Starting back at SGO!!!

(Sunday's Goings on)

Seems a long time since I've been able to post SGO. And though I didn't actually get to hear the message...and though Kate disrupted the ENTIRE nursery with her screaming (I wonder if even DOUG heard her from the pulpit) and though Quinn, who I think might be the best caregiver in the WORLD when it comes to children and whom I SURE secretly despises screamy, snotty nosed seemingly spoiled Kate...even through ALL of that, I was THRILLED to be back at church. Thrilled when I walked in 35 minutes late having dropped off Jeff, Sloan and Lauren, gone back home to get my forgotten phone since Rach was "not feeling well" and stayed home with Kate, packed Rach and Kate up and took them back to church with me after Rach's miraculous recovery (well it IS resurrection Sunday) and then dealt with all of Kate's shenanigans...yep, I was THRILLED. When I walked in and saw Doug up there, I got the warm fuzzies. When I saw Lisa over with her best friend Kris and SO MANY BABIES everywhere...all seemed right in the world. When I was INVITED in with Kate to hear the kids sing having been told, "come on in, it's an off day, lol (TOO FUNNY) and all the little kids: Emily, Madison, Ty, Ev and Hannah waved furiously and smiled those big, open faced smiles at me as if they had been waiting just for ME... my heart nearly overflowed. It was if in that moment, every child was comforting me, loving me, telling me WELCOME. And when I took Kate back to the nursey with me later and she was FINE and played and I sat, a few kids came up to me to show me "her shoes" or "how strong he was" or "her dress" and I realized...man, KIDS ARE GREAT. KIDS ARE GOD'S OWN. KIDS DESERVE THE ULTIMATE IN CARE AND LOVE and I was glad to be there to give 'em some. It was a God thing ya know and even though I really hadn't intended on sharing this, I am currently experiencing a third miscarriage having begun late last night. So how I packed it all up and got my badonkadonk to church was a DEFINITELY a God thing.
And now? Complete peace. Happy. Joyful.Veritably SNATCHED off my back and PLUNKED down on my feet again and ready to take on the world again tomorrow. Which is a good thing since Sloan goes for her restricted license, the second issue of Lake Family Magazine arrives (yes, we changed the name) AND I have a design meeting ALL before 12... So while I'm not sure how this exactly translates into an Easter message...somehow I just FEEL that it does, so
Praise God people and his tender mercies in every form they come! Today, for me, it was the children of CC. Woohoo! (and I mean that in a Calvary Chapel sorta way) ;) Happy Easter!