Jonah’s Deep Thinking (9/06/12)
The
latest from our sweet Jonah… with tears
in his eyes and having a very hard time holding it together he says, “I hope me and Daddy are the same age when
we die,” (i.e.- die at the same time), “because
I love him too much to be away from him for long.” Then he lost it and climbed in my lap to
cry. He is so deep, so sweet, and so
amazing! Love that kid!
After
that he told us that he’d been praying earlier in the day for God to help him
to be better (not hit his brother when his brother hits him, etc.) and wanted
to know when he’d be changed/different.
Faith of a child! J
He
also talked about “if” he gets older (what’s with the IF?—a little scary for a
parent when it’s coming from a kid who seems to be so in tune with God) and if
he plays baseball for the Wakulla War Eagles, he hopes God protects him from
getting hurt. I think he was thinking
about Jeffery Barnes though I don’t know why because we had not been talking
about him or baseball or the War Eagles or anything. (Jeffery is a great Christian teenager who
goes to our church and plays baseball for WHS.
My boys, especially Jonah, really look up to him).
A Thorn in My Side (9/06/12)
Okay,
so it wasn’t a thorn (it was a splinter) and it wasn’t in my side (it was in
Jonah’s foot).
Jonah
obtained some pretty bad splinters from a dock at Mrs. Joyce’s house on Sunday,
August 11th. Mike picked out
as much as he could shortly after it happened, but they were pretty deep. Jake proceeded to pick out some more when he
got home from work that night, but as luck would have it, Jonah had an
appointment at Shands Hospital the next day, so Jake left what he couldn’t get
in hopes of Dr. Weinstein being able to get them (which he did—or so we
thought). Guess he didn’t get them all
because earlier today I noticed a black spot on the bottom of Jonah’s foot so
when Jake got home he “operated” on it and this is what came out!
Can
you believe this has been in there for almost a month with absolutely no
complaints from Jonah?! That’s our tough
little man (he didn’t even know it was there)!
