There is always something to be thankful for!
By mom4life | Category: The Journey of Motherhood
A week ago Sunday, Hunter was playing tag with his grandmother in the back yard. We have a little plastic house (shown in the photo below) that they often play in (or on).
(by the way, don’t the clouds in this photo look fake?)
In an attempt to escape his grandmothers tag, Hunter climbed up onto the roof of the little house. Losing his balance, he fell to the ground landing on his left arm. Judging by its misshapen appearance, we immediately knew it was broken. Grabbing some Ibuprofen and an ice pack (i.e. frozen veggies), Hunter and I headed to the emergency room. We had not been in the car longer than 5 minutes when, between his sobs, he declared, “I’m really glad that in Heaven there is no pain!” After agreeing, I grabbed a pen and paper and scribbled down his quote as I drove (thankfully this did not create a second need to visit the ER). Over the course of the evening I kept that paper close at hand as Hunter provided several quotes that made me smile. Below are my favorites:
“God knew this was going to happen, didn’t He?”
Pointing to the broken arm: “This is the arm I really liked too.”
“Mom, I’m really thankful that I didn’t break either of my feet.”
“I’m really glad we came to the Dr. there are so many interesting things here!”
“Hey, breaking my arm is actually fun!”
After being given some new comfortable pants from the Dr.: “Pretty lucky day!”
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.“ We try to model thankfulness to our children but what a joy it is to see it reflected back to us from them.
I am thankful for Hunter.
Click on the image below to hear his personal rundown of his broken arm experience. You will notice that he is speaking fast, this is because the first time he tried recording it he ran out of time so he didn’t want that to happen again:). I love how he called his splint a “splinter” and that he ends it with “breaking my arm is pretty fun!”!
That is so sweet! I love hearing and seeing things from a child’s perspective, such a great reminder of how we should be. God gives us such wonderful blessings through the eyes of our children!
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mom4life Reply:
September 20th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
@Brooke, Indeed He does!
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he is adorable…even cuter when they say things like that!
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mom4life Reply:
September 20th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
@jami nato, thanks:), I know it is so endearing!
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Wow, you have such a wise boy! I just gave birth to our first child, our baby boy, and I really hope I may lead a good example for him.
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mom4life Reply:
September 20th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
@HSUper Parents, Obviously we will never be perfect but I believe that desiring to be a good example is an excellent start! Congratulations on your new little boy!
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Oh poor Hunter! I love his spirit; even in such a traumatic event he can find things to be thankful for and have fun with. He’s such a treasure. I love love love it when my kids say such sweet things. Sometimes in their innocence they say the wisest things. Hope he’s feeling better! Tell him I’m proud of him too!
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mom4life Reply:
September 21st, 2010 at 8:41 am
@Mandy, thanks I will tell him:)
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