Great laughter in Kroger with Morgan

I'll explain the title in a few.

This morning I went to clean Tommy's shop. (previous post). It took about 2 hours. His shop is pretty big. It took about 1 hour just to sweep. Seriously, my hands were sore from it. I think next week I'll wear gloves. I really don't mind it at all.

O.K. so to explain my title. Morgan was with me when I went grocery shopping today. She quickly got into the whole deal thing with me. I had forgotten to get hamburger buns so I asked her to go back to the first aisle and get them for me. I told her that they were 10 for 10. She went to get them and came back to me and said, "are these the ones"....they were. She said "but these only have 8 in the pack, you said 10". I got so tickled.

Next story of laughter.....

Toilet paper is one thing I do not buy off brand. I just can't do it. I knew I had a coupon for Quilted Northern and as I was looking for it, Morgan spotted some Kroger brand (not realizing it was Kroger brand) she yells...."MOMMA, THIS IS ONLY $2.99". It was so funny. She knew she had found the deal of the day. The look on her face and the excitement in her voice over that $2.99 toilet paper, we both laughed so hard. Maybe you had to be there. But it was one of those hysterical laughter moments.

***Let me just say, if you use off brand toilet paper, that's fine, there's just some things I can't go cheap on and that's one of them. LOL!

Anyway, she and I had the best time in Kroger today. It's the little things in life that are great that way. She's my precious baby girl. We have the best relationship and I thank God for it.

Tonight the Gleaners were in charge of the service. They did a great job. That Abby Donnafield is precious. She smiles ALL the time. I asked Amy tonight if she smiled like that at home too and she said "yes". She's such a cutie.

I'm tired. I think I'll call it a night.

blessing - fun in Kroger with my daughter.

I haven't worked....

....out side the home that is, for about 16 years. Since we've had kids, they have been my job. I don't mean JOB in a bad way, at all. I've had the best job on the face of the earth and would not change my career for the world. The Lord has allowed me to do exactly what I always wanted to do. Being a wife and mother is my life long dream, so for that I am grateful. So, as far as working skills, unless you consider "mother" a skill, I don't really have much in way of a resume. But, one thing I can do is clean. I like to clean. So, on different occasions, I will be hired to clean someone's house. ***remembering that I clean my moms sometimes***. Anyway, I said all of that to lead up to this....

My mom called yesterday and asked if I would be interested in cleaning Tommy's shop. My brother owns a motorcycle shop here in Smyrna. He has had a cleaning lady but she stopped coming. She just stopped showing up. My mom called because she works at the shop doing the financing and stuff. Ya know, all the paperwork. She's actually gotten that place organized. ha!

Anyway, I said I would do it. It's extra spending money and with school almost out and soccer almost over, I will have some extra time. So, why not?! It will help Tommy and me.

I think it's suppose to be beautiful weather the rest of the week. That makes me want to plant some flowers. I think I might just do that.

I'm gonna go for now and have my morning devotion and get my day started.

blessing - my life!

THANK YOU....

.....to everyone that is looking out for Steve in the job search area. Thanks to you who are calling with contacts and possible open doors.

We really appreciate those who are "looking out" for Steve.

Your kindness is NOT going unnoticed by us and especially the Lord.

Blessing in disguise

I'm so confident that the Lord has a job for Steve coming that I'm glad he's not working right now. We know God is in control and has a plan for our lives in this situation. We are not worried a bit.

Being able to spend so much time together has been a great blessing. He's been able to be at Chandler's soccer games, and this means alot to Cha. We ride together to the games rather than just me having to bring the kids because Steve can't get off work.

He was able to help Chandler with his Algebra last Friday and today he sat and helped Morgan with a report that she has due on butterflies and moths in her Science class. It has been great.

He was saying on the way home tonight from Chandler's game how he has really enjoyed being able to be at the games.

On Wednesday's, for the past, I don't know how many years, Steve would just meet us at church straight from work. Since he's been off, we get to ride together. Saves on gas....woohoo!! And it's just nice to all 4 be in the car at the same time. May sound silly, but I love it.

It's not gonna last forever cause he will be going back to work as soon as the Lord says so, but for now....I'm really enjoying our family time.

This post may sound really sappy, but I'm thankful and blessed beyond reason. Help my Lord, to never take them for granted.

blessing - my family...really and truly....God has blessed me with a great one!

Special Touch

I needed a special touch from the Lord last night in service. He knew all about it and knew just what I needed. And, I got just that. I love the Lord and Praise Him from the depths of my soul.

Steve is going to this job fair thingy today. This is all so new to him. But, exciting in a way. Wonder what God has in store for him?

This might be our last week of school. It is the kids last week of their tutorial classes. Actually, Morgan is done, with tutorial, but Cha has a final in Lit on Friday. Please pray for him.

Chandler's soccer game is in Dixon today. Man, the places we go and the things we do for our children. (ha). They are worth it!

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

love to all

blessing - the Joy of the Lord is my strength!!!!!!!

Lazy, rainy Sunday

Church was good this morning. Daddy's message was on "Joy".....very good.

We came home. Our checkbook said "you don't need to go out to eat today"... ha!

I know I'm getting old. The young people are going to play soccer in the rain. I have NO desire to do that. They don't care. They actually love it. I guess when I was younger the rain made it more fun to play in. I'll stay here and drink my coffee, thank you very much. We have a GREAT youth group. They cannot get enough fellowship. But, I love that. I remember those days.

Welp, gonna go make that coffee now.

blessing - peace of mind

accomplished....almost

I got most of my to-do list from yesterday accomplished.

clean house - check
go to store - check/twice actually
get flower basket - nope
math with Chandler - check - Steve helped him
band service - check

Our band service was nice. Steve did a devotion on "if we are too busy to pray, we are too busy".

Is it just me or is everybody's life extra busy these days? Man, life seems crazy busy. Our thought for the band service was no matter how busy we are, it is vital that God...our prayer life, be FIRST. That's why God's Word tells us to "Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God". If we are failing in this, due to busy lives, we have too much on our plates. Busy lives are not bad (just exhausting) until we have to "schedule God in" somewhere in our day. With out God first priority, everything else is in vain.

We must be so careful not to be over taken with life that it over takes us. My desire is God first, my family second and everything else after that. I've said before....."we do what we WANT to do"....so, what are my wants? If God is top priority in my life, then I will WANT to do what pleases Him.

Next chapter....

Chandler's soccer game got rained out today. I'm really not disappointed though cause he's had so many lately. This means that we will all get to watch Morgan play. Last week, Steve and I had to split up. He was with Morgan and I was with Chandler. Today, we all get to be with Morgan.

From her game, the kids go straight to their band service.

Hmmmmm, this weekend is tax free weekend? Anyone taking advantage of it? Maybe I'll go by Kohls. Not only tax-free but I have a 15% coupon for anything in the store. Cool, huh?

blessing - my husband

Today

Clean house
go to store
get pretty flower hanging basket to go on my shepherds hook
math with Chandler
band service tonight



blessing - again....the job God has for Steve.

60 years

WOW! Today is my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. Isn't that awesome? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NANNY AND BOB. I'm very blessed to have the grandparents that I have. Both sets of them are still living. What a huge blessing. That is not too common. My mom's parents AND my dad's parents are still alive. I thank the Lord for this.

Morgan did a great job on her devotion last night. She and Kim had the same thought. How cool is that?

Chandler has another game this afternoon but I won't be able to make it. I'm gonna go to Andrea's spring concert. This will be her last one before she graduates and she has a solo. So, I really want to be there for her and for my buddy (Laura).

Guess what?
STEVE IS WORKING




Well, not his official job (yet)...did I get ya? Kim asked him if he would do a side job for her. She needed some work done in her yard so she hired my husband to do it. I appreciate Kim doing this. It's helping her out and Steve at the same time. Kim is awesome in so many ways.


I have a very special unspoken prayer request that I would appreciate any of you calling out to the Lord. He knows all about it and this is something that we need God to intervene in quickly. Thanks!

Well, I need to go have my morning devotion and get this day started.

Have a good one yall.

blessing - (same as yesterday) - the job I know the Lord has for Steve.

I wonder

if it comes with age. When I was younger, I could sleep like no body's business. Seriously, I would stay in bed on Saturday's until like 2 or 3. Back then, I thought "the old people" always got up with the chickens. ha! I guess I'm becoming one of "the old people". I CANNOT sleep in any more. I wake up even before my alarm goes off. Sleeping in is no later than 7:30am for me. Oh well, I get more done in a day this way.

I have an eye doctor's appt. this morning. I haven't seen an eye doctor in years. I've noticed, for about maybe a year now, that I have to hold my head back when I'm reading something small. I've always had super great vision but I've been told when you hit 40, you will be able to tell a difference and need reading glasses. I think it's happened. So, before our insurance runs out due to Steve's job loss, he told me I needed to go ahead and go.

Chandler's team won again last night. Man, it's really getting exciting. Fun stuff! Our lives are super busy with soccer right now but this too shall pass. One day I won't have kids around to get to soccer games. You know, when they are all grown up and doing their own thing. So for now, I want to enjoy every single minute of their lives. As long as our family is "seeking first the Kingdom of God", then all the other stuff, as busy as we are, I want to enjoy. I love my kids and truly count it a priveledge to be called Chandler and Morgan's Momma. What an honor for me.

Please say a prayer for Morgan. She was asked to do a devotion tonight in the CPMA service. She said, "I would rather sing or lead song service, but a devotion, oh, man". Chandler then spoke up and said, "well, I would rather do a devotion than sing" HA! Anyway, she was willing so I know God will help her.

I want to plant some flowers today. It's been beautiful weather this week. I worked in the yard yesterday. I got all the dead stuff up and trimmed back. Due to the extreme hot weather we had last summer, we lost several trees and bushes.

I guess that's all for now.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Remember, yesterday was my brothers birthday. Well, my mom had us over to celebrate Tommy and my birthday's last night. Mine is May 15 so she just decided to have them both together. Daddy grilled hamburgers for us. It was nice. Thanks, Momma.

blessing - the job that I know God has for Steve out there.

Hmmm, let's see

Sunday morning was church, always good. In between services the youth got together to play volley ball. Fun for them. Sunday night was church, always good again.

Monday....school. By this time of the year we are so ready to be done that I go easy on the kiddos. Chandler, because he's in high school and the only way for him to get his credits, he has to complete the entire book. But, we don't sit and do every single problem...can we say overkill?! We learn the new concept and we are done. They are gonna have review next year anyway so we do what needs to be done and that's it. He does have a big final exam in his Literature class next week though. I think he's got like 5 or 6 pages of notes to study. Chandler is NOT a studier. He doesn't like it at all. He thinks "looking" over it is studying. We'll see when that grade comes how much "looking" over he did. LOL.

We are bombarded with soccer games right now. Last week Chandler had 4 and this week he has 4. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. They're exciting though. Our guys are undefeated in the conference. How cool is that? Chandler is on a really good team. It's fun. Last night we won, again. If we keep this up, we might just win the conference.

After the game last night, a group of us went out to eat at Logans to celebrate Katie Lynn's birthday. Our waitress totally humiliated her. Katie is very shy and they marched her up to the front of the restaurant so everyone could see her and made a big deal about it being her birthday. But, come on, you only turn 13 once, right?

It's 7:30am right now and I'm supposed to be meeting Lynn to run in 30 minutes so I suppose I should go.

Today is my brother's birthday. Tommy turns 38 today. Wow, my LITTLE (if you know my brother you know there's NOTHING little about him) HA! is getting old. Wait a minute, I'm older than him. I better be careful about being old here. I'll be turning the big 4 0 in just a couple of weeks. Seriously, I know Tommy doesn't read blogs (at least I don't think he does) but I want to wish him a Happy Birthday. I love my brother very much. He's a good husband and a GREAT dad. He's very involved in the lives of his kids. He takes good care of his family and I appreciate that.


I better go, my running shoes are calling.

Enjoy your day.

**blessing - beautiful warm weather.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Katie Bug/Lady Bug....Happy Birthday to you!!!!!


I love you, sweetie. Hope you have a super great day!

Great Story

Les called me yesterday to share this precious story. It's so precious that I had to share here.

She went to Kentucky yesterday. This is where her parents live. She took Perry and Abby with her. (her nieces) Les and Abby, who is 4 were sitting on the front porch of her parents home. Abby says to Les, "pray for me not to be scared of that dog". (a dog next door). Les didn't realize Abby meant, right now. She thought that Abby meant pray for me "in general". Les quickly realized by the look on Abby's face that she meant....PRAY FOR ME, RIGHT NOW. So, Les prays, "Jesus, please help Abby not be afraid of that dog". Immediately after the prayer Abby says, "O.K., I'm not afraid anymore" and she goes straight over to the dog and starts playing with it.

Is that not a great story? Man, that right there is the perfect example of the the Bible telling us (adults) we must have child like faith. Shew, I want that kind of faith.

The story goes on, and this is the cute part. Abby comes back over to Les and Les says to her, "I thought you were not afraid anymore" and Abby says, "Oh yea, I forgot" and goes back over to the dog. Isn't that soooooo cute?

I loved this story. It speaks volumes to our faith, or what our faith should be. These kids have got it going on. Increase my faith Lord. Help me to IMMEDIATELY expect the result of my praying.

Have a great day!

blessing - good times with family and friends last night.

New look

Morgan hooked me up with a new look today. I really like it, do you? It reminds me of Spring. And, we added these cool little picture thingy's on the right side that describe me. Aren't they cute?

I'll post more later....maybe.

blessing - I got to have lunch with my husband today, right smack in the middle of the day cause he wasn't working. HA!

8am until 8pm

Well, almost 8pm, actually 7:45 or so. This is how long I was gone today. It's been a rather busy day. Remember me saying that Morgan has had testing this week? Well, for probably 6 years (maybe more) I've proctored testing. In case you don't know what proctoring means, let me explain. I administer a test to home schoolers. I volunteer to be one of the moms that "oversee" a group of students while they test. For many years I proctored the little first graders. They are so cute. They are just so honest and out there. I have handed them the test, read over the directions, made sure they knew what to do and told them to start. I've seen some of these little ones put there hands on their heads in desperation and proclaim out loud...."I don't know how to do this". Oh, they are so precious. You just want to say, "it's o.k. honey, I'll help you" but unfortunatley you can't do that. So, I just would have to say, "just do the best you can, sweetie". One of the main reasons, if not the main reason that I proctor is because if I do then my kids get to test for free. And I'm all for that.

Last year I started proctoring the high schoolers. MUCH different. Not so sweet at this age. Just kidding. For the most part, they are good kids too. They just seem to have more attitude in their teens. And, they certainly don't hug me when they leave like the little ones would do. Today I proctored 9th grade girls.

From there, which was about 2:30 I headed to Chandler's soccer game. They won, by the way, and let me just brag on Brandon Shaw. This is his first year to play and I told him last night at church that he seems to get better with each game. He even started tonight. Go Brandon!

Morgan went home with Katie last night from church so I didn't get to see her until tonight. I left first thing this morning. She had soccer practice herself tonight so that meant she couldn't make it to Chandler's game. When she got home tonight, I was sitting on the couch, and she came and sat down right beside me and started talking. Remember I had not seen her since last night so she had to "fill me in" on everything. And I do mean everything. I think she started at A and finished at Z. I don't think she even took a breath. I love that though. I would not change it for anything. Let me share one of the things she shared with me.

She had a conversation today with someone. This someone said to her..."do you think you would be a nerd if you went to my school?" Morgan said, "well, I would be nice to everybody, if that's what you mean". This someone said, "nobody would like you" and Morgan's reply was "Jesus would".

How bout them apples? Could a mother be more proud?! I told her I was so proud of the life she was striving to live for Jesus. I pray God keep this desire of her heart forever.

Today was Steve's last official day at the office. Hmmmmm.....wonder what God's got in store?!

I guess that's all for now anyway.

blessing - COMPLETE peace about our job situation.

I've been informed.....

that I need to post, or rather that it's been a while since I have. So here goes....

First.....I want to say "Thank you, Sis. Smith"

It's been a week since my last post and believe me alot has been going on. It's never, ever boring around the Fox Den.

Last Wednesday my husband went into work like he has for the past almost 13 years at the same job. He called me at about 11:00 to pray. He said "something is going on around here". About an hour later he called back to say that he had lost his job. They came in and shut down the whole center. WHAT????? You've got to be kidding me. The company he worked for was downsizing and his center was one that got hit. O.K. what now? Well, I'll tell you....Trust the Lord, that's what!!!!!

I called my mom and her first words were..."Honey, nothing in this life is for sure except for Jesus". And that's the truth. After the shock wore off, the peace that passes ALL understanding began to kick in. I'm not kidding, at all, we are SO O.K. I testified in church on Sunday that if our lives were wrapped up in that job then we could be devastated right now. But, it's not and were not, devastated, that is. We don't know exactly what our future holds as far as Steve's job situation BUT we do know who holds our future. He will NEVER fail us.

Please pray for the Fox family to find God's Perfect Will in this new chapter of our lives. Pray God will open that new door soon. Our God has got it all under control!!!!!

On a lighter note, Morgan has been testing this week. Home schoolers, depending on who you are registered with, have to test every couple of years. She so does not enjoy this at all. But, tis life. Today was her last day. She said she feels good about some of it but had some issues with other parts. It's not a pass or fail test. It's just suppose to help me see how she's doing. I'm sure she did fine.

Speaking of school...we are almost done for the year.....YAH!!!!!! I think Chandler and I have about 12 more lessons in his Algebra II book. That calls for a great big PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!

We've been in revival since Sunday morning with Bro. Jared. Tonight is the last night. I just love that man. He's 80 years old and has more energy that alot of younger people do. And soooooo positive. He encourages me just to listen to him talk. I pray that if the Lord tarries and I reach 80, I can have that kind of spunk. What a blessing he is.

Well, I guess I had alot to say since it has been a week. Thanks to those who read my blog and encourage me when it's been a while. I appreciate that.

Hope everyone enjoys this day. It's beautiful round these parts. Sunny and in the 70's.

**blessing for today - encouragement!

Jesus loves you.....

and I do too!

This NEVER happens

I didn't have to leave my house the entire day! Usually I have at least one kid to get somewhere but not today.

My phone rang this morning around 7:15am. It was Les...she asked, "are you up?". "yep", I was. So, we began our hour long conversation. A really great conversation, I might add. One of those "sister" talks. It was great!!!

Morgan usually has Spanish class on Tuesday's, but her teacher called and canceled due to a really bad migraine. First thing I didn't have to leave the house for. Didn't bother me at all.

Chandler was suppose to either have a soccer gamer or practice. We got word that he was having neither today. Second thing I didn't have to leave the house for. Again, didn't bother me at all.

Lynn called and asked if I was going to the Y. "well" I said..."I'm not sure, are you?" We decided that since everything else had gotten canceled today, it would be really nice to not have to go anywhere since most days are not like this at all. Usually, there is something, outside of this house that needs attending too. Going to the post office, grocery store, taking one of the kids somewhere but nope, not today. It was great. I never left the house and loved every minute of it.

Tomorrow....different story. Cha and I are getting our hair cut at 9:30 in the morning. I will try and go to the Y and run since I didn't go today and then church tomorrow night. But, today was nice while it lasted.

Good night

*blessing - less hectic day.

NOT Potato Skins

Yesterday I put a roast in the crock pot for dinner last night. A little later I added potato's. I peeled them and usually I put the skins in a bag and just throw them in the garbage. Not this time.....I peeled them into the sink, the side with the garbage disposal. BAD IDEA. I turned the disposal on with running water, like always. They went down, so I didn't think any thing of it.

I went to Chandler's soccer game. When I got home and turned the water on in the sink....YUCK.....the potato skins had gotten clogged in the drain and both sides of the sink started filling up. When I turned the disposal on, everything went down but came up in the other side. It was gross.

I went and got the plunger. When I tried to plunge it, the dirty, nasty, potato skin water shot up in my face. I asked Steve to please come and try it. When he plunged it, the water shot up in his face too. I got so tickled and told him the very same thing happened to me and he said..."well why didn't you tell me then?" LOL!

Anyway, after both of us tried....both sides were still filled and wouldn't drain. So, I called the plumber people this morning and after $85.00 for about 30 minutes, my sink is now clogged free.

Man, that was expensive for a very dumb mistake. Oh well.....I won't do that again. This is one mistake I will definitely learn from. HA!

I'm tired tonight

Today has been a great day! Ahhhhh, it was beautiful! Now, this is my kind of weather. Chandler and I had Algebra done this morning by 10:00am. WooHoo for us. We only have 19 days left and we've finally finished that Algebra II book. Thank you, Lord.

The boys had a soccer game in White House today. It was such a great game....really exciting. By the end of the game the score was tied...4 to 4. So, they had penality kicks to see which team would win. They choose 5 players from our team and 5 players from the other team. Which ever team scored the most points/kicks....won. Penality kicks are usually really hard for the goalie because he has to try and stop a ball coming straight at him. Our guys scored all 5 kicks. Chandler was chosen to kick one. He made his goal. Super cool. The other team only got 3 of theirs. So, therefore, we won. We were playing the team that won the conference last year. You can imagine how exciting it was. Go Royals!

I'm tired. I think I'll go to bed.

*blessing - a beautiful day.

Productive Saturday

I slept in until 9:00. That was nice. Steve had to work today. He works every other Saturday. Chandler slept over at Josh's house last night. I'm not sure what time Morgan and Katie finally got up. Katie is staying with us this weekend. Lynn and Gene went to Mississippi. That is where her father lived before he passed away and she wanted to get some things to remember him by. Things that were special to him and to her. Please say a prayer for her. She really never got closer with his death and she will need the strength of the Lord for this trip.

Since Bradley's accident Steve has been cutting my Nanny Doe's grass. Like I said, Steve worked today and needed to get our grass cut when he got home so Chandler and Josh went and cut Nanny's. Isn't that nice? Thanks, guys. That really helped Steve out.

I start my quarter of teaching tomorrow and wanted to get some things to decorate my Sunday School room with so I ventured to the Parent Teacher store today. I got a few things. The junior offenders class this quarter is all about "boats". Tomorrow's lesson is on Noah's Ark. Of course, I will bring in the type and shadow of the church. Along with each lesson, we are also going to be studying the 29 teachings. I have all girls in this class. There ages are from about 11 to 13. Some of them are members of the church and some not as of yet. I'm gonna be explaining "divine revelation" tomorrow. Pray for me, and pray for them.

After I got what I needed at the Parent Teacher store, I went to Kohls. I love that store. From there, I hit Kroger for my weekly shopping.

Most every weekend our young people hang out and do something. Today they went and played softball. It's good that they have that regular fellowship. And, alot of the time, if not every time, our youth leaders are with them. Galen and Amy are awesome. Last Sunday night after service, they took the young people to play basketball and then to Sonic. The kids absolutely love this. There are alot of things kids could be doing and alot of people they could be hanging with, so it means alot to me, as a mother of 2 teenagers that our youth leaders keep them involved with each other. It's a blessing. As a matter of fact, Morgan is on her way home right now from "hanging" with her friends from church.

Welp, I hope everyone has a blessed Sunday. It's suppose to be beautiful weather. No rain for a while. So enjoy it! I hope every one receives exactly what they need from the Lord in your services. Remember, if you don't....it's not God's fault.

love to all

***blessing - inspiration from the Lord!

Surprise for Vic

Tonight was fun! Momma has been planning a surprise birthday party for about a month now and tonight we pulled it off. Kim and Momma had planned how to get Vicky to the house (momma's house). Several of the ladies from church were hiding in mom & dad's room. Daddy has just recently finished remodeling their bathroom so momma told Vic to go check it out and when she opened the bedroom door, everyone yelled "surprise" and sang "happy birthday" to her. Vicky screamed louder than anyone. It scared her to death. It was so funny!

We sat around and ate and chit chatted like woman do. It really was alot of fun. All the food was "dedicated" to Vic.....sugar free.....well, except for a few things but mostly it was sugar free.

This is who was there....myself, Les, Momma, Kim, Vic, Peggy, Sis. Shaw, Amy, Perry, Abby, Ondra, Gracee, Lynn, Katie and Jacinda.

We chippped in and got her an hour long massage. If anybody needs a little less stress in their lives....it's Vic!!!

I think she enjoyed it. I hope so anyway. Momma really wanted it to be special for her.

I love ya, Vic. We've been through alot together but like you recently commented on my blog....friends to the end, through thick and thin!!!!!!!!!


***blessing - life long friends....through the good and the bad.

I still remember

2 years ago right now, I woke up at Vanderbilt hospital. Well, what sleep I did get that is. Today is the morning after Bradley's accident and we (we meaning....myself, Steve, Rick, Emily, Momma, Nanny, Rachel, and Donnie (Brad's dad) all stayed at the hospital that night. That first night. I remember about 3am, Emily and I were both awake, so we went up to the trauma unit to see him. I sang to him..."Your Grace and Mercy brought Bradley through, he's living this moment because of you, I want to thank you and praise you too, your Grace and Mercy brought Bradley through". I sang that to him over and over and over through out that time we were at the hospital. And even when we came home, I sang it to him.

It truly is God's Grace and Mercy that Bradley is with us today. He shouldn't be. God spared his life. I know that for certain. I believe with ALL my heart that a prayer that Rick, momma and I prayed in that little room out side the trauma unit kept him from being taken. GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY!!!!!!!!!

What a horrible summer that was. The summer of 2006. Brad's accident, my mom got sick and more. BUT, GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY brought my family through. Now, we are beginning the summer of 2008. Things are different. Things change in life but one thing is for sure.....GOD GRACE AND MERCY!!!!! Things have gotten easier to a degree. Compared to that summer, anyway.

My family is still trusting God for Bradley's complete healing. I do wonder why, two years later, we are still waiting but I trust God's Word and His ways. There's a reason Brad's not whole right now. God see's the big picture. We see and want right now but I know God works while we wait. He not only is working for Brad but he's working for all of us. I know this! ALL things work together for our good.

So, we wait.....hope....trust....believe.....and try not to get discouraged. We have to know, that even though we don't see with our eyes what we want to see right now, God is in control, and He will NOT disappoint us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

***blessing - an awesome family!

2 years

Tonight, well actually very early in the morning, around 2 or 3ish Bradley had his car accident. I told someone today that I didn't think 2 years later we would be where we are. Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for his progress. God's Grace and Mercy is the reason we are where we are today. I just so want him to be completely whole again, working for the Lord. My prayer is "God, please make him whole...spiritually, physically and mentally." I'm still seeking God for this...daily. I still believe. I'm praying and fasting for this. I'm trusting God.

I'll ask you please, say a prayer for Brad tomorrow....April 2.


***blessing - God hears and answers prayer