Boys With Soft Hearts

Hunter, my six year old, has such a soft heart. I was downstairs unwinding from my hectic month and he came down and sat on my chair and started watching me. #1 he never sits still for more that 1 second at a time. #2 he never leaves the tv room when the tv is on. So I casually asked him what was going on and his reply is still making me cry. He said that the movie they were watching was sad. There was a man driving a car and was talking and not paying attention and hit and killed a little girl. He started crying when he told me this and I started crying. He reminds me of a little boy that I once knew. He has one of the softest hearts ever, he cares for his family. The little boy that Hunter reminds me of is my brother David. I remember when we were very young and lived in a 2 bedroom trailer. Something happened to a sibling and David was crying because he didn't want them to get in trouble. We girls know what it is to have a soft heart but it's hard to find the boys with the soft hearts.

Trust

Month end is a killer for me. I get very stressed out, and alas it was the last day of September today and all I can say is whew! It was a rocky one. I doubled my hours as a Guardian. Moving two of our clients and Jimmy picked up a job cleaning out a house. Not just any house, no, it was a very dirty house. The Mom was 102, recently deceased, and the son, 74, recently released from the hospital into assisted living. The house they were living in hadn't been cleaned in over 15 years. I am still overwhelmed with all the stuff they accumulated. But my boss gave us the job because she trusts us. She has known my family for over 20 years and that is a big part of it. I felt honored that she even thought of us. Jimmy is always looking for ways to make extra money. That makes me feel so good to know that because of the example our family was for her, she trusts us. My boss and I were overloaded this month and the stress levels rose a couple of notches, yet she still took the time to tell me how thankful she is that she can trust us.

Locked Out!

After my wonderful morning of catching up on my blogging I proceeded to get the kids ready for school and pre-school. Hunter is not allowed to watch TV in the morning until he is completely ready to go. This morning he forgot. After we all are ready and I start loading up the Sophia first, starting the rental car (cold morning) and I turn around to go back in and get all the stuff and the door is closed. I walk to the door and try to open it but alas it is locked! I have no diaper bag, no purse, no work bag, nothing. All the keys are hanging up right inside that door. I kinda freak out. On the way to the bus I realize that we missed that too, so I take a deep breath. I ask Hunter what the rule is about watching TV in the morning and he actually remembers. He apologized for closing the door and we discuss, very calmly his punishment for not following the rules. He thought of something but he didn't tell me because it wouldn't be any fun for him. We decided that he would have no TV for the rest of the day. He apologized again for closing the door and locking us out. He is forgetfull, but he has a great heart.

Hunter's Baptism question

Jayden had a friend named Valerie over for her birthday. She is from the neighbor hood and we see her quite frequently. While Jayden was busy playing in the toy room Valerie and Hunter were in the living room. Hunter asked Valerie how old she was, she replied 7. He then asked her if she was going to get baptized. She asked him "What is that?" At some point he asked her if she "goes to church" and she doesn't. So he proceeded to tell her that when you get baptized is when you get the Holy Ghost. She then asked again what the Holy Ghost was. He replied that when you are going to do something wrong it is a whisper that tells you not to do it. "It says no, don't do that."
It makes me sad to think that there are people in my neighborhood who don't know about God or Jesus. I loved it because he is listening and sharing what he has learned. What a great example he is to me.

Birthday, birthday, birthday and birthday

Yes, we have 4 birthdays in a short period of time and it wipes me out. Every two weeks from August 25th until October 2nd. We started with my birthday in August, one of the kids was sick so I ended up staying home from work (I loved it.) Then little Sophia turned one around the time Chelsey had her accident so she didn't have much of a birthday. I was busy trying running from one work to the hospital then to my other work. Then Jayden turned 3 and she got her princess dress and was in heaven all night dressing and undressing her Polly Pockets. Finally Hunter turns 7 in October, It always seems to be about him. While we were shopping for Jayden he wants me to look at this and that. Then he wants me to buy him something because Jayden is getting stuff. 3 down, one to go.

Families can be together forever

Saturday Jimmy and I went up north to Usk. We had been offered a job to clean a house up there and it was worth our while. Problem being it took about 7 hours of our saturday to "check out" the job. When we arrived home we loaded every one in the van and took off for Greenbluff.
The kids had a blast, Jimmy loved it and I just enjoyed watching my family. I just felt like this is what life is all about, being able to take the time and enjoy it with your family.
Today we went to church and we were early. I was trying to enjoy the speakers and juggle Sophia who didn't want to be held. Finally I gave up and went in to the hall. Peace. I just let her go and I was able to listen and enjoy church. They talked about listening to the Holy Ghost. Then there was a musical number that really touched me. It talked about Heaven and being a mom there. It was just a very uplifting day for me (I don't have too many of those) and I want to be able to be the kind of person who will have a forever family. My heart is softened and I keep on trying.
"Tomorrow is fresh with no mistakes"

Just call me forgetful

Jimmy was suppose to meet a previous client heir and help load things from the storage unit. I wasn't sure of the time. By the time I called we were 15 minutes late. Jimmy hadn't taken the key with him, so I started looking. I looked and looked and looked. I was so frustrated because I had just seen it, somewhere, last week. I had called Jimmy and told him to get the storage manager to cut the lock and we would buy a new one, when I found it. whew! I was on the verge of a nervouse breakdown. I rushed over, only an hour late, and helped because I felt so guilty.

Kokia's b-day

Saturday was my baby's b-day. We started w/a church primary party, which I had to leave to get some fruit I had ordered. Then I sent the "kids" shopping and I prepared the house. I am not a big celebrator, especially for a 1 year old who doesn't get it yet. But we did celebrate w/cupcakes, and she dug into them. GG was there to celebrate with us. The rest of the gang was at the hospital with chelsey. (She was discharged yesterday, whohoo)