20 Days Till Heaven…Day 13 – Sin Inquiry, Finished Happy, and Good Snack Choice

October 28, 2017 Michael Weese Comments 0 Comment

20 Days Till Heaven…Day 13 – Sin Inquiry, Finished Happy, and Good Snack Choice

Memories from October 28th, 2016 – Day 13

When I write these posts I have no idea, what the next day will bring, except for her last two days here. I remember those very well. For the most part I just come and sit at the computer and start going through everything for the day before I start to type. Occasionally I will try to listen to some calls the night before while laying in bed just to get an idea of what the next day brings, but that’s about it.

With that being said, today really doesn’t have much to it. I guess it was just a slow Friday.

Once again, only two calls recorded today. I guess my phone wasn’t in a good mood. On one of the calls, you only here her saying, “Hey Sweetheart.” On the other call, just complete silence. 🙁

Here is an audio clip of that call.

On one of the calls that didn’t record it looks like I wanted to tell her something, but forgot what I wanted to tell her. She would send me a text asking if I remembered what I had wanted. Upon telling her no, she would draw her own conclusion as to what it was that I wanted to ask her. She would continue the conversation using her witty banter.

A little while later another text message just letting me know that Pierce was having breakfast with my mother and that she was able to take and bath. I am sure it took a lot of her energy to do so.

There was a pretty big gap in time again today that’s unaccounted for which may not be a bad thing. If we weren’t texting or calling there is a good chance that we were together.

The next message that I have saved wasn’t until dinner time. I threw away some of the padding that we used for the Happy Dwarf costume last night. I wished that I hadn’t because I could have used it to stuff under Pierce’s shirt so that he could have had a belly like Happy Dwarf.

The 2nd part of that message I will never forget. I went up right away and talked to her. We sat on the bed together. I tried my best to help her with her concern of not knowing how to properly pray for her sins. It made me question if I knew how to properly pray or ask forgiveness for my own sins.

Now this part I will also never forget. My first question was, “Well, tell me what it is that you are trying to ask forgiveness for. What kind of sin?” I was expecting her to tell me something that was really bad or difficult to process. After all it must have been bad if she was having trouble figuring out how to pray for it, right? Her response was, “I dunno, maybe like when I yell at you.” I laughed and said, “Well that’s easy, I can forgive you for that, I was expecting you to tell me something crazy.”

She explained to me that she knew how to pray and ask for forgiveness, she has been doing it since she was young, at home, in church, and wherever else. It had just popped in her head this day that maybe she wasn’t doing it right. We looked up the scripture just to be sure and put her mind to ease. Not to list it all here, but she was on the right track all along.

At some point in the day she posted a picture on Facebook of the finished Happy Dwarf costume that we finished last night. Everybody had a little piece in making it. Grand-mom did some sewing for us, Kate did the final gluing and cutting, and I was responsible for the pants, shoes and beard.

We came as close as we could to the play figure that Pierce had in the basement in his collection. Looking back at this now, I think it pretty cool that we all were able to make him a costume together.

Before the night was over I would send a message saying that we would come upstairs after Pierce was finished with his healthy snack. If I had known that doing so would make me more of an alluring and enticing husband, I would have been feeding the kids nothing but fruits and vegetables our entire marriage.

Another day gone, another day closer, but most important another day lived.

In the words of Maya Angelou, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

-Mindset Matters

Day 1 – I’LL TRY NOT TO SCARE YOU AND YELLOW CHEESE

Day 2 – DO YOU KISS ME, CO-PAYS, PINTEREST, AND SCANS

Day 3 – I GET TO BE HAPPY NOW, THIS IS A POSITIVE THING

Day 4 – SHARE THE NEWS, HAPPY DWARF, AND PEOPLE ARE AWESOME

Day 5 – FIELD TRIP, DELICIOUS FLOWER BOUQUET, AND LAST PICTURE

Day 6 – DISNEY SMELLS, NURSE, AND SLEEPOVER

Day 7 – CONFESSIONS, CARDS AND JOURNALS

Day 8 – PIGGYBACKS, CHEER SUPPORT, VISITS, AND ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

Day 9 – SPREADING GERMS, CINNAMON TOAST, AND LILLY PULITZER

Day 10 – IF YOU HAVE A BAD DAY…PRAY

Day 11 – SETTING THE STAGE, URN EMOJI, AND CHECK YOURSELF