I'm not ready for this...

The other day while I was cleaning, I picked up an envelope made out to me from Grace and discovered this little gem tucked inside. It reads: Mom- I was scared to tell this to you- but I like someone in my school- Grant. I don't know if he likes me.
Oh, how I laughed- and then amazingly fast, panic overwhelmed my entire being. I pulled her aside yesterday and told her I had found her note about Grant. She smiled and covered her face in embarrasment. I told her, :Sweety, that's fine if you like someone. Just know you can tell me anything and you don't have to be scared. Just know you can always talk to me."

In my mind I flash forwarded 10 years and just shook my head. 3 girl's in a row- Please help me Lord... I'm not ready for this!
(Oh yeah, how awesome is she for writing this all by herself? Way to go 5 year old smarty pants!)

Wonderful water heater...

Pretty much every day I thank the Lord for my dishwasher, running cars, warm house, washing machine, dryer, running water etc... I know how blessed I am- and spoiled, oh, how very spoiled. When I noticed my water heater dripping water Friday morning- I said, "Please Lord, not right now, I'll deal with it after the wedding, I just can't worry about this right now!"  (My friend Kristen was getting married and we had a church to set up and a wedding to attend that day!)
Naturally, I went right into pancic mode and called DeArley, who came over within minutes. She turned the water off, started making calls to cousins, calmed me down, changed a diaper, combed the girl's hair and helped me get the kids out the door for school. Her cousin was over in about 20 minutes, fixed the part and I was on;y out $ 50.00! I borrowed fans, dried out the wall for 4 days and thanked the Lord it wasn't any worse. Brother Coffin came over last night and removed a piece of the wall and did find mold. We will be running to Lowes when Trav get home and replacing the section that was damaged. I am grateful for wonderful friends, fast plumers, fan lenders and a helpful VT who lent her husband so we could discover the yucky mold hiding out in our wall. Thank you wonderful helpers! We appriciate you so much! And yes, Mom, I will let you know...