Change IS Good!

Okay, so it’s been a week since 8 month-old McKayla arrived at our home and life as we knew it is over. The morning routines have changed for all of us…but remember change is good. The work to get a baby ready for the day increases the overall effort exponentially! Anna and Bella must take time to pat, kiss, hug, and play with her in the mornings and this takes precedence over routine acts like getting dressed and breakfast. Then there’s the evening. We struggle through homework and preparing supper, all the while checking Jill’s status: “Just when will mom and that baby be home?” That question is asked at least fifty times each evening. Then as the car door slams, one can literally hear an announcer call out, “Let the circus begin!” We then move slowly, in a frenzied, yet orchestrated effort, toward bath and bedtime. But know this; in the midst of all the commotion, I cry out, “God is good!” One of my parishioners recently said to me (in love I hope), “You’re crazy!” My first thought was that it took them over four years to figure that out? Yeah, probably so, but if Jesus calls us to serve anyone, he calls us to serve children. And I believe the God who knit McKayla together in her mother’s womb also provides for her care. It is nothing short of pure joy for Jill and me to exercise our free will and respond to her needs. So keep this family in your prayers, because while under my breath I am chanting “Change is good! Change is good!” Jill’s mantra is “There’s always room for one more!”