Dragon Stadium Debut









What an exciting day!  Chandler's youth football team recently had the opportunity to play one of their games at the high school football stadium better know as Dragon Stadium!  He was beyond excited.  He strutted out on that big field and had a blast.  I couldn't help but watch with a joy that comes from sharing your child's new experience.  The loud cheers....the cowbells....the pompoms....the cheerleaders...the scoreboard...  Could he hear my voice?  Could he distinguish my cheers with all of the other sounds around him?  Could he hear Breece on the sidelines as he coached?  Could he hear the ones who loved him??  Oh I hoped so!  All of a sudden my joy was met with fear.  The thought crossed my mind
...what if....just what if he could hear the grumbles and moans of the crowd???  What if he heard the negative comments??  The lies??  Would he believe them??  There was after all alot of noise...both good and bad. What could he hear?  God used that small moment for me to see a big picture.  One of my prayers now for my children has come from that day.....that moment.  Oh how I pray that Chandler and Berkley will be able to distinguish God's voice from all of the other noise in their lives.....I pray they will always hear and believe that voice of truth! 

September Stress!

September is off to a stressful start for the Higgins family...UGH! The sad thing is it is only September 11th... how fitting as it is one of the most stressful days in US history. As I reflect over the past 11 days there is one reoccurring feeling....being OVERWHELMED!! This is the one feeling that seems to be capable of setting off a ripple effect in me causing chaos...lack of clarity, heightened anxiety, elevated frustration and depleted patience. My biggest challenge...getting the ripple back under control and seeing it for what it is...just that... a ripple, not a storm, not tidal wave and not even a hurricane. My prayer for the rest of September....calmer waters.

Higgins September Stress

#10. Schedules-4 people...1000 different directions...phew?!

#9. Sickness-Chandler, Berkley and I have all been sick...ugh germs!

#8. Chandler's homework.....Math word problems that take 45 minutes to complete and a can of WD40 for mom's rusty wheels upstairs....Learning about the Iliad, Trojan War, Minoens (who????) and Japan??

#7. Berkley's struggle to move beyond Genesis 1:1 in her Bible class?

#6. One issue after another with the 2 houses that are about to close!!

#5. Getting therapy services up and running without ending up needing therapy myself?

#4. Berkley deciding Kindergarten was boring her and cutting the bottom ends of her braids off in class would be way more exciting?!?

#3. Dealing with a rental car because Breece's truck was almost stolen, but they couldn't complete the job so they just demolished his steering column, electrical system and ripped out the navigation system/stereo??!!

#2. Watching and helping my sweet sister's family as they evacuate from the Texas Coast to escape IKE (brother-in-law, sister, 3 nieces, 2 cats, 1 dog and dozens of photo albums)!

#1. Our attempts at answering questions my precious 9 year old has been asking regarding the "hows" and "whys" of 9-11-01??!!

Looking forward to October.......

WE BELIEVE IN DRAGONS!!




GO DRAGONS!!!

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