That Day

Before Thursday, February 26th at 7:36 AM I had a list of 3 things I was planning to blog about. 1: My and P's new red shoes. 2: Baseball begins in our new town. 3: Pinewood Derby. My how a day can change everything. It has been 3 weeks since I have had time to blog anything. On Thursday the 26th I was on my way to a state wide behavioral conference and chatting away on my cell phone to Hubby when he told me S was beeping in on his other line. I hung up and thought "wonder who is throwing up". Hubby called me right back with a tone in his voice I have never heard in our 13 and 1/2 years together. The girls had been in a wreck and K was not waking up. (After being waved through an intersection by another driver, the girls car was broad sided in K's door by a 3/4 ton pick up traveling at full speed) The next hour is a blur. I remember doing a U turn on the freeway (no, you're not supposed to do that), calling my work and telling them I was not going to be there, and driving frantically through rush hour traffic trying to get to the wreck scene. Hubby was only a few minutes away and called me when he arrived. I called S's special friend and he was also on his way. I just needed information and just wished so strongly that we were still "at home" because I knew then people who knew and cared for my girls would be taking care of them. Little did I know God had all his warrior angels already in place. K and S are home now, both still have a great deal of recovery ahead of them, and I still miss "home". I will post more about the last 8 days this weekend, but for now I am going to post a copy of a letter I wrote to a family member expressing my humble thanks for prayers. Please know that it is to each and every one of you who prayed, called, and thought of my children.

To All:

Thank you so much for your prayers and thoughts for my girls. It is a testimony of God's grace that I have my girls here today. I did not earn this blessing and surely do not deserve it. I have leaned on 2 Samuel 22:29-30 for years and felt its surety during the scariest times in the PICU. Kasey Jo knows she had a warrior angel wrapping his wings around her in that car. She compares her time to Daniel in the Lions Den. When she woke up in the hospital she said she knew she was sick but was never afraid. She told the fireman who helped her that even though she did not remember the wreck or her rescue; she knew him when she saw him. As a Christian himself he knows that is because the Lord placed him in the perfect place at the perfect time. When she called for her daddy, he didn't say "He's on his way" he told her "He's right here with you". That is the kindest act any one could have done for my baby.

Shelby has had some very difficult memories to bear. She has prayed for God's healing hand for her heart but has never prayed for her facial wounds to heal. She said that God has placed Proverbs 31:25-30 in her heart. I have walked through several Bible studies with Shelby but we have never studied Proverbs 31. I was waiting until she was older so she could fully grasp the fruit of the message. God has taken a very painful experience for a 17 year old girl and given her the grace of a woman.

No matter how many times the trauma doctors or neurosurgeons told me the medical efforts that saved my girls I know it is God's grace alone that has given me this gift. I know the power of prayers from my friends and family in Christ lifted my babies. I can never find the words to tell you how much love is behind my meager Thank You.

In Christ Love,