provision and generosity

a couple weeks ago, after isaiah's basketball game, we were sitting in the gym hanging out. i was nursing sophia and matt was playing with the kids. across the gym there was a grandpa that was out on the court with his grandson. they were playing and laughing...hard. the mom yelled that it was time for them to go and the grandma then said, 'okay jack, we'll see you tonight!'

my heart hurt. i started to day dream about what it would be like to live near grandparents. what it would be like to have grandparents attend isaiah's basketball game, instead of getting video highlights the next day. or to spend a day as a family and then go over to a grandparent's house for dinner.

there's a rhythm to the missing of family. it's like after about 3 months you hit a wall. okay, it's long enough, this is hurting. the missing gets more intense.

but God is faithful...and so are the grandparents. even though we live so far away papa and gg and grandpa and grandma do a fantastic job of staying connected and making sure we see each other. the provision this last week was through papa's work. they sent him to check out some churches near us and so, even though it was a work trip, we got to spend time through out the week with papa.

and that also meant this week isaiah had a grandparent at his basketball game! they got to play at the park...in the sun...with papa. reading, wrestling and museums. i was overwhelmed with how God provides for me, for us.

we found out a couple days ago that alaythia is going to have surgery next week. she will have tubes put in her ears and have her adenoids removed. i have spent the last few days overwhelmed and scared, processing and trying to get perspective. this morning, i woke up to an airline confirmation in my inbox showing grandma arriving the day before the surgery takes place. i cried.

provision and generosity mark my life.