God in the Every Day...and Airplanes.

on my trip back east to see my husband my girls and i had an "adventure"...to say the least. traveling with kids, especially flying can be a nightmare...even if your children are saints. okay, we won't go that far, but even when your kids are amazing, which mine were, it was still a nightmare. it was exhausting from every angle and i am not sure if i am fully recovered even now. and i am not sure if i ever want to do it again for as long as i live:)

despite the "journey", i really felt like the Lord was right by our side, at some point in the trip i am pretty sure He said something like, "i got your back yo." okay, so maybe that was the guy from oakland sitting behind us:)

we experienced some "small" miracles, as if any miracle could be considered small. even the small ones are big and worthy of celebration!
i find myself not blogging very often, um, "often", how about "never!" last time was march, i think? scary. anyway, i feel like even though i want to write, it seems to take too long and i don't feel like going into all of the details. too bad because i could write some really great stuff, recalling some great things that have happened. too bad i am too impatient. oh well....back to the trip.

on the flight there mila met a friend. we never leave anywhere without making new friends! i think it is great, and a great way to live life. lessons from my four year old!
so after "expecting" to sit by her friend on the plane she was very upset when she realized that wasn't an option. luckily, at least 6 people offered their seats to us so that we would in some way be able to sit behind, in front or next to mila's new friend. there are kind people out there! even on airplanes:)
we managed to sit in front of her and it made for what i assume was a much more pleasant trip...than it could have been:) it really wasn't bad, just extremely long and exhausting. okay, it was bad. and the almost two year old on my lap did not want to be there. besides a few minor tantrums it was all good:) no, i mean it was bad. sorry, can't make up my mind on this one:)

on the trip home we got to the airport early and did not expect to hear what we heard. "i am really, really sorry to have to tell you this....but your flight has been canceled." so we went to stand in line for at least and i mean, "at least" an hour. i don't even know how long it was because i wasn't really "there" at the time. i think my brain was hovering somewhere in outer space.

the lady behind us was having a fit and calling united on the phone. she could wait to get up there, but no, why would she want to do that? she was making far more trouble than good and getting everyone around her stressed. everyone was whining and complaining and she said that the lady from united on the phone said there were no flights out until the next day. hell no! i thought. i am not sleeping in this airport with my two children all night. not going to happen. um, Lord please don't let this happen!

instead of freak out, like the lady behind me i chose to pray instead. now, if you think i am trying to be all high and mighty here, then you're wrong. i am awfully proud of myself, i will not lie! and it is only because i was so exhausted and stressed and done with parenting and traveling, that it is truly a miracle from God that i chose to pray instead of freak out. so, no "high and mightiness" here:)

my kids were great the whole time and i was just praying and trying to stay calm.
finally the lady looked at me and said, "wow, this must be hard for you with two kids." "well, maybe only now that it is canceled." "nope", i said. "it is pretty much a nightmare any way you swing it. traveling with kids is just a lot of work no matter what."
she said that i was staying awfully calm and i told her it was because i was praying the whole time. i also said to her that maybe the flight is canceled for a reason. duh. ever thought of that genius? maybe it is for our safety. we are not in control of everything and praise God for it!

when i got up to the front the man checked me in. everyone who was in front of us took a really long time and we were checked in with no problem and very quickly. i said, "i thought this flight was canceled?" he checked and said it wasn't canceled. then he said, "oh wait" no everything is fine.
miracle number 2 folks.
p.s. the "freak out lady"..her flight was still canceled:)

when i saw her she said, "well , what ever you did worked!" first of all, it's called prayer! and second, just because i prayed did not mean that i was going to get what i wanted. but PRAISE the LORD He had mercy on me! it was a major lesson in patience for me that day. and i mean a REAL lesson in patience. i am so thankful for it.

i could write for days about how God totally had our back the whole trip. nope, it wasn't the guy from oakland:) but i won't because, well, i don't have days. i only have a few more minutes.
i took another trip recently, by myself, without kids. it was a million times easier and more boring:) and i continued to see how the Lord was with me. it was amazing. but i will save those stories for another day.

God is always with us. sometimes we feel like He is and sometimes we don't. it is wonderful when we see Him in huge amazing ways. but it is just as amazing, if not more, when we see Him in the every day. the little things. those that seem insignificant. He is showing Himself to us in every moment of the day, if only we will notice.