Spring Things

It's been an interesting week off. I was looking forward to getting somethings done and spending some quality time with Jack. And it would have been a wonderful week but life is hard. On Monday I had the TV on while I made dinner and I heard that a Pine River student was hit by a bus. So I kept the TV on. When they finally got to the story I was in tears. Evan is a patient of mine. More like Evan's whole family are my patients. I had just cleaned his mom's teeth the week before and his little sister Anneka let us count her teeth for the first time ever! His mom, Melaine is a few years older than I am and she was one of my first patients four years ago when I started working. I've seen their family grow from one little two year old boy to three beautiful children. Evan looks alot like another little blond haired brown eyed boy I know. Evan's funeral was Friday. His Mom and sisters Anneka (3 1/2) and Maren (8 weeks) where at home waiting for him to get off the bus and witness his death. The family and the bus driver (72 years old had been driving school kids for 40 years) are having a hard time with Evan's death.

Life has been hard lately. I know God is Good. And I know Evan was brought up in a Christain home. "This is just a stop on the way to where I am going. I am not afraid because I know this is my temporary home." My heart aches for my friends and family who have suffered such losses this spring. While I am excited about our new little one and all of Jack's doings. I feel like God is reminding us about what is the most important.