Well – I planned to blog about facing your fears to achieve your dreams . . . but reality stepped in!

I was reminded that certain experiences are equalizers . . . no matter what our position is in life, we have to deal with it all the same.

If you’re a Mom you know that to be true.

My daughter told me her throat hurt – so I hoped and prayed
(literally) that it would be healed in Jesus name by the morning.  Well – she woke up with a temperature – the journey to healing would not be lightning fast!

After not being able to reach my pediatrician’s office after several attempts. I discovered that she was not even in the office.  Her staff offered to contact her and she agreed to come in to see my daughter later that afternoon.

When You Give Grace, You Open The Door To Favor.  You have to make a conscious decision on how to engage others – and think about the grace you would appreciate in that situation. I made the decision to focus my conversation with the office staff on what I wanted to accomplish with their help (and not why it took so long to reach them!).

Five minutes before we get to the pediatrician’s office, my daughter threw up everywhere – I mean everywhere . . . on my phone (she was watching a video), on her coat, pants, booster seat, on the floor. I’m glad Ms. Frustration didn’t show up before Ms. Compassion stepped in! Did I mention we were running late?

At that moment, it doesn’t matter whether we’re the Parking Lot Attendant, General Manager, or VP of Sales.  Whether we have a GED, MBA, or PhD – our children and our love for them is what we all have in common.

She said “Mommy, I’m sorry I threw up – are you upset with me?”  I realized in that moment, that she needed to know that it would be OK and it wasn’t her fault.  Like Mom’s do – I kicked into solution mode, it’s a good thing I had Clorox wipes, napkins, and bottled water!  I cleaned her up (accepting that her clothes would be damp and not smell so great!) and headed into the office.

Thank God the diagnosis was relatively minor and she’ll be as good as new in a couple of days. I realized that healing is granted to us over and over and we can miss it –  today I’m choosing not to miss it and be very grateful for it.   

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