THE “LITTLE” THINGS…: Child of Mine...

Today was a day of mourning for many. A young teenage boy lost his life in an auto accident this last weekend. Although I did not know him personally, I knew his grandmother well. Everyone at the funeral today has been touched by Alex. Alex's little sister (15)Kenzie spoke from her broken heart. I remember when she was born, it seems like yesterday that her grandmother was beaming. As I sat there listening to an amazing service that was both a testimony to Alex and to Gods prescence in times of tradgedy....These thoughts went through my mind.

How does a mother/grandmother/friend/ sister find peace and meaning in a senseless tradgedy?
How can I protect my own children
How can we have peace when so much pain and tradgedy surrounds us?

The service was amazing....and this is what I took away.

God tells us there will be tradgedy. This was not HIS plan for us, but we "messed" it up with sin. He does promise to HOLD us through these trials and tradgedies. If this life was all that there was, there would be no hope....but we must know that this is not the end goal. He CAN bring us through the deep waters and through the darkest times.

A poem was read today that touched me ... It was titled "Child of Mine". It reminds us that our most precious possession that we cling to, worry about, protect, and would die for....is NOT ours. They are just lent to us for a time. Although in our heads we know this...It is hard to know it in our heart.

Today made me want to pull my kids out of school just to hold them and tell them how much I love them. It made me realize that the important things in life are the "little" things. Alex's friends shared memories of playing X-Box all night, late night runs for chicken sandwiches, alex's laugh....These were all the "little" things that will be BIG things that his mother and family will miss the most.

Today made me want to REALLY genuinely be present with my children, and soak up all those little things. To stop worrying about what "next" task is on my list. As you all know I do not have all the answers, but I do fear that I will miss opportunities to make memories for now , because I am planning tomorrow.

Since you all know I love quotes ...here is my one for the day - Its not what you look at that matters, It is what you see - Henery David Thoureau

As I was working on my blog, I was slightly annoyed with the amount of noise coming form upstairs. Upon investigation this is what I found....
A teenager, an electric guitar, a full sized amp, a princess Karoke machine, a Taylor Swift CD....and a live concert going on in my home. Normally I think I would have been irritated that they were up past bedtime...but I stopped and saw how good of a time they were having "together"- I stopped , sat down and watched feeling grateful for this moment.