TEXAS!!!

We, me and the girls, came to Texas to be with Shad for the month of December.  He has been down here since October doing a head and neck trauma rotation.  I didn't want to make that announcement  public on my blog, you may understand why not.

It took us 17 hours driving time.  The girls were such good travelers, very few meltdowns.  After a couple of "lucky" decisions on my behalf, I began to wonder where Mother's Intuition ends and the Holy Ghost steps in.  

I really tried to hit the road fast and long and wanted to be in the car as much as possible, but at times I felt impressed to find a stopping point along the way.  Outside of Atlanta I saw a billboard for a Chik-fil-a.  Even though it was kind of early for lunch, we just had a snack not too long before, I felt I should still stop.  I did and it was a great place to do so.  It was a brand new restaurant, nice and clean.  The girls played for about 40 minutes, and we had a semi-healthy meal.  It renewed us.  

Secondly I was trying put a lot of miles on the road on the first day before I needed to call it a night.  Amaya was sleeping, and again I felt impressed to find a place to pull over.  I listened and not 5 minutes later Amaya awoke with a full blown melt down a "why am I still strapped in this carseat?" kind of tantrum.  We were only 5 minutes from my predesigned stop.

I pleaded in my prayers for patience, safety, health, and help to make such a long journey by myself and my children.  My prayers were answered and I was blessed.  I don't ever want to do it again, but I feel very pleased that I did it.  Thank Heaven for it's help!