Thankful

Today I take Michael to Easter Seals for physical therapy and tech therapy (learning to use his "talker"). I am sitting here thinking about the past 9 years with this little guy. I can say with absolute conviction that these 9 years with Michael have been filled with joy, sorrow, learning, growing, laughing, crying, and just pure love. I have watched him grow each year stronger, smarter, and into a young boy who loves God and his family. Sometimes I think everyone should be blessed with a special needs person in their life. You learn things that you would of never learned without them. I can say with everything within in me "thank you God for blessing me with the life you gave me, I will forever love you".

Goodbye my faithful friend!

I had to say goodbye to Toby last night. He was my faithful little kitty for 19 years. He was a birthday present from my husband, our first pet together. He was a healthy active cat for 19 years, the first 15 or so he was always outside expoloring. But then he began to slow down, he no longer wanted to go outside. For the last year he slept all the time. Today we will bury him. Goodbye my friend. Thank you for being my sweet Toby.

Releasing My Child into God's Hands

Lord, I come to You in Jesus' name and give Michael to You. I'm convinced that You alone know what is best for him. You alone know what he needs. I release him to You to care for and protect, and I commit myself to pray for everything concernining him that I can think of or that You put upon my heart. Teach me how to pray and guide me in what to pray about. Help me not impose my own will when I'm praying for him, but rather enable me to pray that Your will be done in his life. Thak You that I can partner with You in raising him and that I don't have to do it alone.

"The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them. Psalm 103: 17,18