God Answers All Prayers

It has been a crazy time.  Good but truly insane.  Our schedule looks like this of late: Monday - swimming, home, me back to town for a meeting; Tuesday - riding, soccer; Wednesday - swimming, soccer; Thursday - speech, soccer.  Each of these days involve two trips to town.  The weekends are equally loaded and until today we've been doing school.  So I have felt a bit like a tired, waddling yo-yo.  One day recently found me whining, (ahem) praying to God, "Oh Please can't we just have one week at home".  So I came home from Ignatian Retreat to find my two oldest children spotted with suspicious red spots.  God is good and I'm grateful for His "Yes".  I just need to remember to be a bit more careful how I pray in the future.

Persistance

Monday evening was spent waiting. First waiting for Justin to come home, so that I could take Alexander to the hospital, then waiting in the hospital waiting room, and then waiting for a verdict.
Our poor giraffe was close to dehydration. The verdict was returned that he wasn't dehydrated yet, but close. In order to learn this, they had to take blood. I thought we'd be in trouble and there'd be a fight. Xander is notoriously stubborn. But instead he was exceptionally brave. The reward offered to him for this bravery was a choice between two Ty Beanie Baby Bears. This was not what he wanted and no amount of cajoling was going to convince him that a bear would do. He had heard someone mention stickers in passing and he had set his mind and will on stickers. Which he finally got.
I know that someday his persistence will be a boon. It will serve him well. He will not be easily swayed by world influences. He will be his own man as he is his own boy now.
But sometimes I wish for just a wee bit more compliance. For example, when we had to give him a Gravol. Suppository.