I have come to the conclusion that my best thinking days perhaps might be behind me. As we age, the neurons in our brains begin to lose connection and quit firing properly. So as you get older you do in fact lose your mind. I am convinced that kids speed up this process tremendously.
In my not so humble opinion my kids have always been a little advanced so I'm sure they are making me lose my mind at a quicker rate than normal, therefore my glory days of thinking may be gone. I am also convinced my kids are not kids at all but instead Thing 1 and Thing 2.
I will save the great adventures and deeds of Thing 1 (C.C.) and Thing 2 (Kayli) for later.
Back to losing my mind. Its worse now than when I even started this post.. As we go through life we are faced with many learning opportunities and hopefully we do just that, and learn. The past few days while feeling overwhelmed with life and the feeling of "losing it" I was blessed with several learning moments that I want to pass along.
No arrows stuck in the wall this time, but C.C. once again has taught me a few things. Several weeks ago while Liz was at work C.C. helped me put Kayli to bed which she was very unhappy about. We then we went into C.C.'s room to get him down. He was his usual self and I had to time getting his legs into his pajamas between his bounces on the bed. The whole time he is getting ready Kayli is crying and now the dog is barking at C.C. jumping on the bed. It didn't feel like bedtime at all as my patience was being tested to the limit. After a little wrestle with superman on his bed I got C.C. ready and we knelt so he could say his night prayer. C.C. loves to say the prayers and takes great pride in doing so. He started his prayer and I was distracted somewhat because Kayli was still crying. He prayed for the missionaries, mom at work, family, and then he humbly asked Heavenly Father to help Kayli be quiet so he could sleep. I kinda laughed inside as I could tell he too was distracted by her. After the prayer he climbed in bed and I got up saying something to the effect that I was going to go calm his sister down. He stopped me by saying, "No dad. I already asked Heavenly Father to do that." I started to explain that sometimes we ask for things, and then just like that Kayli stopped. C.C. just smiled at me with that little look of told ya so, and I walked out humbled once again by my four year old. If only I had his faith.
A couple of days ago while attempting to do some homework on my computer Kayli came running in screaming with her brother chasing close behind. I yelled at C.C. to stop teasing her and making her scream and she climbed up onto my lap. I clicked on the internet browser as Kayli began to tell me everything C.C. was doing in her own language. My homepage which is set to google with a daily scripture next to a picture of Christ opened up and Kayli stopped mid jabber and said, "Oh, hi Jesus." It got me thinking a lot about my relationship with the Savior and if I am on a personal level like she was.
The last one for this post came just last night, once again from C.C.. We had a terrible moment in our home last night as C.C. had lost his new Indiana Jones guy he just got that day. Right as he was going to bed the family had to stop and search everywhere for him. This included a flashlight search of the front yard as well as the neighbors. We searched the car and every room. We finally got him to go to bed by convincing him that we would stay up and search for the lost Dr. Jones. C.C. again said the prayer and prayed that we find Indiana Jones and he would be safe. After the prayer we talked a little and Liz turned his light off as we walked out of his room. We were both tired and ready to call it a night as well when C.C. stopped us and informed us we could start looking for his guy in two minutes. This caught us both off gaurd and we just stared at him. He then told us, "cause thats when Heavenly Father starts working, in two minutes." We both laughed and said that is very good information to know.
So when life is getting hard and your losing your mind just know you only have to hang on two more minutes.
