Rachel's Ramblings

It just HURTS!

Teething just HURTS

I take so many "cute" pictures of my children, but more often then not, I disregard the "sad" expressions - yet those are important memories, too! 

As a Mommy, I feel like it is my job to "kiss away the hurts".   It pains me to know that my child is hurting and I can't fix the problem.  It seems that as they get older there are more and more hurts that I can't fix.  My eldest is still, after a year of living here, struggling with missing his friends.  We were scheaduled to visit this week, and were unable because he and his sister were sick - so Daddy went alone.  My son cried (something very unusual for him).  It was a hurt I couldn't fix.  I couldn't kiss it better.  I couldn't make it go away -- especially since I felt like crying, too.  This time continues to be a good transition time for us.  We are learning how to lean on eachother as a family, but more importantly, how to take our hurts to the ONE who CAN help with them.   There will be many more times in the near future when we ache to visit with a special friend or a family member and are unable.  I praise God for allowing us the time to learn how to handle these emotions before we are an ocean apart from those we hold dear.  God is GOOD.

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7:32 AM, Thursday, April 24, 2008 .. Posted by littlebrowngirl

Thanks haha you are a sweetie ^_^
Aw, what a cuuuute picture to bad its so painful all babies have to do it haha.
So, how are you?
-Hannah

Poor guy

1:00 AM, Sunday, April 27, 2008 .. Posted by hugabunchmom

Oh I know, my little guy just turned one today, and he is teething something awful. Breaks my heart. You make some very good points here about leaning on one another and God...I hadn't even realized it. We went through a similar time when God moved us from an area where we had strong friendships, a wonderful church, and a really good support system. I honestly never realized until this moment how much growth we have made because of God moving us away from all that we knew. We too, have grown closer as a family and my children have made strides in their own personal relationships with Christ that may never have been made without that move. Wow, thanks for sharing. Hugs!