Good reminder

I read a post that my neighbor wrote the other day, and it made me fear for my children's health and safety. My neighbor's son who has a twin sister is seven, and has cancer. He will be in chemo for 2.5 years. I hear about bad things happening every day. This world is really scary. I was reading my friend, Erin's blog, and she posted a verse that was helpful. "Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today brings enough troubles of its own." Matthew 6:34. This was just what I needed to hear. I tend to worry about everything. I try to take on everything, and worry instead of giving it to God.

I prayed that night hard for everything, for my kids to stay healthy and safe, for them to outlive me, just everything. I feel kind of selfish when I worry about issues that arise with my children when their overall health is wonderful. I know though that for my individual child that whatever they are dealing with is important, but I also am so grateful that these are the things that worry us and cause us concern. God brought peace to my heart the next morning. Joshua has some speech concerns, and when I awoke after worrying so much about my kids Joshua was saying some words with the right annunciation that just days earlier he was saying incorrectly. We went grocery shopping and he rattled off everything I put into the cart correctly. He still has a long way to go, but it was so comforting to hear him speak so clearly when that's been worrying me so much.

Some of my favorites from today:

Going to the Disney store and hearing Joshua exclaim, "I'm so happy!". He loves running in and snuggling all his favorite stuffed characters!

His favorite melt my heart statement he makes now is, "Mommy, I need you". He says this often, and it gets me every time. It's his out of his crib card, his you don't need to eat anymore card, his stop cleaning up to join mommy card. He's a total final baby of the house and gets away with too much!

The girls are getting so big now, but luckily still need snuggles just as much as when they were little. Today they were tired from school and a play date at the park with friends, and were starting to get grumpy. I told them they needed mommy love, and they perked up and cuddled with me once we got home and went from grumpy to happy. It doesn't always work this way, but when it does it's so fulfilling. Like I'm all they need to feel better. It's the best confidence booster out there!

Disney with Sara and her family tomorrow...can't wait!! A field trip for my girlies on Monday! Life is good and when it gets hard don't worry about tomorrow!