I am off to Salt Lake City with Kelly this morning. She'll be having a third surgery (outpatient) today. I'm praying that it will be the last of this issue. From what I understand about today's procedure, I have a feeling it's going to be painful. I hate watching my children suffer or hurt in anyway...physically, emotionally, spiritually. Watching your children suffer is the hardest part of parenting, no doubt. Whenever I see my own children suffer, I can only imagine what it's like to be Heavenly Father watching us all. Humbling. Enough said about that.
While being a mom isn't always the easiest job in the world, there are also those joyful moments that make every "not so pleasant" task or challenge worth it! I had a few of those yesterday...
Kelly is nervous about today and in so much pain. She was most gracious about my taking her down for this procedure today. Kelly has a side that is still my little girl who needs her mom's love and TLC. I love that softer side of her and always love helping her when she's showing it. My favorite thing that Kelly ever does, still, is sit next to me while we talk, lean her head on my lap and just be the little girl that I remember. It doesn't happen enough, but when it does, I cherish the moment. Today, will be one of those days.
Liza and Buddy surprised me Sunday with an early Mother's Day gift ~ the sweetest pictures of Zaylee, taken by Buddy's mom. (Liza said that she couldn't wait until Mother's Day to give them to me.) I was tickled with them all but here are my two favorites! I've been waiting for the CD to download them and she brought the disc by last night! Zaylee is just too cute! Not that I'm biased.
Doug brought Zaylee here last night so that Liza could come to pick her up. They'll keep her while we are gone today. Zaylee was on one. Not a good one. She was in one of those "independent" moods. She'd not wanted to hug Kelly goodbye or Doug hello. After a while, Doug took her outside in the dark and pointed out the stars in the sky. Then, she came running into the gallery and said, "Gwammie, come see stars in sky!" We went out onto the front porch and counted the stars until an airplane flew into sight and then we watched the "red-green" lights on it. After the plane, she couldn't wait until the next one flew over. When Liza arrived to pick her up, she gave loves goodbye and said, "Luvvaluvvaluvva you" to both Doug and I. All was well.
This morning, Gracie had a shirt that was handed down to her from Carol's daughter. It was the first time she'd worn it and it was a bit big. I said, "Gracie, that shirt's darling, but it might be immodest when you bend over. Maybe you should wear another shirt under it." She said, "Okay!" and raced back downstairs. Doug and I looked at each other, smiled and commented on how we'd had the first half of that scene many times when a certain oldest daughter was this age. I don't even want to go there! How grateful we are for Gracie's great attitude! When she came back upstairs, I thanked her for being so willing to change." She said, "Thank you for telling me that it was immodest." WOW!!
Yesterday afternoon, ZJ and I were making dinner together, just talking up a storm. ZJ randomly said, "What would I do without you, Mom?" I teased and said, "You wouldn't have to clean your room." Her response surprised me. She walked to the entryway where I have a cross-stitch hanging, based on this scripture: " Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God." ZJ read it then came back into the kitchen and said, "That's true, Mom, but if you weren't here, we wouldn't have a House of order and faith and prayer and learning."
Times like these... Parenting doesn't get any better. Enough said.
Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes to drain it dry.
gorgeous pictures! You do have wonderful little ones. I just love how happy they are it brings a smile just to be around them:)
Posted by: Trish | Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 08:55 AM