One thing after another

Today, I am just simply not having a good day. Everything seems to be going wrong.


I went to bed last night thinking that today was going to be an easy day. But, with a bed-wetting accident last night by Madison (totally unlike her), I was starting the morning with laundry!!

Then I had to go pick up a form from the doctor's office so that I could legally have medicine on hand at Audrey's school if she needed it. They called me a week ago to come and get it, and I just finally made it today. Once I got there though, I realized that the doctor had only signed one of the two pages I needed signed. "He'll be in any minute," the receptionist said, "You are welcome to wait." So, I did, and he never came. I finally decided I would leave and come back, and as soon as I drove away maybe a half mile, the receptionist called, and said, "He just made it in, and has that form for you." UGH!!!

Since we were on our way to Wal-mart, I just kept going - wrong choice I now see.

I won't bore you with the details, or go through the hassle of re-living them myself, but it all went severely downhill with Audrey, a push-pop sucker, and the checkout line. We were about out of there, and she had to have this sucker, and when she realized that she couldn't get the whole thing out of the tube, she proceeded to throw it across the cashier, into the aisle beside us. It hit the lady in that aisle, crashed to the floor, and broke into a million pieces. Then....if that wasn't bad enough, Audrey's fit got even worse when she decided then that she DID in fact want her sucker. I left Wal-Mart, with her screaming and crying, trying to get out of my arms, and just about succeeding by falling to the floor, and me trying to push my full cart one-handed to the car, struggling to control her in the other. Not to mention trying so hard to avoid the stares of EVERYONE in the checkout line. They might as well have put it up on the loud speaker, "Disgruntled child, exasperated mom. Aisle 12."

I guess I did bore you with the details, but now you'll understand my distress a little better. Besides, it helped to get it off my chest!!


Anyways, that has just been my day. One struggle after another. One unexpected event after another. There are days when I seem to be handling it better, and then there are days like today, where I just simply feel weary!!

Matthew 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

So, I do know that we all have challenges in our day to day life. Mine today are minor inconveniences, but they weigh heavy at times. In the checkout lane, I'm questioning how to parent Audrey in that situation with all eyes on me. I'm struggling between the need to correct her, and being feared that I'll be turned over to the Department of Human Services. You all know what I mean.

On my way home, I'm in tears because I don't know if I handled the situation right or not. What should I have done different or better?

And then I hear the Lord saying to me, "Bring it to me." "Let me help you with your day to day struggles. Let me help you with your parenting issues. Let me show you how to best effectively parent Audrey and Madison in the ways they both need."

And so, rather than falling to the ground in tears, I am just falling at God's feet in prayer.

Dear Lord,
Today, has been a hard day. I know that it is compounded by the fact that Audrey doesn't feel well, that I have a headache, and that I had more tasks to do than I anticipated, etc. Please Lord take the anxiety I have, the worry that I am not doing it right, the fear of what others will think or say of me, away. Show me Your Way!! Teach me Your will with my children's lives. Help me to bring my cares to you because you care for me.

1 Peter 5:7 "Cast your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. "

I love you, Amen.