Happy Birthday Sammy Sam

Today, seven years ago, I gave birth to our 6th child. The 5th boy of 6. I remember being in labor with him and praying the pitocin would work this time. I have long labors. He was born in the evening. I remember because Jeopardy was on. One of the things I remember from hi birth is that he got stuck. I was pushing and I remember my husband and midwife getting very concerned and they were telling me to push as hard as I could. What I did not realize was that he was turning blue. When I did finally did deliver him, he was very blue. He recovered quickly snuggled next to me. He had no other complications other than a broken collar bone from the traumatic delivery. We found that out later. He was my biggest baby weighing in at 9lbs. 11oz.
He has grown into a wonderful 7 year old. He loves to sing. His favorite song is Newsboys Restart. This Sunday at church he made me cry because he was singing at the top of his lungs. It made me so proud. He has a beautiful smile and gives the best hugs. He is such a sweet boy who opens my door for me and makes sure I am okay when I feel bad. He is a good snuggler. He likes to come into my room at night when he gets scared. He looks at me and asks me to pray with him so he will not be scared anymore.
Last night we had hot dogs and hamburgers per his request. I also baked him a snake cake, again. I made him one when he 5 and he asked for it again. I took two bunt cakes and shaped them into a snake, He wanted a black snake so I covered it in special dark chocolate frosting. It was a huge hit. We watched a diego movie just for him. Picking movies in our house is a huge deal.
Today we took him out to breakfast and then to Dick's to buy a fishing pole. He talked non stop. He got embarrassed when the ladies at Angie's sang him happy birthday. He loved it and said it was so much better than Chick Fil A. Angie's is a locally owned restaurant that Carl and I go to a lot. We had a great time. We had to cut our time short so we could come home and paint the upstairs.
On the house front, it is going slow. We have had to push back the day the house goes on the market by 1 week. I am disappointed because every room is in chaos as there is paint supplies everywhere. I also hurt my ankle yesterday from a child, who will remain nameless, leaving a hammer in the lawn. I stepped on it and it popped my ankle. Ouch. I also got bopped in the face my Tirzah two nights ago and have a nice bruise on my cheek. I had a headache all day yesterday.
While doing devotions this morning I came across an encouraging thought. I am doing an online bible study on Esther. Today we were studying the passage where she asks the king to come back for a second feast. I have often wondered why she asked for a second one. Why didn't she just tell the king about Haman at the first feast? Today I was studying how God works in the pauses of our life. God worked it out that the night between the first and second feast was when God caused the king to be restless. He read and found out about Mordecai saving his life. That worked to prepare the kings heart for what Esther had to say the next day. See, God works in the pauses of our lives. Right now I feel like I am in a pause. Carl is painting and I cannot stage the house until he is done. I really have to wait for him to finish. It is not going as fast as I would like. I want to be on the road. God has just really shown me that even in this pause, I can be working in the changes in our family. We do not have to wait unit we get the camper to begin the changes we have talked and prayed about. We can begin now and we have. Family devotions this week have been a sweet time. It is encouraging and that is what I need to focus on. I have been studying joy this week too. Our Wednedsay night bible study gave us the assignment of defining biblical joy and how it pertains to Philippians 3:1. It is amazing how much the bible talks about joy. I have learned so much. My joy is not based on my circumstances but my relationship with God. That is the thing I have been focusing on this week. He has given me so much and I need to take my eyes off of the chaos in my house and focus on all the blessings he has given me. Joy. JOY. JOY.

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