Saturday, March 10, 2012

God don't make no junk, y'all...

Our family went to our local Harvey Hinklemeyer's (restaurant) for dinner Thursday. Naturally, we are "larger" family and get "noticed" more readily than some.

Anyhow, a lady walked up to our table and said, "Your children are so well behaved...and this one here is so handsome (she was speaking of Jadon)." Then she asked if we were in the paper recently, I told her yes, we had been.

She began to tear up, and said, "my great-grandson had just been born around that time to my 18 year old grand-daughter and he has Down too and your story was such an inspiration to me".

I immediately said, "CONGRATULATIONS"!

She nearly began to cry....her voice broke, she lay her hand on her chest and said, emphatically, "THANK YOU." Through tears, she continued, "No one, not one person, has said to me, congratulations. Thank you."

She continued to talk to us for just a bit and then she left... I am so grateful for that moment to share with her.

God don't make no junk, y'all. 
Never has. Never will. 

You don't have to be happy your child has Down syndrome...
be proud they are here and THAT is something to CONGRATULATE.


love,


 "I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." Isaiah 45:2-3 (NIV)

8 comments:

Penny's Peeps said...

praise GOD, Christie!!! so glad you were able to bless that lady!! and you are SO RIGHT!!!! love you!

Auntieof3 said...

AMEN!!!

Isabella said...

Sure glad "y'all" went out to eat at that particular time!!!

Love how God arranges these amazing meetings!!

:)))

Anna Theurer said...

spot on, Christie!

Carolyn said...

I love it! Of course, we know this, but it is so great that your family helped this grandma and her family! You guys rock!

Rochelle said...

Loe how God puts people in our lives just as we need them. Thankful you guys were there to minister to her.Awesome!

Anonymous said...

Love this! :)

Ron and Trish said...

I loved this blog. We are in process of adopting 2 girls, one is blind, and Vessy has DS. So many people have been less than understanding (definately not congratulating) why we be doing this. It's hard to explain to people that don't understand the joy in obeying Gods following. But we do, and soon our 2 girls will know joy!