angels seen and unseen

ian slipped and fell from the top of the high dive ladder at our city pool friday night. he landed, basically, on his face on the concrete below. his chin took the brunt of the fall. split wide and deep, it required ten stitches on the inside and ten stitches outside. his body has abrasions everywhere. the interior of his mouth is black and blue; it's amazing that he lost no teeth. x-rays confirmed there were no broken bones and no internal injuries.

the real miracle, however, is how lucky we are.

occasionally, my mind drifts to what could have been ~ how he could have fallen backwards instead.

i have prayed to god non-stop over the past 36 hours.

how do i sufficiently thank him for protecting ian? i still have this child, who i love more than my own life ~ multiple thank you's to christ just don't seem like they're enough.

lying in bed this morning, watching ian sleep, it dawned on me...god truly KNOWS the depth of my love for my son. his love for his own child, whom he sacrificed, was no different. so perhaps, as i ineptly and repeatedly tell HIM how thankful i am for protecting ian, he completely understands the depth of my gratitude as well.

i have no doubts that there were unseen angels surrounding ian as he fell friday night. but there were other angels there as well.

julie showed up at the pool, rather unexpectedly, a mere five minutes before the fall. to say that she was a godsend would be an understatement. she was there in the car, craddling a very bloody little boy, as i frantically drove us to urgent care. she was at the hospital the entire time; she called the prayer team; she woke up early the next morning just to bring an x-box to ian; she brought us dinner last night. she has been a rock. her love for my children has never been more evident.

jill took care of kate, which was wonderful. we didn't have to worry at all about her. she was with her loving aunt.

we have to thank tony and juli shutts as well. even though i'm sure they will never read this blog, their help was so much appreciated.

our ambulance staff and ER workers at adena were fantastic. i couldn't have asked for more compassionate care.

for all of the members of the prayer team who were praying for ian ~ thank you ~ to phyllis and wendy and big jim and pauline ~ thank you ~ to my dear friend peggy who has called repeatedly to check on ian and has offered to come down and check his teeth ~ thank you.

takaji (dr. k.), i'm not sure how we can adequately thank you for taking personal time out of the office to care for our family. we really love you for that.

god has been so good to us.

we praise him for his mercy.