God helps

So in the middle of all of my own emotions and frettings and laying down worries there is a family's worth of kids here having their own after school moments.  Miranda is thrilled with the results of her beaded bracelet that she's just finished.  Kyle is tuning out the noise and reading a book in the living room.  Braden is wandering around having finished building his new Lego set.  Connor is having a sorrowful meltdown because his new Lego set guy thingie won't hold the Ninja sword.  And so me, rather than running away emotionally and losing myself in the tv, I am pulled out of my emotions and into mothering.  An excellent distraction and a worthy use of my time.  Any of his siblings was perfectly capable of helping Connor but God lined everyone else up with a project and Connor needed me.  Thank you, Lord, for using my kids to pull me back to this present moment.  You are good.

And now I am altering the sword to better fit the robot guy's hand.  This has me chuckling for some reason. Ah, God is so good!