Unexpected was Right

Whew. What a week. I have had a quiet peace all week in the midst of a car dying, max crashing through our sliding glass door, a hole in our door that wasn't fixed until the next day, Sam's motorbike dying on the way to look at a car to replace my car, our heat pump still a bit on the fritz & a host of other things.

My peace has stayed through it all. The last few years I had to find my peace by reminding myself who God is, but this time it just settled on me. For that I am thankful. Our car made it one last drive to get Sam in the rain tonight while he waited by his broken scooter and we all made it home safe. I have money set aside for other things but can use it for the car. I had a friend bring me Starbucks while I have been stranded at home. And another friend pick Max & me up and took us to Starbucks today. Thankful. I walked into Starbucks to compliments and encouragement. I missed my happy place.
A friend brought us meatballs & spaghetti so I didn't have to cook tonight. And Max
played Dr. Ackland all afternoon in the surgeon specialty. He knew a bit too much cutting with his knife & saying "oh no mommy the blood is coming" then started doing heart compressions. Mom might have watched a few too many Grey's Anatomy in front of him. At least he's learning.

Today after a 6 mile run I left Max with my phone because he was watching the video Uncle Mike & "uncle" Tyler (he refuses to believe he's a cousin & insists its "uncle Tyler") made him over and over. In that few minutes he took an enormous amount of selfies on my phone and text Sam a cute text. Evidently he called Sam twice too. He's a little too observant I think! But it could have been much worse leaving my 2 year old with my phone. He also got his first black eye tonight. When we finally got home he was playing rugby, of course, and slammed into Sam's knee. I guess for Max the best reason to get a black eye would be because of rugby.

Max again summed it up well when we walked in the door tonight, "Oh what a day we had!"

If you are the praying type I would love prayers for continued peace as we figure this out and for Sam as he tries to focus on his studies that are extremely hard. And of course for an awesome car that's better than we could have hoped for and if you're not the praying type cross your fingers extra tonight for us.

I believe something will happen and I am sure that as we stay thankful we will reap good things.