Detour

Detour- that was the topic of the sermon today at Church and it was a good one. Let me first say that we haven't been to Church all summer and for those of you who have been readying my blog and those who are family you know that it's been one crazy summer for us. None the less it's no excuse but still we made it to Church this morning and it was good!

The pastor was talking about Detour that happen in our lives and that the Lord puts them there for us to learn something and to grow as Christians. Chris and I have certainly have detours in the last 3 days to be exact we've had 2!

The fist one is finding out that from everything I have told the pediatrician about Braden he believes he has OCD and Sensory dysfunction disorder. Hearing those words is hard to hear especially when it's your child. You want to have this typical normal child and then someone tells you something is wrong. I know these things can be fixed and helped but still it's hard to hear. That's a detour knowing that we might have to change the way we parent, talk, or do things with Braden. It's a detour that we weren't expecting, well most detour's you don't expect to take unless your GPS knows of them!:P) It's one we are willing to take and learn along the way. Together we can make it to our "new" destination and grow and learn about OCD and Sensory dysfunction disorder. I know if we learn how to help Braden we just won't grow as a better person and parent but Braden will become a better kid because of the detour in front of him.

The second detour we've had is Chris' parents. As some of you know, I really haven't said much on my blog about this but to other's privately. We haven't spoken to Chris parents since January and they haven't seen us since Alexa was 2 weeks old and she is now 8 1/2 months old! Luckily Braden and Alexa have their Nana and Papa in their daily lives even though they live 3 1/2 hours away( my parents). I had to call Chris' mom on Friday because the pediatrician needed some family history and Chris didn't know of any. Of course as I would suspect his mother wants to know when they can see us and so forth. So know we feel that we should open up and start talking to them, we haven't yet but it's in our mind and heart that we need to. They need to know what's been brewing in Chris heart for so long and how they treat him. Whenever it is that we come to terms with them we know that the Lord is going to direct in the direction we need to go to have a better relationship with them. It's sad that Braden and Alexa hardly know them but yet on the other hand we as their parents need to protect them. Whatever happens in the end we know the Lord will help us and that we will grow from this.

I never thought of detours like this before and I think I'll think twice when I come to one on the road and instead of getting angry that I'm going to be late to where I need to be I can look at the beautiful scenery! Heck, maybe I'll even find a new clothing store or even even a house for sale!:)