Thankful for a little mischief??? Today, I absolutely am!! I've done a lot of thinking and hugging my children over the past couple of days. More than usual perhaps. My heart has been heavy. A 16 month old baby whose story we've followed through blogs and websites passed away this weekend. It is heartbreaking. He was diagnosed with Leukemia at 2 months old. He spent all but the first two months of his life fighting this disease and in a hospital. It just doesn't seem fair. I know we are not to question why things happen. We can only lean on God and pray for understanding or at least strength to make it through those times. He was so innocent, though. Please keep the Powell family in your prayers. I can't imagine what it would be like to wake in the morning and know you had to face the day without one of your children. More than I can bear to think about!
Saturday I was on the phone with my grandfather. I could hear that the boys were in their bathroom and were really entertained and giggling about something hysterically. But really, what could they hurt in the bathroom, right??? Lawson usually brushes his teeth 5 times a day and washes his hands twice that much so I just figured they were brushing or washing as usual. They got a little too hysterical so I ended my phone conversation and told Papa I needed to go check on them.
I entered the bathroom to find a pool of water covering our entire bathroom floor. Water was splattered all over the mirror, shower curtain, running down the bathroom cabinets--actually, anywhere you can imagine water being, it was there. They had taken cups, filled them up and had a water fight with each other. They were soaked for head to toe. Of course I was not very happy at that moment and when they saw my face, they knew it! Brandon took both boys and took care of the discipline and re-dressing them part while I cleaned the bathroom from the mess that had been created.
As I look back on it now and have somewhat a little different perspective I am thankful for a little mischief like that. They are just being little boys and didn't think about the consequences of what they were doing. I realize that as a parent it is my job to teach them to think about consequences and I want to do that. But in the grand scheme of things, no one was injured, they had a BIG time together and enjoyed each other and, as an added bonus for me, the bathroom floor got a good cleaning that it otherwise probably would not have gotten if it hadn't been for that! :) I just think about those that have lost children and how they would most likely give anything for a little mischief! My children are healthy and happy and I am thankful that I have them! I am thankful that they remind me daily of how life is supposed to be fun! I'm thankful that I have them to bring smiles to my face and hug my neck and tell me how much they love me. I'm heartbroken for those that don't have that for one reason or another.
The big things that often seem so big to us at times really aren't that big after all. Please hug your kids and thank God for them and the mischief and frustrations they often create for us! Please pray for those families that are hurting from losing a child and especially the Powell family as they are making funeral arrangements for their baby.
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