Don't ever take for granted the birthday dinners, that sometimes just seem to be too much work with little appreciation. You do all the work and are usually stuck with all the clean up too. There may come a day when all you have are the memories of those birthday dinners and you would give anything just to prepare one more. Just one more dinner...if only you knew when the last one was going to be. You would prepare it with no complaining and you would spare no expense. You would fix all his favorite things and you would cherish every second.
So take it from me. Go all out, prepare every special dinner like it might be the last one you have, because you never know when it will be. You never know when you may get a phone call that changes your life forever. So, to all you parents out there who get so busy and so overwhelmed with life that you hurry pass the little things. Slow down, remember nothing is more important than loving your family, letting them know it every chance you get and...ALWAYS, ALWAYS, keep Jesus in front of them in everything you do. When it is all said and done all that matters is did you lead them to Jesus.
I will see my son again one day, because I was able to lead him to Jesus on Mother's Day 1996. What a blessing for God to allow a mother to be able to lead her child to Jesus! It does not get any better than that.
Guess how we ended the day? We got to watch Malachi in his first Christmas Play and on his Daddy's birthday! Madison bailed out at the end...she said she was sick, I think it was more stage fright. I could get many good shots, there is something about tears that really get in the way of focusing.
