What God has done for me this week

There were a few things that I just really feel were huge blessings and God things this week so I am going to do this post in a list form rather than recap each day or incident.

* Tuesday was Tim's appointment with the surgeon and we got some good news. This doctor isn't convinced it's a cyst and after cleaning his ear canal out really good and looking closely, he thinks there is a chance it could just be mucus on the other side of the ear drum and not the cyst. There is a 20% chance now that he won't have to have surgery. Two weeks of ear drops and then another dr appointment and we will know then what will happen. This was such an encouraging appointment and we left knowing God is in full control.

* Wednesday Scooter came home with a huge smile on his face. He read a speech to his english class and was one of the ones selected to move ahead to the county competition. It's not mandatory but he is so excited to write another speech (2-5 minutes long) and compete next month. I cried happy tears and am so proud of him. He told me "mom, I was a little nervous that people would laugh at me but I thought... you know, who cares what they think. Just be confident."  I pray he always has this point of view because it will take him so far in life.

* Wednesday I got a call from the school which always freaks me out. I was in bible study and when I answered it was Rascal's teacher. This made me a little anxious. She told me that Rascal was upset because he had left his lunch in the van and was scared the school lunch wouldn't be safe. This broke my heart and I left bible study to rush his lunch to him (I was 30 min away). On the way to the school I was thinking about the whole thing and it hit me....... What Rascal did was the right thing and a huge step in responsibility for his allergy. I made sure to have him come to the office (instead of just leaving it there) and let him know how very proud I was of him for knowing what to do and playing it safe. I am going to have to give more responsibility to him for reading labels and knowing what questions to ask but for now, well this is a baby step in that direction. God keeps his hands over Rascal and his allergy and I know that is the best place for him to be.

* Wednesday night we went to church and the kids went to their AWANA class. Baby A LOVES AWANAS and asks daily if she gets to go. After church was over I went to pick them up and walked in just as they were praying. Out of 30 or so kids (5th grade to 3 year olds), when asked who wanted to pray Baby A raised her hand high and was called on to pray. She led them a short age appropriate prayer (thank you for so and so to feel better etc...) and they dismissed.  It was so sweet to end the day and have seen all three of my kids have confidence to do what was right. This momma's heart was bursting with joy.