Stolen from My Mother!

Since Chelsea has been working at 

Sight and Sound Theater with my mother

I get to hear bits and pieces from

the devotions my Mom shares there.

Wouldn't it be pretty cool to work in 

an environment where 

you actually have 

devotions?

Well, they do and it is a shared duty

among willing employees.

Apparently the other day Mom used

an event that happened right after 

Chelsea was born to make a very 

important point for us in life.

The story goes like this.

While pregnant with Chelsea I was 

put on bed rest at the fourth month due

to very, very high blood pressure.

Therefore I was chomping at the bit

as soon as she was born to get back out

there and shop!

LOL

No, not just shop, just not sit 

on my couch for endless days!!

I was excited to visit the outside world,

other than my illegal Saturday outings to Hoss's.

Yes, we did do that all the while I was on

bed rest.  It was necessary for my sanity.

A quick trip.

Anyway, within days of Chelsea's birth

Mom and I were at the local Sam's Club.

We had completed our shopping and were

leaving when we noticed piles of boxes.

I don't remember who it was that wanted the boxes

but I do know that both of us became engrossed in 

finding just the right ones not realizing that 

the sidewalk sloped right into the road and 

neither of us was holding onto the cart

anymore.

The next thing I heard was a man's voice

yelling...

"Hey Lady!  Your baby is in the middle of the road!"

I turned and there she was....
Chelsea, in her car seat, 

sitting in the cart

in front of a stopped 

pick-up truck.

My adrenaline went through the roof.

I was so angry at myself, at my Mom

and at the world.

But ever so thankful that my Chelsea, 

so long waited for, 

was ok.

Well, Mom made a wonderful analogy

for this sorry tale in her devotional.

She reminded her coworkers not to 

let go of the precious things of life to 

reach for the cardboard things.

Isn't that a pretty cool lesson?

Yep, my Mom is cool like that.

That's were I learned it....

wink!

Have a wonderfully stupendous day.

I'm busy as a beaver in the 

candle kitchen!