The universe works in mysterious ways, the evening that I was going to have tea with Candy Pants, I got word that one of my daughters classmates was just killed. I'm on the city board, so I had to be escorted to the family, with a police officer. This was a horrible, freak accident. This little boy, was walking with his grandma to get a slice of pizza. When he tripped on something and fell over the guard rail, as the grandmother was trying to grab him, a truck ran over him. He was killed instantly and the grandmother remains in the hospital in shock. My daughter, her school and our community is grieving. We are working hard to pay for this families medical expenses and buriel arrangements. They are foreigners who recently moved to this country.

So mommy's hold your children near and dear to you! Take the moment to answers their questions, take the moment to sit down and listen to them. Laugh with them, cry with them. Don't let a day go by where you don't celebrate their importance. These babies are gifts from God and we have to embrace and cherish the time we have with them. We are only here for a short time and tomorrow is not promised to any of us. So the moments we have with these gifts, let them be filled with joy, peace and love.

It's amazing to me. how one moment you can be focused on your own problems and heartache. And in the long run, there is always someone else in more pain and someone else more in need of. My time with Candy Pants, will come. I will get the opportunity to talk to her. But I'm not going to allow this negative energy to engulf my home anymore. I will pray for her and her family. I will continue to focus and honor my family. Through the grace of God, peace will be brought back into my home. But now my moments and my focus are spent holding my daughter and embracing this incrediable gift that God entrusted me with.

Pray for our children who have to endure so many heartaches and pain at such early ages.