Whew, it has been a long two weeks! I am happy to announce that my sweet grandson, Wesley was born on May 29th at 2:45 p.m. He weighed 6lbs. 12 oz. and was 19.5 inches. It was about a week before Carlie's induction (which was already 2 weeks early). Things got serious REAL quick. When they brought him to the nursery, he was gray...not blue, GRAY and limp. They worked on him where we could see them through the nursery windows and then they pulled the shades down. My heart sank and I begged God to let that sweet baby be okay. With lots of help, they got him a little more stable, but he was still breathing fast and was struggling. About midnight they med-flighted him to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. I stayed behind with Carlie (who had just had a section) so Caleb could go with Wesley. After many days (10 to be exact), he was finally released to come home. We are so thankful that he is better. He just needed a little more time. He had a very traumatic beginning, ...
When I was in the youth choir at church, we used to sing a song called, "Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful". It went a little something like this: Are you humbly grateful or grumbly hateful? What's your attitude? Do you grumble and groan or let it be known you're grateful for all God's done for you? If we're being real for a minute, somedays just feel made for grumbling. The coffee spills. The laundry multiplies like rabbits. Somebody leaves dishes in the sink when you just washed them. The weather can't decide what season it wants to be. Before we know it, we're all muttering under our breath about everything from sore backs to slow drivers. Paul comes right in with a verse that honestly feels impossible some days: "Do everything without grumbling and arguing." Everything? Surely, he didn't mean family group texts or church misunderstandings, or Mondays before caffeine. But there it is. Everything. I don't think God gave us t...