My Mommy's Sick Today....A Children's Story

I had a few minutes after my last doctor's appointment and as I waited for Jason to get me I just felt so inspired to write this little story about what my kids might be going through. When I told Jason he said, "Who does that? They have 5 minutes and just write a story like that?" Well, it isn't me. They are God's words, I just feel like I have to get them down on paper as fast as I possibly can. In this case I was putting it in my iPhone as fast as I could.

I have thought about writing a children's book for a long time. Who knows, maybe this will lead to something in the future and God is just getting me warmed up. Anyway, here it is.

My Mommy's Sick Today

My mommy is sick today.
Not like tummy sick or cough sick.
She is a different kind of sick.

My daddy told me she has what they call cancer.
I don't understand everything they talk about
and at first I was very afraid.
But my mommy told me that everything was going to be okay.

"Don't be afraid," my mommy told me.
"I will be sick for a while but the Lord will protect me and keep me safe."
She went on to say, "By your next birthday Mommy will be okay."

At night when I lay there and try to sleep-
I ask God to make my birthday come very fast.
Not so I can get presents like I normally want,
bu so my mommy will be all better again.

My daddy told me that my mommy has to go through something called chemotherapy.
This is where they give my mommy medicine to make her better.
She gets very tired for a while and sleeps a lot.
But after a while she starts to feel better again.

When she is sleeping I tip toe into her room.
I make sure she is okay.
Sometimes she is awake and I sit with her on the bed.
Sometimes she even reads me a book or just lay there and snuggle.
Those are my favorite times.

I wish my mommy wasn't so sick.
But just like when I am sick and she takes care of me-
I am going to take care of her.

Every day I make sure I say my prayers.
God, please take care of my mommy and make her okay.
And if it's not too much to ask - make her cancer go away.