(Thanks, Dad, for the title. It's perfect for this little saga and for the scrapbook layout I'm going to make.)
It's been an interesting week and a half, to say the least. I have been surprised that I haven't been more angry. I've been frustrated, but mostly I've been sad. I've been sad for us, of course, but I've also been sad for the people who were hit, sad for the man's father and sad for the man. I've just been sad.
I think the reason I have not been more angry is two-fold. Last Saturday, shortly after the police left and prior to putting the kids to bed, we knelt in family prayer. John offered the prayer. The first thing he prayed for was forgiveness and that we would have forgiving hearts. He also prayed that whomever stole our truck would be safe while driving it and, if it was the will of our Heavenly Father, the truck would be returned.
On Wednesday, while JJ and I were driving home from Hutchinson, John called to tell us the truck had been stolen again. After I hung up with him and told JJ what had happened, I started to call my parents. JJ asked me to stop dialing for a minute so he could pray (he reminded me to keep my eyes open because I was driving - haha). He prayed for forgiveness for the man who took our truck and for safety while he was driving it.
This has been a lesson for me to get rid of the anger right away and to offer forgiveness immediately.
(John just told me that the rear end is falling out of the gray truck so now we are either looking for a new vehicle or we're looking at rebuilding the rear end of this truck. Of course rebuilding is cheaper but we're running out of time because farming season is getting into full swing. I keep hoping that his bosses will tell him to take a day or two and fix his truck, but they aren't really that way.)
(Notice the stuffed animal under her head.) I would have just carried her into her bed but she was a stinky mess (and she never falls asleep when she has a messy diaper). She did, thank goodness, fall back to sleep in her bed after I changed her.
Silly girl couldn't get herself out.
I walked into the living room one day and saw Christopher playing, naked, in front of the television. Apparently the Legos and Micky Mouse Clubhouse was too much of a distraction and he couldn't completely follow the directions to get dressed!
John loves vintage trucks and I'm told this one is super cool. He traded the wrecked truck at the salvage yard for a "new" bed for this truck. Good thing he's an award-winning heavy collision body and paint guy! It will be awesome when he's finished with it.
At home, in it new spot!
