Something new

Just  Breathe 

I recently tried something new,  That seems to be my thing right now, (doing new things)  anyway. Pastor Woody had a vacation coming up and had ask  if anyone want to preach,  Both of my kids  had done this during  there senior year.  I have been asked a few times to come to women's groups and talk about  living with a Child that has O.I.,  But I have always said no.  ( josh is really pretty private and doesn't like to talk about his condition.) But I feel like I have something to say, so after some thought I decided that I would talk about my faith and how I have grown as a Christian, because of his condition. I talked about the Mother figures in my life and how they gave me the strength to get through whatever we needed to do for Josh.  Just Breathe has been said over a million times in my home.  When ever something  happen, that's where we would go.  Just Breathe! Sometime in life when things are so bad and off tract,  we need to remember to just breathe.  But more importantly we taught Josh that saying a prayer, when he breaks  can change the world.  It brings a calm to him. Josh fell in January and broke his leg so badly that he had to have surgery and then in February he became so infected that he had to have a second surgery.  Josh was sitting by the pool texting when he broke his leg. ( he was breathing, it was no big deal, other then the fact graduation was five months away and walking across that stage was the one thing he had work for most of his life). But in February when Josh became so sick, he looked fine and acted fine, he should have been fine. Infection was something we had  never dealt with and we were very upset. We as Parents had to remind ourselves to  Stop and Just Breathe and above all Pray.  Today Josh is fine and at Ball State, he continues to prove that he will not let O.I. run his life.  Shelby is at USI and doing amazing things with her life.  I am...... I am here in Flora wondering When did the kids grow up. I am Just Breathing, Praying and wondering  When did that Happen.   
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