Why Not Me?

Happy Mother's Day! Wow, it is my first Mother's Day with our little peanut. All week long I have been thinking about how blessed we are. And how during this trying time of coping with Emma's diagnosis I never said, "Why me?" All week long three words repeatedly echoing in my ears, "Why not me?" Why not me? I am the type of person who doesn't let things get them down. I am also the type of person who will fight to the finish. I will make sure that I am educated and others around me are educated about Down syndrome. I won't let Emma use her diagnosis as an excuse to get things or get out of things.

Then today during church, Pastor Bell was praying for all the women in the church and he said, "You are here for a reason. You were put into this place at this particular time for a reason." My reason is my child. God chose not to heal my child. And I have never asked, "Why me?" But, I never thought about why not me.

I refuse to have the why me attitude. I will continue to pray the prayer of Jabez (our sermon this morning). May God bless me and my influence on my children and other people. May I not cause pain to myself or others.

Amen,

Lynnelle

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