Little Helper

No, I don’t mean “Santa’s…”. I speak of my son once again. He still continues to amaze me. Last night, while I was up in the late hours trying to stuff my Christmas cards, he woke up with a coughing fit. I suspect his allergies are yet again to blame, but that’s besides the point. After some cuddles, he asked for juice and eventually an apple, which I peeled and cut up for him, leaving the peel, peeler and core in the sink. I was pretty tired by this point and laid down with him on the couch, falling asleep pretty quickly as long as his coughing wasn’t keeping me up. He asked for an orange at some point, but I must have fallen back asleep and not gotten it for him. I don’t know how long he was up, but it was at least a couple hours before we moved off the couch.

This morning, I made my way into the kitchen to notice the step-stool by the sink. Peering in, none of the peels were there and I found the peeler put away looking clean. In the living room, there was an orange with one or two missing pieces along with little chunks of its peel on the table. His pajama pants were on the floor. When he woke up, I asked him about it. He did, in fact, clean the peeler, wash the apple peels down the drain and peel himself an orange by hand. While cleaning, he apparently got water on his pajamas and needed to change them, so he did that as well. Now, he’s my firstborn, so I don’t know when kids learn these things, but this sounds to me like something that you pray that your six-year-old might do if you ask him, let alone of his own volition. Brady, on the other hand, is always trying to help. Most of his sister’s anger towards him is because he is taking something from her that she is not supposed to have or that could hurt her. He’s usually trying to protect her and help me.

I know this is entirely how God made Brady. And I don’t think the timeline for him doing these things is simply because Stephanie is gone. I am thankful to God for that timeline and that Brady is such a sweetheart to know that it would be helpful to me. I thank God for who He made Brady to be. And I am just so proud of that little boy and thankful to God for all His wonderful blessings. I’m sorry if this comes across as bragging, but so be it. I just had to brag on my kid.

25 thoughts on “Little Helper”

  1. Yeah for Brady! What a good boy. God knew what he was doing when he made that little boy so perfect for you and your needs at this time. Just think of Brady as God's loving arms wrapping you in an embrace. He will bless many people in his life with his servant's heart.

  2. Brag as much as you need to!! That is totally awesome and he's only 3. Yeah Brady! Brady is softening the pain of Stephanie being gone. Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family

  3. Yeah for Brady! What a good boy. God knew what he was doing when he made that little boy so perfect for you and your needs at this time. Just think of Brady as God's loving arms wrapping you in an embrace. He will bless many people in his life with his servant's heart.

  4. Brag as much as you need to!! That is totally awesome and he's only 3. Yeah Brady! Brady is softening the pain of Stephanie being gone. Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family

  5. He sounds like such a sweet boy! May you always see the best in him even when it may be difficult. God Bless you all Brad! Merry Christmas!

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