Thursday, 23 April 2009

• Yesterday was another water disaster day. Our sump pump stopped working and our basement flooded. There was water up to my ankles and everything was soaked. So, Brent and I emptied out the basement. We put everything outside on the deck in the backyard. Yesterday was a great day for drying things outside. Breezy, sunny, dry. Some stuff is actually still out there drying over the fence. Unbelievable. Nothing irreplacable was ruined. Mostly just wrapping paper and stuff like that. A pain, but not painful. So we got a new sump pump yesterday. And a clean basement, after all the water receeded, that is.

  I know there are some mothers out there who can relate to the latest 'Jon incident.' We had BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) this morning. I take the kids, they go to their class, I go to mine. Well, discussion group is just starting when a children's leader calls me out of the room. She holding a lightbulb. "Did you know that Jon had this?" she asks me. I stare at her dumbfounded for a moment. Of course I didn't know he had a lightbulb! "His hands were empty on the way in," I said. "It must have been in his pocket. I had no idea." "Well, he's quite upset that we took it away. Could you come down and talk to him." So, I head down and try to talk to him. He's not really interested in what I have to say. But we have a quick talk about how he shouldn't have lightbulbs at BSF. I go back to my group. End of incident...Not quite. At about 7:30 this evening, my phone rings. It's one of the children's coordinators. She detailed Jon's morning for me and all the different problems that they had with him today. Not the type of phone call a mother enjoys getting. But it certainly is a helpful phone call. As much as I don't like to hear that my kid causes problems, I'd rather know than not know. This way I can do something about it. So, I made a few suggestions how they can help him transition and assured them that I would work more with him before we get there and prepare him for what is ahead. Tho, we've been doing this since September, so you'd think he'd get the routine by now. I don't know. The phone call was also encouraging because she was in no way "coming down" on me or Jon. She was just letting me know what was going on and that we have some things to work on. She also mentioned that she has a difficult son and can identify with what we're going through. At least Jon's consistent. He's trouble no matter where he is!

  On a completely different note, last Saturday, a good friend of mine passed away suddenly and completely unexpectedly. She was just a year older than me and had just had her 3rd baby. This is the first death I've had to deal with of someone close to me. I've had a grandfather and a great grandfather die, but they were never really a big part of my life. I loved them, but I didn't really know them. This gal was a good friend for the past 6 years. And it's sort of brought me up short. I go on crying jags nearly every time I think of this family. How do you trust that something so painful and terrible can work together for good? How can anything good come from 3 little kids losing their mommy? I don't know. But God says it can. God is in control. I find myself leaning on that assurance now more than ever. I certainly don't understand it. I know God does, but it's still a struggle to trust. Jesus, help me trust. It has also brought to mind again just how precious the time is that I have with my family. My kids have gotten lots of hugs lately. Even when they do crazy things involving lightbulbs.

   

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