Wordless Wednesday

Lord Hear My Prayer

I believe God hears our prayers & I believe he answers them with his time & not ours...lately I feel his timing has been off my schedule a little.

Lord Hear My Prayer

I pray that you will give Hayden & I peace...
Through our crazy fun filled days let us hear you...
Lord, help to keep us grounded & know that through it all; you are there...
When life hands up lemons teach us to make lemon-aide...
I pray that you allow me to be Mommy to Hayden...
     Allow me to raise him in your ways...
     Guide me when the time comes for him to run around with his friends around town on his bike...
     Let only positive words come out of my mouth when I try to explain "Our Normal" to him...
     Teach me patients when he starts to show interest in girls...
     Hold my hand as I let go of his when he marries that special girl...
     Bless me to allow me to watch Hayden be the best man, husband & Dad...
I pray that you bless Hayden in ways he can only imagine...
     Teach him to rely on you through the tough times in life...
     Bless him with many good friends who will have his back when it's up against the wall...
     Help him to understand that sometimes things happen for a reason...
     Allow Hayden to have a heart of flesh & not of stone...
     Guide him through this tough world with his head held high...
     Bless him with a lifetime of health &  happiness...
Lord in a world that is full of images & expectations...
     Open our eyes to see that our lives are complete...
     Let our mouths speak words that are pleasing to you...    
     Allow our hands to work for you...
     Bless our hearts with enough love to share...
     Help us to walk the walk & not just talk the talk...
Through it all; bless our family & guide us as we "Create our Own Normal"



    

Where Else Can You...

Barnes & Noble has been our "retreat" place. It's where Hayden & I go to get a cup of coffee to just relax & enjoy some much needed Mommy/Son time.
I usually get me a cup of coffee & then we rush to the kid's section. Hayden heads straight to his "ooks" (books) that have wheels. He grabs a hand fun of them & then takes them to the stage area & plays cars with them.
Recently a friend of ours taught Hayden a new trick. Hayden grabs the stuffed "Bids" (Big Birds) & "Mos" (Elmos) & stands up on the stage to see how far he can throw them & to see how long we can stand to play this game.

The expression as he throws these poor critters will crack you up.

Usually as long as it keeps him happy, I will play with him for awhile. He loves it!!! The poor "Bids" & "Mos" I don't think are so happy about it!

So many casualties...never had a chance with Hayden around.

So once one or the other of us decide it's time to do something different then we are off & running around again. Thank goodness this is a kid friendly place. Some places we have gone to make you think you are at a library & you have to be quite & can't run around or be a kid. So we have found a place where we can act normal!!!

Priceless

Once in awhile I can finally wear him out & he will sit down to read me an "ook". I have to pay close attention because his stories are just so interesting. Every book read by my child is the greatest book ever read to me!!!



Our Story

Someone sent me a sweet message on Facebook & told me that I inspired her & that someday I would have a wonderful story to tell Hayden. So with reading that I have been thinking...what kind of story am I going to tell Hayden? What will this story tell him? WOW!!!
I don't want my story to Hayden to be like a sad country song, but in the same return I don't want it to be that life is always sunshine & roses either. I want my story to Hayden to be a story of LEARNING from chances that were taken & about HOPE for chances yet to be taken in life.
Most of all I want him to know that he is truly & honestly loved & that my life is devoted to him. I don't want to be a parent who just says those words or writes those words...I want to be a parent that helps him to believe that!!!
As I dropped Hayden off a day care I thought, "Man, raising a well rounded child is a LOT of HARD WORK! The effort it takes is hard physically, epically when he relies solely on you. But it's hard work emotionally too. As much as I want Hayden to cry & reach for me as I leave him, I realize that him running to his teacher Maxine or running to give his friend Cydney a hug truly shows that I'm a good Mommy & that I'm doing something right.
Excited about what this story will tell Hayden & what I will learn as I write this story!!!
So here's to the next blank page...