All's Well Again

Well, I am sitting here at my in-law's house, typing on my laptop, and all's well with my world again. The dogs are wrestling on the floor of the living room and the kids are wrestling with Uncle Brian in the family room. Ah...chaotic turmoil!

The kids came home Thursday evening no worse for wear. Well, except for Jonah, my Eyore. He informed me first thing off the bus that he didn't sleep all week. I'm sure it had nothing to do with my omission of blankey from the suitcase. When we got home, Jonah asked if it was ok that since he didn't use that new soap I sent with him could he put it in the shower? I have to admit it made me want to puke a little. I asked him, "Jonah, are you telling me that you didn't shower all week at camp?!?" and he promptly answered "I got wet, Mom, but the showers were FILTHY!" I also noticed that his new toothbrush, toothpaste, & shampoo hadn't been used either - well, no use in spoiling a perfectly new toothbrush! I did see that he had changed his underwear a few times during the week - that was a relief! Kelsey, on the other hand had used everything just like she was supposed to. There is such a difference between those boy creatures and those girlies!

To my horror, I learned that Jonah had been "porched" three times (there was a rumored fourth time I heard) for misbehavior - Oh My Gosh! I mean whose child is this? When I was a kid, I would have absolutely died if someone had gotten on to me for something. I know, I know - it's easy to say whose child he is - Darrel's! (Debbie Sheat is laughing right now...) I had made him promise before he left that he would be good - for mama's sake. A lot of good that did. I opened up his suitcase and I found more toys than I did the stuff I packed - Jonah had a good time shopping at the General Store!

Late that evening when we were on our way back to the house, a song came on the radio with the chorus that says, "I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky..." From the back seat I heard a small boy's voice quietly say, "I love you more than the sun, Mom." From that moment on, all was well in my world. I am preparing to have surgery this Tuesday - a total hysterectomy. There have been many emotions to deal with in the last week as I contemplate my life. I am so thankful for my two beautiful children. I am so thankful for my incredible husband. I have wonderful families on both sides. I am thankful for my health and for the improved health I am going to enjoy in the years to come. I am thankful for the option of adoption should God decide to increase our little family. I am thankful for Jesus. For love. Someone made a comment about how women sometimes struggle with feeling like they are less of a woman after a hysterectomy. Well, all I need to hear is my little loneyboy say that he loves me more than the sun...to see the light in my little Kelsey-girl's eyes when she and I share a joke...to hear my lover whisper that my body is a wonderland while we listen to a little John Mayer and I couldn't feel more like a complete woman. I truly have it all.