It's in my heart

I just had a baby a few months ago and I don't have the best body yet. I help lead worship at my church and it was my first Sunday back so I was nervous about what I looked like. I ask my husband " how do I look?" As a good husband he lies and say I look fine. Carter had been standing there and was checking me out. He says "mom, you still look pregnant in that dress." Who needs a mirror when you have a compulsively honest son?

I tell Carter that sometimes we have to lie so we don't hurt people's feelings and he says " it was in my heart."

Not very Christlike

My middle child Coleman pinched Carter today in the car. Carter is crying and so I say "pinch him back Carter!" He looks at me and says " mom, that's not very Christ like" (Put me in my place) At least I know he is learning about what Christ desires for him.

I love you

Me- " carter come here, I need to tell you something!" Carter- " I already know what your going to say!! That you love me" He knows me so well

I'm not getting out of this car till I'm a Christian

On Tuesday morning January 17, 2012 Carter accepted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour (his boss). Of course in "Carter style" he was sweet and funny.
We were on our way to school (I work at his elementary school)at 7:00 in the morning and I was in a hurry. Carter was in the back rambling on about the trinity. I was trying to keep up with his thoughts when all of a sudden, as we pull up in the parking lot he says "I'm not getting out of this car till I'm a Christian". He was very serious and said he wanted the holy spirit to live in his heart. We prayed and thanked God for forgiving him of his sins, and asked Him to live in his heart. He said he believed Jesus is the only way to God, and now God was the boss of him. He was so excited the next day at AWANA he told everyone and was proud.
It is a wonderful day when the child you gave birth to is reborn into Gods family.

when we cry its because we have too much love in our hearts

I have had on stressful holiday. Carter had broken his arm right before Thanksgiving. He ran into a neighbor while they were bike riding and when he fell he put his arm down to stop his fall and ended up with a compound fracture. We rushed him to the closest ER and when I asked for the doctor we usually have for orthopedics they told me he wasn't on call. Anyway to make a long story short, the doctor set his arm wrong and it didn't heal right. My mommy instinct kicked in and we got a second opinion in a different office. The appointment was on the Tuesday before Christmas and his surgery to have it re broken and rods put in the bones was Thursday before Christmas. He will have the rods removed in 6 weeks. The pain medicine did crazy things to him but he is doing better now.All of that to say I had a crying meltdown in front of the boys over a accumulation of things and this is what happened...
Carter said "sometimes when we cry its because we have too much love in our hearts and it gets so full it bursts and tears come out"
My first born will teach me more than I will ever teach him, no matter what goes go his heart is always so pure

Navigating Love and Autism

Navigating Love and Autism
www.nytimes.com
It is about two Asberger college kids learning how to love each other. Very interesting and strait from their point of view.

Are you sure?

I need to get something out there.
To all of you who are not sure if your kid is developing like he/she should be listen please!! Please don't take chances with his/her life. Get early intervention. Now! There might be a chance they have nothing wrong...but what if they do?
Our therepists have been wonderful and they have taught me things to help my kids that I can not put a value on. Brain gym, drooling exercises, speaking 24-7 to them, letting them do for themselves even when it is easier to do it for them. Please don't be in denial or worried what others will think. This is your oppertunity to change someones life...your childs.