Blessings Scott Style

Hello everyone! 

I have been thinking of doing this for some time now.  I guess the motivation that I was waiting for fell into my lap today.  One of the biggest things that I complain about is time.  I never have time to do this, or I don't have time to do that.  Truth is, I have time I just don't want to use it the way that I should.  You know, one of those things like watching tv is a better use of my time type things.  If you take the time to read this, great, if not, I won't hold it against you!

Staying true to the title of this entry, I want to talk about one of the greatest blessings that I have ever recieved from God.  For those of you who don't know, our youngest daughter, Hannah, was diagnosed with a moderate to severe hearing impairment this year.  At first it was devastating.  We want the best for our kids, and that is sometimes what we can't give them.  Kim and I both felt like we had done something to let Hannah down.  Then the whole "I can't get a break" thing starts in.  What it really boils down to is that it is just something that happens and you have no choice but to deal with it.

It has been a real roller coaster ride over the last six months.  Not just the emotional ride but the financial one as well. Getting hearing aids is expensive.  The insurance covered more than I expected them to but it still wasn't enough.  Obviously, we didn't have the money just sitting around.  However, God was faithful and saw us through just as He is now.  The major issue with Hannah having a hearing impairment was the fact that she fell behind in her speech.  Now, we have to enroll her in pre-school to get her caught back up.  Kim had a hard time with this because she felt like her baby was growing up so fast.  I didn't really look at it that way, but she is right.  Our baby is growing up too fast.  It comes right back to time.  Time is the great equalizer.  Nobody escapes it.  It always finds us and brings us back to earth no matter how high one soars.

That brings us to this morning.  Hannah got to bed late last night and wasn't very friendly this morning.  She didn't want to do anything because she was still tired from the night before.  However, we had to get her to school.  After some breakfast and crying, we were off.  I got her there on time and recieved a blessing that I missed with my older two daughters.  I got to take her to her first day of school.  I was so proud.  She cried when I left and it broke my heart.  When it came time to pick her up, her teacher told me how well she did.  I knew that it was the best thing for her but it was still hard to do.  It is so easy to take things like this for granted.  Believe me, I do it all of the time.  I have come to think that this is what life is really about.  Finding little things in bad situations that make all of what you are going through worth what you are going through.  Hannah is going to be fine.  She is going to grow and succeed.  If you know her, you see real quick that she doesn't quit.  She is too stuborn just like her mom and grandpa.  Kim and I have brought this very motto to the forefront of our marriage.  We don't quit. 

I will look back on this day for many years to come with both regret and thankfulness.  Regret that my baby is growing up, and thankfulness that she is it is a double edged sword.

"He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just.  A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He."  Deuteronomy 32:4 (NIV)