Teething, etc...

This week has been a different one. Griffin is so on again off again and unpredictable. He will get fussy real fast and then be totally happy the next minute. Tonight, everything was wrong. I could tell. He was so hungry at bed time, teething I'm pretty sure, and he had gas. So, he was not very happy about those things. I almost started crying because he was crying so hard. He never is like this and I am not used to him being this way, so I get upset right along with him because I just don't like him not feeling well. I gave him some gas medicine and feed him good and after that he played with Tyler for a little bit, happily, before we put him to bed.
We got through the day by the God's grace and he is now sleeping peacefully. The Lord is good.
Sometimes at the end of days like today, I feel such relief. Today was a day where I think to myself "Boy am I glad I just have one child right now". Then I saw on tv earlier today that the daughter of this couple who were murdered this summer is taking care of their nine adopted special needs children they left behind. NINE. I'll say it again, NINE. That's one more than Kate Goslin has and all nine have some kind of special needs. The Lord put this in my face for a reason today. He reminded me that He will not give me more than He will enable me to bear. I am thankful those nine children have someone to take care of them and if I were that sweet daughter I would hope I would be selfless enough to take that responsibilty on as well. She loves those kids. I pray that I will be a mother who selflessly takes care of her children, no matter how many, with great joy, because it's the occupation God has set before me, even on days, like today, where nothing is normal. Thank You Lord for sweet little Griffin. I pray he will feel better tomorrow and that even if it's the same as today that I will be the loving and tender mother you want me to be.