When God Reminds You.......

           It has been a long week but everything turned out good at the end. God always gives you those little moments to remind you that He puts you in a place for a reason. I had two of those reminders this week and some hard ones too. I could write an entry about each one but I know I won't have time so I'm going to write all about them in this one.
            First, one of my girls had to have surgery for her ears and throat at the same time. She had to stay over at the hospital overnight so I went there to be with her in the morning. Let me tell you I was shocked when I first went in her room. Seeing that little girl asleep with IVs and everything else hooked up to her. After hearing what went on the night before, it was truly a miracle. She also cried while me and another co-worker was trading spots. Then she went back to sleep for awhile after I held her for a bit. When she woke up the second time, she actually smiled at me a little bit and ate a popsicle that I had to cut into tiny pieces.
             It was a miracle that she smiled when she woke up because I had just got done praying for her in my morning prayer that she would get well sooner then later and that we would get to go back. After that one nap, she took one more before lunch and then woke up during lunch and ate a little bit and then stayed awake until it was time to go back. She watched some TV and I gave her some books to look at and she would smile at me off and on. I also thought of something while I was there that really got to me after lunch.
             The drs. said that we might be able to discharged soon so I called people to let them know and give then an update and I got to thinking about things. What if this little girl didn't have anyone there with her. I felt bad that they didn't call me to ask for updates and see how she was doing. To me, it was like no one really cared. I'm not saying that they don't, I know they do but they were just busy. Sometimes we get too busy to think about other people or the ones we use to care about or old friends. It must have been rough not having a mom there at one of the hardest times in her young life. Just these 4 random people, not one person that can stay all that time. It was like she had to cry and be scared all over again and that crying was not good for her. I remember thinking that I have this job for this reason and I did feel like a "preacher" or "missionary" going and visiting her. You know how they visit people from church when they are sick?
             Then I just had a reminder again tonight when one of my little boys woke up from bed. It has been a long time for me where I could just sit down and talk to any of the children because things have been busy at work being short handed and all. Well, tonight I got to sit down and talk to one of my boys about how he felt and he felt scared. It was a long process but worth it all. We went to ghosts being in the jungle to him wanting me to take him him because he wanted Mimi and mommy. It was so sad. I had to remind him that he was safe where he is now and that mimi and mommy had to make good choices before they could see him.
              He started to talk about his Mimi for a little bit but then he started to cry so he went back to talking about the jungle and some animals that lived there. He kept repeating that he was scared of this and that in the jungle so I asked him if a hug would make him feel better and he said, yes so I hugged and rocked him for a bit. While we were rocking, he started to talk about his mommy and how he wanted me to take him to her because he wanted to sleep with her. He also talked some about someone laying down beside him on his bed and yelling at him. It was creative yet scary for me too. I love to talk to children and get stories like these because then I try to think about it and see what they mean. Children can't really explain what they feel so they try to explain by using what they know and sometimes it make sense and sometimes it doesn't. It could make a neat short story someday.
              God knew what I needed to be reminded of and why I am there for this season of my life and He knew when I needed it. It was after a very hard and long week. He knows us best, we just have to trust Him.