A God-thing

Peg was still coaching the same cheer leading squad and had a practice the next day. She invited me to come and help keep her daycare kids in tow. I accepted with little thought to what that entailed. It wasn't too bad of a job for an able-bodied person, but it was exhausting for me. I wanted Peg to concentrate, so I did my best to keep the daycare kids entertained. I made sure they didn't run off, and went on numerous bathroom runs (all those little bladders), which endeared them to me that much more. But I wondered how Peg did all this and got a decent practice done being by herself.

When we got back to Peg's she could see how worn out I was and reluctantly informed me there was cheer camp in two days. Seeing the question 'What?' on my face, she told me I could stay home. I said, "But I want to help with the kids!" So she quickly devised a plan. She would ask the parents of the six kids that were not needed at camp, if I could watch them at home. Explaining that I raised my own kids all by myself and that Robert would be right downstairs if needed.

Amazingly, all the parents agreed (I believe it was a 'God-thing'). That day Peg had everything ready from lunch to nap to snack and a list of parent phone numbers in case of emergency.

The day went well until lunch, when the frozen pizza I placed in the oven fell through the rack onto the burner. I hollered for Robert's help. 'Up, Up and Away' he came to the rescue. He remedied the situation and saved lunch. MY HERO!

The rest of the day was uneventful, and when Peg got home the kids told her what a blast the day had been. She patted me on the back, saying "I knew you could handle it with God's help and maybe a little bit of Robert's thrown in there."

As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God's help.

1 Samuel 14:45

I am blessed

Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce