Saturday, February 18, 2012

Good Ending

My week hasn't been the best of weeks. It started off with me not feeling well at all, and in the middle of it I discovered a note from a person who wanted to bring up something Nathan did (running away from and not playing with her grandchild which caused him to cry) four months ago (which had been dealt with at the time) and "deal" with it somehow. So I had to deal with my thoughts going crazy trying to figure out how to deal with that situation semi-gracefully, and I don't do well when I'm feeling attacked. ha No one does, I suppose. It didn't help that she thought we could "re-build bridges of trust" by letting him attend her etiquette classes that would cover "kindness and inclusion." Anyway. The situation is weird for many, many reasons, and I had to talk to the mother and g-ma and ended by being more confused than ever. ha The long and the short is that I'm just going to see where this goes, although I think I made it quite clear that if they still want them to play together issues must be addressed immediately, my son will not attend an etiquette class, and my son cannot be expected to be perfect or be made to feel like a bully just because he exhibits normal, childish behavior (that, yes, will be corrected as it arises) to a child that has some sensitive issues. Anyway.
Oh, yes, the good ending. ;-) Last night I was reading to Nathan and Noelle before bed, and Nathan started asking me questions about angels and demons and God and Jesus. He knows most everything I know on the subject, but I think he likes to double check. As he was going to finish getting ready for bed, he said, "Mom, I want to pray to ask Jesus into my heart. I want to give my life to Him."
I put Noelle to bed then curled up with Nathan on his futon while I asked him questions to see if he knew what he wanted to do. He seemed to know exactly what he was doing, so we prayed together. Then he told me he wanted to build a wooden house in our backyard where he could go to pray to God, and praise God, and think of good things to do for Him. I said that maybe we could make him a special area in his room for that. ha
Isn't that a good ending?

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