This has always been one of our verses as a family. A large family often means our plans change at the last minute.
The last few weeks have just been.....full. It just goes to show the nature of our life when almost daily, our 3 year old asks if we have an appointment.
Between the allergist and testing for Caleb, as well as the endodontist and periodontist, the orthodontist for the 3 bigger ones, the dermatologist (2 more skin biopsies this week for me, and one is possibly infected), the neurologist next week for my migraines, and that's not even counting all of Elijah's doctors and appointments!!!
All this to say, I had planned to make a grocery list and go shopping so that we wouldn't have to worry about groceries this weekend.
But instead, I needed to take Judah to the ER. Even Dermabond couldn't handle this one. It was deep and gnarly. The subcutaneous stitches weren't holding how they wanted, so they just did the outside stitches. Judah was a champ, and after a tetanus shot, we set about getting some treats for a quiet afternoon at home.
I'm tired. But today, I'm choosing thankfulness. Thank you Lord, for really awesome doctors at the ER today. Thank you for the numbing medicine that made stitches on a 5 year old possible. Thank you that the injury wasn't much worse. Thank you for an amazing daughter who didn't complain a bit about babysitting while I was at the hospital. Thank you for each and every one of these kids. Thank you for the story of Halfway Herbert, which we read while we waited, which reminded us of how God wants us to love him with our whole heart. And thank you for some special time with Judah today. Thank you that even when things don't go according to "plan", You are right there with us.
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