Learning to accept the cards we are dealt.

As promised previously, my blog titled as above.
Let me tell you about Lucas. Lucas Oliver is my 2nd child. He is named after my Grandmother Lucille Olive Hazlett. My grandmother was a wonderful woman. I miss her every day. She made quite an impact on my life, and it saddens me that my children will grow up without her. It's encouraging that we will all get to meet her in heaven one day. She was one of those people who as she would say, "never met a stranger." I loved going over to her house and just laying on the couch, eating M & M's and listening to her stories.









So back to Lucas...He is such a happy baby. Always smiling at other's. Very good disposition.......EXCEPT....he is NOT a good sleeper. We thought maybe it was his ears, as he had 5 ear infections and finally got tubes in January, but NO...still NOT a good sleeper.


Oh, he has his moments, but all in all, just not a good sleeper. I have tried everything. Tylenol or motrin before bed, benadryl, let him cry it out. Let me tell you, that kid can cry it out with the best of them. He cried all the way to the Topeka Zoo. Another night, while crying it out, it went on for about 3 hrs...and he was not letting in. So my Mom says to me, "What are you going to do?" Well, what can you do? Pretty much nothing....you learn to accept the cards you are dealt. Now while you know the saying, "God won't give us more than we can handle." I frequently follow that by saying, "Pretty sure he thinks I'm stronger than I am."
Now sometimes, I am a hard learner. I don't quite get it right away. I'm stubborn. (Gee, I wonder where Lucas gets it from.) How did I learn to accept this when sleep is one of my favorite things? Here's my story.
I met a patient of mine. Her baby boy was born in June (Lucas was born in May). During delivery, her placenta ruptured. Her baby was without oxygen, and hence suffers from now many disabilities, one which is being blind. It was like all of a sudden a light bulb went off in my head...Hello Christine!!!!
"Um, hello God, it's me Christine. I had an epiphany moment today. Thank you for my children. My two healthy boys. I am blessed beyond measure. Amen."
So, although the dealer has known my cards since before I was born, and I received my hand and decided to hold'em. I have learned to accept the fact that although I am not holding an ace and a ten spot...I am holding two kings, and for that I will be forever grateful....
1 Samuel 1:27 "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him."