Sometimes I Write

Tonight was our farewell party. We received some beautiful gifts. Our friend David, who went on the DB trip last summer, had a picture of the group up on the mountain blown up to about 20X30, and framed for us. It’s breathtaking! Our teens made us a memory quilt of pictures and each teen decorated their own square. It’s bright , beautiful, and made me cry. The congregation got us a coffee table book about Kansas and everyone was signing it. (No, the Wizard of Oz is not on the cover). And finally, we received a basket with a cow bank in the middle with cash around it for the grass. Gary called it our cash cow :). I wasn’t as teary as I thought I’d be and it was nice to hear people affirming our decision to follow God’s call to Denver. I’m so thankful Westlink is going to continue supporting and encouraging us. We also had some very generous friends bless us with a check. Can’t tell you who, but we are so grateful! My friend who said she wasn’t coming to the party was there too. Her son loves Benny so much that he bought him a sword, which Benny loved! It meant alot that a teenaged boy went out of his way to not only buy him one of his favorite things, but he picked out a beautiful oriental style card to go with it and really blessed Benny with his words. God is so great!

The ladies are taking me to afternoon tea at Aunt Hattie’s on Friday. My friend Tawnya (college friend) is coming from Kansas City to see us next week. It’s packing time people! My procrastinating ways are NOT helping! It is a little weird to be getting packing boxes from the Farley’s as they are moving in. What a world I live in.

Today was my last BSF class before the move. It was awesome – as always. It was also our fellowship day. I had such a nice lunch with my discussion group ladies. I’ve blogged about them before. I love these women and I’m going to miss them so much! Kathleen made our family a basket of goodies for our trip out to Colorado…crayons, coloring books, snacks, mini stuffed animals, etc. I am so blessed to have such caring and giving friends.

I have a special prayer request for my son Max. But first – a praise for him…he read his first book by himself yesterday! We were both so proud! YEAH MAX!

Now for prayers: These past few weeks he’s had a few nightmares and we even caught him sleep walking once. But, lastnight he woke us up screaming and we couldn’t calm him down. When I tried to hold him he pushed me away looking at me in terror, yet when he got away from me, he quickly came back and crawled into my lap, clinging to me and crying. He kept saying he was scared, but it was obvious he wasn’t awake. I was freaked out! After he calmed down a bit I held him and talked softly while stroking his hair. I prayed over him out loud in case he could hear me, and he just drifted off and was fine the rest of the night. The whole episode lasted about 15 minutes. Meanwhile Benny got on the net and found some info that described all this as a night terror. I’m still not clear about what we’re supposed to do about this. I’m still searching for more answers. Please just pray that he will get rest, and that it doesn’t happen again. My BSF friends said this is fairly normal for his age. It just caught me by surprise and scared the crap out of me. Ofcourse I questioned if it was all of the change taking place, or maybe he was overly tired because he didn’t have a rest time yesterday. I don’t know. As a parent those moments of helplessness are horrible. He had such a great day before that point. I hope everyone at my house sleeps through the night tonight! Thanks for the prayers!