It Was Worth It

What a day... and it's only half over.


A dear man in our community passed away on Valentine's Day, a man very special to Hannah and Isaac. They loved getting rides on his lap in his wheelchair. Mr. Huff was an extraordinary man. He will be greatly missed. When Hannah found out he had died, she cried and cried. She drew him a good bye picture and made a special card for Mrs. Huff. It was very sweet.

So, I thought it best to attend his memorial service. This morning it hit me that I would be doing this by myself with three children. Hmmm... was this really a good idea?

The service began at 11am, so we got Hannah out of school and headed to the church. It was full, so we sat in the balcony, I should have chose the cry room. We sat in the front pew on the balcony and the whole service I had to keep Isaac from climbing over the railing. When he would get in trouble he would give me these wanna be puppy dog eyes. Like that was going to help ease the situation. It only got worse when Eli needed to nurse. When the first speaker was finished, Isaac yelled, and I do mean yelled, "Done!" UGH! But we made it through fairly intact and went to the luncheon. The kids did fine with that and enjoyed the yummy food. Then it came time to leave and panic hits me as I have NO IDEA where my keys are. Aaron would just shake his head at me. I had left my purse at home so I would have one less thing to keep track of, but I usually put my keys in my purse. After searching with no luck, I walked the kids home to get the spare key and walked back to the van. Eli was is his car seat carrier and that got very heavy going uphill. We got Hannah back to school, she missed art because of the key fiasco. She kept moaning about missing art because Mommy lost the keys. I told her she wasn't helping the situation. After dropping her at school we went back to the church to look more and I found them under the pew cushion. At least they were found.

So, while it was an adventure, Hannah got to say good bye to a very special man and I learned to choose pants with pockets.