Give Me A Glimpse

This is a repost of the song that my friend Heidi Kaether wrote for Knox while he was in the hospital. I has since been recorded on one of her albums. I greatly appreciate all the people that felt our pain and were able to put it to music and poems.

Give Me A Glimpse

He looks like he's sleeping
amid the tentacles and beeping of technology.
Oh, how I wanna be
the one hurt and unmoving in his place
so that he can run and race around.
Let me hold my little boy.
Let me kiss the hurt away.

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

He looks like he's sleeping
amid the mourning and the weeping of his family.
Oh how I wanna see
his joy at meeting Jesus face to face.
Let me feel Your peace and grace abound
while You hold my little boy
and kiss every hurt away.

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

I never knew that one could hurt this much before.
Any moment he'll come running through that door.
I see his clothes laid on the chair
and his paci over there,
his fingerprints upon my heart and the refrigerator...

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

Lord, I know there'll be a day
when I'll watch him run and play
and you'll kiss all my hurts away...
but for now -
Won't You give me a glimpse?

I have gotten a glimpse or two I think. One of those times was recently as I was thinking about a friend of mine that is in the process of adopting a little boy. It has been a very long process that is prayerfully drawing to a close this summer. I was thinking about how long she has been waiting to meet him and was imagining what a joyful day that would be when she would finally see him face to face and take him in her arms. All of a sudden I got a glimpse: a glimpse of my reunion with Knox. He ran into my arms smiling brightly and I'd like to describe what it was like but their are no earthly words for it; just know it was sweet and precious and wonderful and everything else imaginable wrapped up into one little moment. Thank you Lord for that glimpse.

A Song for Knox

by Brian Franklin

"A Song for Knox"

I dreamed I said hello to you a week ago
You smiled at me like I was your best friend
And then you cried, I laughed, you slept, I held you in my arms
And Lord right now, I just don't understand

But Knox, oh no, it's not the end for us
you've gone ahead of us, for now
My soul clings to a better hope, because
our Lord has promised us He'll hold you in His arms
Until we come
or until He comes

And then there was the time when you and Jack just at
and laughed at silent cartoons on the tv screen
And every time I saw you with your mom or dad,
singing songs, upside-down, a smiling face
And I never thought that I'd see those days end
Lord, right now, we just don't understand

But, Knox oh no it's not the end for us
you've gone ahead of us, for now
My soul clings to a better hope, because
our Lord has promised us He'll hold you in His arms
Until we come
or until He comes

On my bed, I remember you
In the watches of the night I speak your name
My God, my God, please don't forsake us now
I cry out to you to hear me as I pray
May we see our little son again someday,
when You wipe all our lonely tears away


But, Knox oh no it's not the end for us
you've gone ahead of us, for now
My soul clings to a better hope, because
our Lord has promised us He'll hold you in His arms
Until we come
or until He comes

Until we come to join you
Until He comes again to take us all away
Until we come to join you
Until He comes again to take us all away
when we'll all be home togehter, some sweet day

a repost from here

Memory Lane: 2006 Bluebonnet Season

Our first Bluebonnet season. Look at those sweet little faces!!

A Trip to Roundtop

A group of us went to Roundtop to enjoy the scenery on the way and way back and to eat at this little cafe.
Here is the gang waiting to order. PSA: take a jacket with you.

They are famous for their pies.
This one is their strawberry Rhubarb which emma had. Jack and I had apple and Anne Michal and Elizabeth had cherry. I think there was also some peach and pecan eaten at our table as well.

These two sweeties sat all huddles together on one end of the table and shared their lunch and pie with each other.
After we ate we walked around the town and chekced out some of the shops. Emma and Lizzy had their own.
A car parked on the street.

Oh look! A little house just for Creed!
Some scenery on teh way back.




Some Oreo cows.


A neat little bridge.
We found this fabulous field of bluebonnets and indian paintbrushes. They were so thick and tall. We stopped and took a few pictures.
















It was a beautiful, fun-filled day!

First Annual Good Friday Tea

The Menu:
Hot Cross Buns
Little Smokies
Cheese cubes
Carrots and Cucumbers
jelly beans
peanut m&m's
strawberries and whipped cream

The kids all helped me make everything and set the table. They repeatedly told me how great dinner was and declared it needed to be a new tradition. ;-)


Anne Michal icing the hot cross buns with a cross.

The finished buns.
Elizabeth peeling carrots.


The jelly bean snitch.

Anne Michal took a picture of the bowl of jellybeans. It does look pretty with all the colors.
Devotions with Daddy.

And a sticky, happy mess!!!

March 2010 Book Log

18. Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus

19. The Oresteia by Aeschylus

20. The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles

21. The Divine Comedy: Hell by Dante

22. The Divine Comedy: Purgatory by Dante

23. The Divine Comedy: Paradise by Dante

24. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin

25. Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

26. Shadow Prey by John Sandford

27. Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon by Jane Austen

28. The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander

29. The High King by Lloyd Alexander

30. Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

31. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

32. The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World by Stephen Nichols

33. Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus by D.A. Carson

34. Be Still, My Soul: Embracing God's Purpose and Provision in Suffering by Nancy Guthrie, ed.

35. Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley by Peter Kreeft

Creed the Rock Star

with his lincoln log microphone. Or maybe Creed the Crooner would be more accurate.