Our daughter is called Samara which means "protected by God" in Hebrew. At breakfast we always pray as a family, for protection and safety for her &the girl and as I leave, I always speak a blessing upon Samara.
But this morning, it was such a hurried one. We needed to drop Alex at work, Samara woke up just before we left and we didn't have time to even bond with her. I quickly changed her diaper and requested our girl to assist me in giving her breakfast after we leave. We took breakfast in a rush, I hardly felt like I had taken tea so I resorted to carrying the whole flask to work. I felt guilty just to dash out like that without spending time with Samara and promised myself that I would call her when I get to work.
I called home but she was eating and her mouth was to full to talk so I said I would call after a few minutes and when I called she had slept.
Over lunchtime my girl called. Initially I thought she wanted me to say hi to Samara but when she started " I wanted to tell you that I was cooking the beans you left and the pressure cooker has burst open and burnt my face &hand". I asked what about Samara? Is she ok? I asked her what she had applied and she said oil.
At that time I wasn't sure that's the right thing to apply on a burn because other people say flour works but later when we went to the doctor they told us cold water is enough, in fact ice cubes are the best, those others are home recipes that scientist haven't ascertained they work.
She said Samara was safe. I closed the shop and drove home wondering how severe the burns could be etc. Samara was ok, I gave her many kisses and she was just staring at the swollen girl's face, I guess she could see something happened but couldn't say it. We went to a nearby hospital and the doctor reassured us that the burns were not so bad(they were superficial) and we only needed her to apply a cream twice a day and take pain killers.
As we drove back home,I asked her where was Samara when all this was happening and she said she was in the living room playing. I just said thank you Lord, because at her age she is so curious, she never wants to be left behind. I thanked the Lord for His protection over them and that things weren't as bad as my imagination, remember my girl is young and a lady, that can severely work on her self esteem.I also thanked God for all those who pray for us as a family because really as you can see I was so rushed, I didn't pray(am not saying this happened because I didn't pray), am also glad that Samara is protected of the Lord.
So am having my late lunch at 5.30 p.m. but am content. Very content and grateful.
But this morning, it was such a hurried one. We needed to drop Alex at work, Samara woke up just before we left and we didn't have time to even bond with her. I quickly changed her diaper and requested our girl to assist me in giving her breakfast after we leave. We took breakfast in a rush, I hardly felt like I had taken tea so I resorted to carrying the whole flask to work. I felt guilty just to dash out like that without spending time with Samara and promised myself that I would call her when I get to work.
I called home but she was eating and her mouth was to full to talk so I said I would call after a few minutes and when I called she had slept.
Over lunchtime my girl called. Initially I thought she wanted me to say hi to Samara but when she started " I wanted to tell you that I was cooking the beans you left and the pressure cooker has burst open and burnt my face &hand". I asked what about Samara? Is she ok? I asked her what she had applied and she said oil.
At that time I wasn't sure that's the right thing to apply on a burn because other people say flour works but later when we went to the doctor they told us cold water is enough, in fact ice cubes are the best, those others are home recipes that scientist haven't ascertained they work.
She said Samara was safe. I closed the shop and drove home wondering how severe the burns could be etc. Samara was ok, I gave her many kisses and she was just staring at the swollen girl's face, I guess she could see something happened but couldn't say it. We went to a nearby hospital and the doctor reassured us that the burns were not so bad(they were superficial) and we only needed her to apply a cream twice a day and take pain killers.
As we drove back home,I asked her where was Samara when all this was happening and she said she was in the living room playing. I just said thank you Lord, because at her age she is so curious, she never wants to be left behind. I thanked the Lord for His protection over them and that things weren't as bad as my imagination, remember my girl is young and a lady, that can severely work on her self esteem.I also thanked God for all those who pray for us as a family because really as you can see I was so rushed, I didn't pray(am not saying this happened because I didn't pray), am also glad that Samara is protected of the Lord.
So am having my late lunch at 5.30 p.m. but am content. Very content and grateful.
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