Tender Mercies

Obviously I gave up on this blog long ago, but it's time to dust off the keyboard and start anew. My beautiful, talented, sweet, funny, amazing baby sister (who is nwo 21 and taller than me:) gave me the challenge to look for the Lord's tender mercies in my life and record them in this blog. The past month or so I've been trying to me more in tune to recognize these tender mercies and now I'm finally taking to time to write about some. I obviously don't remember them all. But recognizing that they are many is a good step. Here are a few of the most recent.

The other night my beautiful baby (#4) was having a rough night, and so consequently, I was, too. I had fed him too recently to feed him again and he hadn't slept long enough to not be tired, so I just let him cry for a little while. When I went back in to check on him and roll him back to his stomach, (he rolls over to cry but doesn't sleep as well on his back). I also wanted to put the binki back in (he's not a super binki baby, but every once in a while it's nice), but of course the binki was gone and I didnt' know where another one was (It's amazing how fast they dissapear). Now most often he's dropped it on the back side of the crib and I have to drag everything out and crawl back to get it. I took a deep breath and did a sweep on the close side of the crib, just in case, and there it was. I rolled him over, popped it in, and silence, he went right to sleep, and so could I. This was a little blessing that made a big difference at the moment:)

The next one happened at the Chiropractor's office. I went in for some neck/back pain and a couple of kids for adjustments as well. I had all the kids with me--school was out. The Chiropractor could see that I was a little stressed and told me that I need to take care of myself. Make some time for "me time" and even highly recommended a massage. He then told me (I don't remember the wording for sure) to not sweat the small stuff and (not in these words but the same jist) to come what may and love it. I really needed to hear it. I was really stressing out over the small stuff that didn't matter in the long run. His advice, along with the adjustment helped tremendously. (Too bad I didn't get the massage:)