurs To Him That I Might Drop Him...And It SHOULDN'T.
He can be QUITE upset and wailing to beat the band...but when I pick him up and cuddle him and place my lips next to his little ear and whisper "It's Ok Baby, Grandmaw's Got You Now"...his life gets better. He knows that help is on the way. He knows that somebody who is in control has come to his aid.
As grown ups, we know that this doesn't mean that he will never get uncomfortable again...there will be dirty diapers to be changed...after every bottle there will be pressure in his tummy until he burps...there will be sniffles, and coughs, and cuts and scrapes...and all the trials that come with human life.
But when he has needs...His Family Tends to them... all of us do that...and WILL do that FOR LIFE!
It's that way us and God... and it's that way with us and The Church as well.
Just as HE tends to US, We Are to Tend after Each Other.
We are HIS CHILDREN...FOR LIFE!
Matthew 19:14 "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
heaven belongs to such as these."
We were designed to ride in the palm of His Hand.
And God Almighty does not drop HIS CHILDREN.
He will supply all of our NEEDS...not all of our WANTS, but all of our NEEDS.
Phillipians 4:19 "And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
He created us, loves us and knows the most amazing details about us.
Matthew 10:30 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."
He does let us experience troubles...and He is there to help...but He does NOT take away our ability to feel discomfort or to feel pain.
Sometimes there is great SEARING Pain.
But HE does not leave us.
It is WE who leave HIM.
We leave Him when we doubt him.
We leave Him when we fail to Submit to His Will.
We leave Him when we fail to Seek His Will.
We leave Him when we get so full of our own autonomy and Free Will that we fail to remember that He supplied our blessings and that we did NOTHING of our own accord.
We fight against Him, and Wiggle, and Squirm our way out of His Protection and in the process get ourselves in all sorts of troubles...and THEN we claim that God let us down.
Hogwash!
Life got awful for us, because instead of resting in His Palm, we fought God and scurried out of His Loving Protection.
And in THAT process we get emotionally & spiritually and sometimes physically damaged.
Let's just take THIS little Bullet out of the Chamber too...Yeah, Bad Stuff DOES Happen to Good People.
In fact...MOST of the really GOOD people that I have known, had have quite a few difficulties.
Amazing HUH?
How do you think that they got to be so good?
Difficulties make us stronger.
The Most SHALLOW and SELF-CENTERED People I Know have had the Fewest Life Difficulties.
And just like wee children, they never crawl out of the egocentric phase of life...and they think that the world is all about THEM.
Troubles are often called Burdens.
Burdens have Weight associated with them.
Weight lifters know that increasing the load of weight you work with makes you stronger.
So Yeah...Bad Things Happen to Good People...and somehow when you have gone through hard times...you are strong enough to help somebody else who might be going through the same thing.
THIS is the POWER of The CHURCH FAMILY!!!
We are ALL at various times either being nurtured by others or being the nurturer OF Others...by the Grace of God.
Today I invite you to Ride In His Palm with me.
Take my hand and let's just sit in the palm of His hand together for a little while today...and as scripture says...
Psalms 46:10 "He says, “Be still, and know that I am God..."
Today I challenge you to please just sit and contemplate your own life and it's blessings.
Think about how you have arrived at this point in your life.
Ask Yourself this question : "Who Do I Submit To?"
And if the first answer that pops into your head is not Jesus Christ or God Almighty... then I suspect there are some significant troubles in your life.
I suspect that you see alot of discord and alot of inhumanity and alot of greed and that there is a lack of peace within your spirit.
Today, I ask you to set down your pride, your zeal, your causes...and Submit Yourself To The Lord.
Enter HIS PALM...
And prepare for the Ride of Your Life.
In Him,
AMEN
Friday, November 25, 2011
That Baby in the Other Room
Greetings,
This morning I want to talk for just a little bit about how cool it is to be a grandmother.
And I also want to take just a little moment to mention how incredibly cool it is to be married to a grandfather.
lol
For the 2nd time in his young life, my grandson (now 4 months old) had a "sleepover" at our house.
He is due to wake up in about an hour...so this is my pre-baby-duty time slot of the morning...meanwhile he is in the other room.
My daughter & son in law have trusted us with this precious little one and it is an honor that kinda makes me get all teary-eyed.
We got to take him through his nightnight rituals last night...the bottle, the bath, the warm jammies...the little wind up music gizmo that sings him sleep.
We set up the baby monitor and yes I went in to check on him even though we tested the monitor to make sure it was working.
He sleeps with his little fists curled up right next to his ears.
QUESTION: Is there anything more precious than a sleeping baby?
ANSWER: Yes there is. I have to say that when he is in that little bathtub of his, with his head all lathered up and his little left foot kicking away, and that gummy grin is beaming at me...yeah THAT is even more precious than when he is sleeping.
And btw...Yes clearly some pixie has sprinkled me with magic grandmother foofydust...cause his drool doesn't bother me, and his diapers don't bother me...and he can scream his head off if he needs to, and it doesn't bother me.
...I remember this part from when I was a young mother myself. There is a feeling of peace even in the midst of a dynamic hurricane of insistent baby needs. That baby needs me to hold him and feed him and clean him...and care for his every need. When he needs something today, I will be there to make sure that whatever he needs will be taken care of. I will hold him and comfort him and shower him with love and affection and songs...and I will let him sleep when he needs it...even if he wants to fight against what is best for him and is resistant to taking a nap.
When that little fellow sleeps in my arms...all is right with the world.
And when I see him laughing and playing with his Grampaw...and I see the love in my husbands eyes being focused on that little boy...well there I go getting all teary-eyed again.
Thank you God...for this child...and for the one that is due to arrive in June.
Yes baby #2 is due this summer...and God...I am not sure my heart is big enough for this much love.
...God, how do YOU do it? You love each of your children more than I ever loved my own daughter and or my grandchild (and the ones to come)...how do you do that?
..God, your heart must be a mighty and awesome thing...
Thank you for the knowledge that I am YOUR child...and that you love me with a force that I can not comprehend but can totally depend on...just like that baby in the other room is depending on me.
In HIM,
Grace.
This morning I want to talk for just a little bit about how cool it is to be a grandmother.
And I also want to take just a little moment to mention how incredibly cool it is to be married to a grandfather.
lol
For the 2nd time in his young life, my grandson (now 4 months old) had a "sleepover" at our house.
He is due to wake up in about an hour...so this is my pre-baby-duty time slot of the morning...meanwhile he is in the other room.
My daughter & son in law have trusted us with this precious little one and it is an honor that kinda makes me get all teary-eyed.
We got to take him through his nightnight rituals last night...the bottle, the bath, the warm jammies...the little wind up music gizmo that sings him sleep.
We set up the baby monitor and yes I went in to check on him even though we tested the monitor to make sure it was working.
He sleeps with his little fists curled up right next to his ears.
QUESTION: Is there anything more precious than a sleeping baby?
ANSWER: Yes there is. I have to say that when he is in that little bathtub of his, with his head all lathered up and his little left foot kicking away, and that gummy grin is beaming at me...yeah THAT is even more precious than when he is sleeping.
And btw...Yes clearly some pixie has sprinkled me with magic grandmother foofydust...cause his drool doesn't bother me, and his diapers don't bother me...and he can scream his head off if he needs to, and it doesn't bother me.
...I remember this part from when I was a young mother myself. There is a feeling of peace even in the midst of a dynamic hurricane of insistent baby needs. That baby needs me to hold him and feed him and clean him...and care for his every need. When he needs something today, I will be there to make sure that whatever he needs will be taken care of. I will hold him and comfort him and shower him with love and affection and songs...and I will let him sleep when he needs it...even if he wants to fight against what is best for him and is resistant to taking a nap.
When that little fellow sleeps in my arms...all is right with the world.
And when I see him laughing and playing with his Grampaw...and I see the love in my husbands eyes being focused on that little boy...well there I go getting all teary-eyed again.
Thank you God...for this child...and for the one that is due to arrive in June.
Yes baby #2 is due this summer...and God...I am not sure my heart is big enough for this much love.
...God, how do YOU do it? You love each of your children more than I ever loved my own daughter and or my grandchild (and the ones to come)...how do you do that?
..God, your heart must be a mighty and awesome thing...
Thank you for the knowledge that I am YOUR child...and that you love me with a force that I can not comprehend but can totally depend on...just like that baby in the other room is depending on me.
In HIM,
Grace.
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