What do you do when God sends you a miracle?

Be thankful. After all that has happened in my life, I am so thankful for a very special package that came my way. The timing was not perfect, but once we understand… we learn to see that God’s timing is always perfect. I was in school carrying a full load and not working at the time. When least expecting, I met my forbidden fruit and like Eve, I took a bite.

After a few months,  I ended up pregnant. Fear! Anxiety! Frustration! Anger! Stress! These were just a few of the emotions that soared through my world. But, there was someone that became more important than my own personal concerns, the life growing inside of me. 

On September 7, 2003, a tiny little life prematurely found his way into the world 9 weeks before he was supposed to. Weighing only 3lbs, he had to stay in the hospital for a month before he was strong enough to go home. As I sat beside my little guy’s bed praying to God not to take him from me, suddenly the circumstances surrounding his conception were no longer as important.  Thankfully God heard my prayers and so richly blessed me with a beautiful little baby boy:  Sean William Myric Smith

He is an inquisitive little soul who asks constant questions in order to make sense of his world. Although I believe his month’s stay in the incubator made him somewhat anti-social, he still has a very loving heart. He tells people, “I’m not a kisser… that’s my brother. I’m a hugger.” He is very cautious about meeting people, but once comfortable, get ready for one of those, “A ha… yep…a ha… umm umm” conversations because that’s about all you’ll get in. Sean is my middle son and I love him very much.     

You will hear more about him down the road. But here is one of his latest acts of knowledge acquisition. Why does a person have to sleep under all those covers when a pillowcase works just fine? I checked on him late one night and this is what I found.

Yep! He’s asleep in his pillowcase.