A Big Walking Tour for Little Feet!

Ok, ok, ok...so I'm a little behind on updating y'all. WiFi is crazy expensive in NYC. Also, with all the navigating I was doing on my phone, I was actually running out of data on our plan. So let's get started!

On Wednesday, we started our freezing rainy day at the 9/11 Memorial. Absolutely amazing! It was such an honor to be there and see it in its early stages of development. The kids asked a lot of great questions.

Our next steps were visiting the super historic St. Paul's Chapel (near the Freedom Tower) that was used as an emergency worker rest spot during 9/11.

Our hotel was near Madison Square Garden, so we got to see the waves of people that continued to pour out of that place.

We took a quick tour of 30 Rock and tried to sneak Heather into a show, but we missed the cutoff. Bummer!

On our way uptown, we stopped off at St. Patrick's Cathedral. With the amount of beauty in the structure, it's kinda sad that we've lost this form of worship in most of our churches today.

Heather's sister came to NYC to see the Anderson Live show, so we were later off to meet them at FAO Schwartz. The kids were okay with that meeting spot!

Since Sy is such a big fan of Apple (the food, silly), we had to take one cool elevator ride and snap a quick photo of his lighted up treat!

More posts to come! We love y'all!

What About the Others?

To say the least, we've been a bit overwhelmed with the work of the therapy, but I thought I'd share a pretty cool story with y'all...

Last night, when I was putting Sy in bed, I knelt down beside him for prayer (and some hugs/kisses). Sy's prayers have always been tenderhearted and it's amazing who comes up in them (a fellow firefighter to accept Jesus, those involved in accidents heard on the car radio, kids with broken bones, etc.) However, last night it hit me in the face how this boy looks outward even though his life is piled with issues that need miracles.

In his prayers, he was praying for his mom and her inability to eat gluten (Celiac's). "Dear God, please help Mommy to be able to eat gluten someday..." Along with this, he was praising God for a miraculous healing in our family recently (getting closer!).

How is it possible that this kid, whose diet consists of only a handful of ingredients, would be praying for someone who can eat just about everything but one? I definitely didn't stop long enough to soak in it, but the heart of Jesus was right there in the room with me.

As I recognize how often I act in selfishness, I am humbled that the Grace of God would provide me with a son who would point me back to Him.

My eyes are starting to water and I'm at a clinical today... Thanks for reading!