Rabbit Children Scare Me

My husband and I volunteer in our son's Sunday School class every few weeks. We love volunteering in his class but one Sunday we were asked to serve in the 3 year old room.  We naively said yes and marched our servant-hearted selves down the Noah's Ark hallway.  What we didn't realize was that we would soon be in a place where drinking Jim Beam from a sippy cup would be necessary for survival .  I've cared for 3 year olds before and I know that they have a lot of energy but we walked into a class of rabbit children who appeared to be infected with rabies.  I call them "rabbit children" because they were bouncing everywhere!  It was chaos.  Evan and I looked at each other with total panic; our eyes communicated one thing, "RUN!!".  There were thousands of them (just 12).  It's all a blur but the ratio of a thousand (12) children to the 2 teachers seemed like some sort of twisted reality show.  The teachers, who had been there for hours,  looked like they just had a lobotomy.  Gone.  They were present but they were gone.  Children were running, bouncing, and laughing hysterically.  I saw one kid eating a brick!  It was all way too much.  We had just left a great sermon; our hearts were filled with God-centered teaching and worship.  I was now desirous of hard liquor.  After I pulled myself out of a stunned state, I started looking for a rabies vaccine and/or Benadryl and/or Jim Beam.   I did have some glue!  "No sniffing glue!" (There was a sign). Luckily, most of the hybrid rabbit children were taken away and we were only left with 3.

Life can be like hybrid rabbit children.  It can be unpredictable and frightening but it can also be exciting and joyful.  Life being unpredictable isn't always a bad thing.  When Evan started courting me at the end of 2004, I was going through a season of crap.  He was completely off my radar regarding marriage. Things had been really difficult in my life and I had planned since high school to be a preachers wife.  Evan was a Christian but he wasn't even going to Church regularly.  He was the complete opposite of what I had always planned on marrying.   Having said that, we dated for 5 weeks, got engaged, and married 6 months later.  

When Evan and I got married in 2005 he was running a successful company called Just Like Dad's that he and his Dad started.  It was a children's gift and apparel company that sold toddler boxers/briefs, toy shaving kits, and a line of children's recliners and rockers, all of which looked Just Like Dad's.  We were doing well and it was an exciting time.  Evan worked really hard and we were happily married.  Life was good.  Due to a couple of factors however, the company started to face some challenges.  Evan and his Dad fought hard to keep the doors open but we ultimately had to close the doors on Just Like Dad's.  All of a sudden, Evan was out of a job.  It was 2006, and unknown to us, we were heading into a recession that was going to give us a lashing.    

Evan has always been consistent in showing me love, adoration, and respect.  When he doesn't do those things an apology is right around the corner.  Even when life throws hybrid rabbit children at us, we get through it together.   Areas where I am weak, he is strong, and vise versa.   I've said it before and I'll say it again, marrying Evan was best decision I ever made.  The Lord is good.