Scariest Day of My Life and a Bit of Perspective

I hadn't planned on sharing this in my blog, but I decided I should for all those moms and dads out there.

A couple of weeks ago we received some bad news and were having a bit of a hard time dealing with it. We were on the top floor of our 3-story town home discussing our problem and Jacob went to the bottom floor to watch his movie. He was down there for a while, I was changing Anna and Wade was talking to his Mom, when all of the sudden Wade felt like he should go check on Jacob. At first he couldn't find him so he came for my help. We searched all over the house and I found him by the couch. He was on his knees hunched over and looked like he was hiding because. Wade went to pick him up...Jacob was limp and blue and barely breathing. Wade pounded on his back and we saw the large piece of gum fall out of his mouth, but Jacob still didn't open his eyes. I went to call 911 and Wade continued to tell Jacob to wake up. I couldn't believe what was happening and to top it all off I couldn't get through to 911!!! Fortunately, Jacob woke up on his own and the poor little guy thought he was in trouble for 2 reasons...1. because he stole gum and 2. because his mom and dad were pounding on him and yelling at him. We were so thankful to have him and to be blessed enough to be alive. Suddenly our earlier problem didn't seem so big. We don't know how long he had been like that or what would have happened if we had waited to go check on him, but we try not to think about and just be grateful.

Moral of the story...

1. Don't leave gum in baby bags.

2. Keep perspective when things go wrong.

3. Listen to those still small voices.

4. Love your kids every day and make sure they know it.

5. Last, but certainly not least, be grateful for every minute of every day.