Praising God

We had a huge scare last night with Felicity and it made me ponder/reflect, for the most of the night, about how big our God is and how much He loves us! And...how I should really write down when I see His miracles ;) I can't imagine how anyone without hope and trust in our Savior get through the day. I realized that it would be so easy to put a bubble around my kids so they don't experience things like last night. There are SO many things that could hurt my babies, and I cannot live in a bubble. All I can do is trust in the One who created them and loves them more than I can even comprehend. So, today I am so thankful that God still wants my baby around, fully in tact with no broken bones!!!

I took Felicity to a birthday party last night at an indoor pool. We went upstairs, some very steep and narrow stairs, to watch a hula video and have cupcakes. The birthday girl, Felicity's "best friend" went back down to go swimming some more. I told Felicity and she quickly followed suit, very quickly!! The next thing I know is I hear her distinct scream. I rushed to the top of the stairs (which I was following her out anyway but got caught behind a crowd), and I see her laying at the bottom of them on a concrete slab flat on her back :( Can I tell you I don't even know how I got down those stairs myself because the next thing I know, I am sitting right there with her trying to comfort her w/out moving her. The lifeguard a dr didn't want her moving until she could move her legs by herself b/c she was crying her back hurt. Well, after a long 2 minutes, I finally picked her up and comforted her. A dad saw it happened and looked very shaken up! He said she slipped on the 2nd step (at the top) and just tumbled down, luckily on her side and not head over heels, all the way to the bottom of these stairs. Stairs that are concrete covered in that outdoor fake carpeting, which gets VERY slippery when wet! I even took a picture later on of the stairs to show Joe. Turns out I took it for me b/c last night as I was NOT sleeping, I was thinking about how I was going to call that place and chew them out for the staircase, not having a hand railing,etc...who would not put a hand railing on a set of stairs like that!? Well, at 2 am I looked at the picture and sure enough, there was hand railing...oops!! Guess I jumped to conclusions. Needless to say, I'm calm today and not calling the place at all. I'm choosing to show love, by not saying a thing, and to trust in our God who continuously wraps my babies in His arms so they do not get hurt, too often ;)

she is absolutely fine, not even a bruise, yet. JUst a little sore. Can I say it again? Our God is so good...ALL the time!
Thank you Lord for wanting my little girl around still; I know you have amazing plans for her precious soul!!

I may be blowing this out of proportion, but it was one of the scariest things I've experience with her thus far, I need to keep reminding myself that there's nothing to be fearful or anxious of; God's hands are bigger and greater than our own!