We had stopped at a store that I never go to and as I stood in line for what seemed like an eternity, decided that I was never going back to again. You see, I had timed everything perfectly. We left the party we had stopped by earlier at the perfect time so that I could get what I needed at the store and make it home before Eliza would be hungry again. So far the long line had pushed back my perfect timing by about 15 minutes or more! Once we finally reached the end of the line, off we headed to try and get home before Eliza lost it. I got my food and my kids packed up in my car and off we went. We got onto the freeway and traffic came to a complete stop. As we inched along, Eliza decided she was hungry. She started to scream, the kind of scream that you know can only be quieted by food. We inched along and she screamed. That alone is enough to send my stress level through the roof, but then through the screaming Parker announces that he has to go potty. The one phrase that you never want to hear when you're stuck in the car from an almost three year old that you aren't sure can hold it. I looked back at him and told him that he had to be a big boy and hold it. That didn't go over so well and now he was crying. Two crying kids and a traffic jam, not what I had planned for my day. As both of my kids were crying and I was holding back my tears we came up to the car accident that was causing all of the traffic. As I watched I couldn't help but think, if we didn't get stuck in that long line at the store could we have been apart of this accident? My heart started to change from frustration to thankfulness that God had protected us. It reminded me that he even has a plan to answer our daily prayers for protection, even if it means long lines and screaming kids.
So today I choose, thankfulness.
