God's gifts 35-50
Today naturally set me in a thankful mode. You see, it's Abel's second birthday, but only our first one with him home. This time last year, we celebrated Abel's birthday without him... and that is not nearly as delightful as celebrating with him. The slightly dampening effect of the day appeared when coming home from our morning activities to Ruthie running out of the garage. That, in itself, has been fairly common. She knows how to push the door open between the house and the garage, if we forget to close it all the way. The downer hit when I went to take her back into the house, and found the entire trash bag of stinky diapers and dirty cat litter spread across the garage floor, all chewed up. The odor made my head spin. Even writing of it now returns the burning sensation to my nose. My hands could not bring themselves to clean the mess. While both children were still safely playing in the car, I quickly grabbed a grocery bag and used it to pick up all of the