"Mommy, I Just Need to Touch Jesus' Clothes!"

Thursday night at our house, was one of those nights other mothers should warn you about BEFORE you are even considering getting pregnant! If you are a mom, you know what I mean. Let's just say, I fed my family some leftovers (Brazilian Chicken with Mango Salsa--- recipe by Rachel Ray no less!) and well I think I gave them food poisoning! What mom does this? Am I the only one who fails so miserably at times at this thing we call motherhood?

So, you can only imagine how my night was spent! THANKFULLY, only Cade was up visiting the toilet throughout the night. Cammy just had some interesting diapers that I was so graciously allowed to partake in the next day.

Friday, Cade woke up to tell me he was feeling better. He laid on the couch most of the day and didn't eat much of anything. He did drink some apple juice, which he promptly threw up shortly thereafter. Well, that afternoon he LEPT off the couch and ran to the bathroom. So fast that I didn't even realize he was gone (we were snuggling on the couch while I nursed the baby) until I heard him throwing up in the bathroom for the 50th time it seemed. This is the conversation that ensued, and the type of conversation that makes my job as a mom SO WORTH IT!

Me: "Cade are you okay, baby?"

Cade: "Yes, mommy, I'm just throwing up."

Me: "Yes, sweetie, mommy is so proud of you for making it to the toilet!" (this is the first time his throw up has ended up in the proper receptacle in his short 4 years of life!)

Cade: silence as he throws up again

Me: "Cade, are you going to make it?"

Cade: "Yes, mommy --- I just need to touch Jesus' clothes --- can you pray to God please?"

In church last week the kids learned about the woman with the issue of blood that touched the hem of Jesus' garment and was healed. I LOVE how simple things are for Cade --- he believes, no questions asked. I'll have to remember this the next time I try to make my life and my relationship with God all complicated and crazy!

A Blog is Born ---

I am 4.25 years into this thing called Motherhood (not including the first pregnancy because I had NO IDEA what motherhood had in store for me... NO IDEA). At times it has been W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L. At times it has been not. What I have learned in the first 4.25 years is that in each day there are these moments --- LIFE moments where eternity practically stands still. It is in these capsulized treasures that mothers get the strength to go on --- to wake up and do it all over again the next day.

This blog was born to begin trying to capture some of these times and in doing so maybe preserve a little bit of my sanity! My kids are young --- and they are hilarious, energetic and well, KIDS! I know this blog will be therapeutic for me as I sift through the "daily grind" and try to memorialize these special gifts. I hope it will be life-giving for you also, as you laugh with us!