Last night I got to spend a once in a lifetime opportunity with my two boys and with a friend.  It was my first World Series game and it was all I expected.  Even though we lost the game and the series, the atmosphere was incredible!  From Trisha Yearwood, singing the national anthem, the huge flag on the field, the flyover of 4 jets, the fireworks, the great playing and the celebration at the end, all of it was great!  Being there with my boys made me think of the past, when my grandfather would take me 4-5 times every summer on the train from Little Rock to St. Louis to watch the cardinals play.  I hope is something they always remember…I know I will.

Took my 4 yr old to the hospital for a long 6 hr test.  They poked her with a needle, as she cried and her mom held her, and put drugs in here and drew blood every 15 min. to test it.  Not to mention that they couldn’t find a vein, so it took two long tries to get it in.  She hadn’t eaten since last night and she had tubes running out her arms.  I sat there and wondered WHY she had to go thru this….

At 12:00 I went down to the cafeteria at the new Children’s Hospital in Aurora.   Very nice place….good food.  As I sat there I noticed my surrounding after awhile.  Across the room from me was a little boy….or girl…….I couldn’t tell because the child had no hair and was dragging an IV behind….cancer I guess.  to my right was a kid in a wheelchair with his parents feeding him.  Next to him was a cripple boy.  To my left were several kids, in hospital gowns, that had come down as a group…I guess they live here long-term.

I thought of Jia upstairs with a little tube dangling out her arm…we’d be leaving in an hour and a half……..made me thankful…….

Perspective is everything!

Here’s the new Youth Pastor “look” at our church……