Today, I had an appointment with Dr. Jeff (our pediatrician) to see Brady because he was behind on some shots, or so I thought. So I took Brady out of school at 11:15 and headed on over to the office. As it turns out, it's Max that's behind on shots, and Brady didn't even need to be seen at all. I should really start writing this stuff down.
So my initial reaction was to think that I had totally messed up my day off by unnecessarily taking Brady out of school. Then I turned to ask him what he wanted for lunch, and he smiled that sparkly-eyed smile and said, "Go to lunch wif just Mommy?" That lunch was priceless. He chattered on and on about his brothers, Blake, Max and Diego (no, it never really lets up), as he ate his macaroni and cheese with mandarin oranges. He grinned ear to ear as he told the waitress that he wanted chocolate milk to drink. He was in heaven to be the only child, if only for a couple of hours. And I was in heaven to get to have him to myself.
I needed to feel wanted today. Funny how God knows just what we need and provides it in the craziest ways.
From: Brian Woods
12 years ago
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That reminds me of a story that a friend of mine told me over coffee at our favorite coffee house last night: she's from Iceland and was having a grumpy morning. She says that she always gets homesick when she's in a bad mood, and she was wanting a piece of Iceland. Out of frustration, she took her little boy to this same coffee shop, and looked at the sweater of the lady standing in line in front of her--a traditional Icelandic sweater! So she struck up a conversation with this gal, who had lived in Iceland for 2 years back in the 70s and relished this sweater as a memento of that time. Gutmunda (my friend) and this lady talked for nearly an hour over coffee at this sweet little European coffee shop, and later Gutmunda said she got goosebumps from the realization that God had orchestrated her morning to give her just what she needed.
Sounds like you had a goosebump morning, too...doesn't that just say, "God loves you and is looking out for you"?! :)
--Teri.
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