One night I dragged all 4 kids into
Classic to take Elese to a party because Steven was working late on a shoot. I
had to keep stopping and looking back to check on Sam. Liv was in her car sear
and it was SO heavy. I got a major unintended work out. Sam would stop and look
at stuff and not keep up. I was going to have a movie night with the boys. The
redbox that had my movie froze. The other red box didn't have much kid stuff. I
left the kids in the car (gasp!) and ran into McDonald's to get the movie (after
checking my phone to know which kiosk the movie Max wanted was in-Hotel
Transylvania). Went through Wendy's drive through. The pretzel burger is
heavenly. We ate and watched movie. Went to get Elese at 8pm. Saw the dad and
he told me that she had a scrape from the slide and that she fell and they iced
her knee. It was a rough party for her.
It looks pretty nasty and ended up
scabbing over for a week or two but it didn't hurt her much. It was kind of
like a rug burn. Elese needed to go get her party favors so went and talked to
Eliza's mom. We talked about E's injuries and then we started back to the car.
That's when I realized I had no idea where Sam was. I was worried but not
panicked. I Felt fine in my heart. My mind was trying to remember when I last
saw him. Maybe just right when we walked into Classic. I'm a super awesome mom.
As we were walking up front I heard them say over the intercom that a child was lost, "maybe 2
years old?" Sam could say a few words but if you asked his name or how old he
is he wouldn't say. I'd heard him say his name once and it was earlier that week.
He pointed to a photo of himself as a baby and said, "Sam?" I
couldn't find the booth where the announcement came from. Someone saw me
looking and pointed to him. A woman (I'm assuming an employee) carried him out
to me. He was crying and holding me so tight. I had him in one arm Liv in the
other. Once we were in the car he was still so sad!
After getting home he was still
pretty clingy. Max tried to cheer him up by playing with him. I laid Liv down
on the boys bedroom floor to get wipes out of the front room and heard her
start crying and Max saying "Oh no!" (he sounded worried and
sympathetic at the same time - the same sound he made when he shut the van door
on Sam probably July? He felt so bad and prayed for him immediately that he
would be ok. He was so worried. He's such a sweet loving boy). I walked in and
Sam had kicked Liv in the head while he was running away from Max. The sound of
her cry was different than what I had ever heard come from her so I was worried
- but again not panicked. I calmed her down and checked her pupils. All was good
- other than the nice big red mark on her face.
I gave them all extra love at
bed time. I love them all so much. Oh and then Liv spit up on me and my
basement is trashed (like always) but here I am thinking how lucky I am.
How blessed I am. What an amazing
Heavenly Father I have and how much easier it is to be calm during adversity
when your doing what you are supposed to. Fam scripture - personal scripture -
FHE - personal prayer - couple prayer - showing gratitude - asking for
opportunities to serve - putting kids (and hubby) before my to do's - praying
for others even those who aren't my favorite. Just need to go to the temple
more frequently and have couple scripture study and I think we'll be on top of
the world.
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