Prayer Request

So I read Courtney Hubbard’s Caringbridge every day, including others, but today she has requested to lift your thoughts and prayers with a family from Houston. Their daughter is battling Neuroblastoma as is losing the battle quickly. As I was reading her page, I ran into a paragraph that her mother wrote about her 2 year old daughter:

Towards the end of a pregnancy, a mother will wake up to go to the bathroom every few hours. I think this is the body’s way of preparing you for a newborn and the sleepless nights that come along with it. Layla now spends most of her days sleeping. 30-45 minutes after she wakes up, she is ready to lay down and sleep again. Is this God’s way of preparing me for all the quiet time that is coming soon? The house is quiet. I am able to go through the motions of laundry, dishes, cooking and picking up without interruptions. But I WANT interruptions. I WANT Layla to be under my feet asking for cookies. I WANT to hear her playing with her toys. I WANT to take 45 minutes to unload the dishwasher because she keeps trying to help. For every time I uttered the words “I just can’t get anything done with these kids under my feet all day” I am eternally regretful. The days that I looked forward to naptime so I could get a grocery list made, or finally fold all the piles of laundry…I regret those days too. If I could do it all again, I’d enjoy EVERY SINGLE WAKING MOMENT I had with her. I would never wish for her to sit still or take a nap or go to bed early. I would never look forward to the days when she could sit through an entire episode of Dora silently. I would treasure every second with her.

I will never again complain about having to wake up with Fisher in the middle of the night or the times where he is fussy and wants me to hold him all day!!! I cannot even imagine hearing news like this about my baby boy!!! Please everyone lift this family up in your prayers tonight as Layla Grace returns home to her God. Please kiss your babies tonight and appreciate every second that you have with them!!!

Read her story at: http://laylagrace.org/