A bit weepy

I am pretty sure that my tear ducts are desperately trying to keep up production these last few days. I can say that my emotions have been on high alert since having Isaac 5 months ago. Most everything makes me cry. Everything related to having a child, hearing about someone else raising a child, seeing a movie with a child in it. . and so on. . . DEFINITELY makes me cry. So events over the last few days have really sent my tears a flowin’!

It started with watching the footage from the US Airways 1549 crash victims. Specifically, the Today Show interview with the parents traveling with a toddler and a 9 month old! I was weeping just listening to them retell their ordeal, thinking of myself sitting in their place, and rejoicing at the God that I serve.

Then the last few days I have been moved by the blogging community and their call to prayers for baby Harper! This woman has over 30,000 people from all over the world praying for her and her new baby girl! How incredibly amazing!

So many times in these last few days I have clutched on to Isaac, buried my head, and wept. Wept for the gratefulness at having a son. The blessing of being well and that he is well. The blessing of having his arms wrapped around my neck. The blessing of rocking him as he is fussing for the umpteenth hour that day. The blessing of just being able to be there.

I don’t really have time to be launching new websites but believe me, being around these ladies is all but contagious! Who isn’t looking for instant community? For a complete stranger to join you in a prayer vigil for your ailing child? To mourn with you when you experience heartaches and celebrate with you when you achieve victories?

I hear a lot of grief from any and everyone about how the internet is corrupting our lives and our children. How it is a scary place these days. And I am with you on being cautious. BUT I’m not sure what SAHM’s did before the blogosphere and I am sure glad that I don’t have to know. I love my new community of believers! So what if I feel like a stalker, am tapped into the internet more hours in the day than I sleep, and have more friends whom I have never met than those that I have! I have community, I have prayer warriors!