What would you do without family?

I am blessed to live next door to my parents and quite near Rob's parents as well. I don't know what I would do without my mother and mother-in-law to snatch me from the pit of incompetence from time to time. Like the other day, I had to leave for Alabaster at 6 am so Mother was going to take the kids to "school" for me. I laid out all of their clothes, down to socks and shoes. I had John Robert's bottles fixed and Emmy's chocolate milk in the fridge. I thought that I had made things as easy as possible on Mother and Daddy. About the time that I got to Montgomery, Mother called me to ask where JR's car seat was. AHHHHH it was in my car!!! She had a seat for Emmy and a base for JR but no seat! I called Elaine and she was already on her way to work, early and she said that she had put JR's car seat in her car the night before. God sure lined that one up perfectly because normally she would not have had his seat in her car. I'll tell you, I don't know how people with kids live away from their families. I know that you do what you have to do, but God knows that he needs to keep me close to our parents...for my children's sake :).

Anyway, I say all of this to say that no matter how hard you try, no one is perfect and everyone needs a little help from time to time. God reminds me all the time that he is watching over me and taking care of the things that I let slip through the cracks. What a wonderful God that gives you people to lean on and cares for you so! With all the other problems in the world, He still takes care of a little car seat mix up :).

Thanks Mom and Elaine. I love you guys more than you will ever know. I will never be able to repay all that I owe you!