It started out by taking a middle schooler and a teenagers to some appointments that they had. It was strange but I could relate to both of the appointments because I had the same things done to me like they were getting done without knowing what I would be doing. It is like God put me together with those two and knew exectly what they needed. One appointment was getting teeth checked on for braces and see if the child could get braces even and if not what needed to be done so the child can. He had a bad overbite and still had some baby teeth and enough to push the other teeth together. I can relate to the bad overbite. I understood everything the denist told me.
The second appointment was going to the drs. office for a broken foot. We waited about 3 hours in the waiting room and drs. office together. It was a long morning but we got some good talking in. This teenager told me about her life and what was happening and she was also worried about getting a cast but wanted one so bad. We talked through it and I told her about my broken wrist and how I broken it just playing around too like she broke her foot while dancing. We really got into some deep things because of a poster with the word "Persarvance" on it and a guy hanging off of a side of a mountain. She said, "I would just let go. I want to let go." and she said it jokely but I said right after, "No you don't you want to hold on" and she was like, "You're right" and then she told me all of her dreams and goals. She also told me that she liked me and wanted me to sign her cast first. I got to wonder how many people do actully listen to and take teens in in the foster care system. All they really need is a listening ear and have your respect for who they are and then hopefully you can get them to listen right back to you. We were laughing together by the end of the appointment. She didn't think through all of the things about a cast and I tried to share most of my story about my wrist and what the drs. would do and how it would feel when you had it on and take it off and during but I broke my wrist in 4th grade so it has been awhile. Never thought I could get along so well and talk so much to and teenager like I did this one but I had fun and loved it!
Then when we got back to where I work, I had to go work my plain shift for the day with my preschoolers. They were in a huggy mood that day or at least one of them was and the rest followed. One of our little boys would yelled, "It's huggy time" and come hug all the staff and then the other children would come copying him for a bit. I would have 3 to 4 children on me at a time. It was such a great feeling! :) Just what I needed in the afternoon after a busy, boring, and long morning.
Then staff got to talking about one of our children and what she is like and while they were talking I was thinking again. She has a sickness that if she wasn't in the states she might not be with us. If she was an orphan, without a doctor, in another country she might not be able to talk or be alive. It was just strange what went through my mind right then. We are blessed to have doctors that can perform miracles everyday too. It would be neat to see this little girl grow up and see what happens to her but either way I believe God will use her in the way He wants to with what is happening to her.
Four miracles in one day. They are all around us if we just open our eyes more and take that time to see those who we can relate to or think they need an encouraging word, even change our thinking around by being positive about things like thankful that we have doctors to go to. God will put us with people that we are able to help. That's why He puts us in their lives right then. That is why they cross our path. We think that people cross our path to change us a lot of times when really it can go the other way or both ways if we take the time to see it that way.
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