Just what I needed

God always know just what I need and the timing is always perfect. Today was a particularly challenging day for us with Gavin. Well, saying that the day was challenging isn't a fair representation b/c the challenge only lasted about 2 hours...seems like an entire day when its that bad!! I love that Gavin is so quick to forgive and that we can move on to brighter things.

I got a phone call from my friend Kelly just to ask me about a shirt size, well that's what we though initially. I do believe the shirt was just a way to get us on the phone with each other at jus the right time. I just said to her when ending the conversation, "hey, please pray for us this afternoon about Gavin and his behavior, its been really bad." Kelly then began to encourage me and we were able to share with each other some trying points in parenting a "difficult" preschooler. I use the term difficult lightly b/c these kids are so delightful most of the time :) God knew that Kelly and I needed to talk today at that particular moment. It was refreshing for her to tell me that I am a good mother and that she would be praying for me. We have both gone through some good and bad times with our sweet preschoolers and agree that it has brought us to a different level of dependence on God. Thanks Kelly, you are a sweet sweet friend.

I also had a much needed "date" with my friend Mary Nelle. We ALWAYS have our kids with us and we do make a point to "play" with the kids but I think we both needed a kid-free night. So, I fed Brooks and put him to bed and left Gavin in charge, J/K , Tim is off tonight so he put Gavin to bed after I left the house at 800pm. That's crazy, I haven't "gone out" in a long time. It only consisted of drinking a coke at Smokey Bones but it was so worth being with my friend for some girl time.

God has blessed me tremendously with some awesome girlfriends. I know I use my kids as my reason for not doing alot of stuff but God can't be hindered by my "schedule" and sense of control. I wish I had more opportunities to hang out with and/or talk to all of my friends regularly like I had today. HE is so good and HE knows just what I need.