I haven’t wrote in a while (this is James), but I have binged watched a lot of Netflix.

Because I haven’t wrote in a while, I have kept y’all hearing some really great and hard parts of our lives. However, the great Bear Bryant once said, “if you’re still talking about what you did yesterday, than you’re not getting anything done today”.  So, with that said, let me just share what’s happened in the past week and what God is doing in our lives.

I became a vegetarian 2 weeks ago…I have felt like hell for 2 weeks, and my wife assures me that I have had the worst gas and indigestion on the planet…she told me last night while sleeping, that I coughed and farted at the same time, so for breakfast she made me bacon.  

I’m not a vegetarian anymore.

I’ve learned that my marriage is more important than a diet, and I’ve decided to just eat less meat and more vegetables. (I also had 2 Mcdoubles from McDonalds today, I really jumped off the wagon)

We went to a wedding without any kids.  I’d like for you to think that I’m an amazing father and I missed them every second of the day, but that’s not true. I suck at lying.  But it was the most amazing wedding I have ever seen and we danced all night long…I am concerned about some videos and pictures that may have been taken of me that night, welp, you win some, you lose some.

I think it is absolutely amazing how God will speak to you, when you choose to listen, Kaet and I had 14 hours in the car traveling with just the 2 of us and we didn’t have any Netflix to distract us from having real conversations, and we believe God used this time to align His vision for us into one vision, not 2 separate one.

Here it is: God has placed a ridiculously big vision on our hearts to change the world and culture of how people view and treat people with special needs and disabilities. We don’t know what that looks like yet, but in time we know God will make that clear to us.

Ultimately, we have heart to see everyone live into how they’ve been created, no more, no less.  We were not created to be like anyone else other than our self, and the same goes for people with special needs, why would we expect anything different from them, and why wouldn’t we embrace how they have been created and celebrate the amazing gift that this world has been given.  Believe me, Hattie and all people with special needs have something that none of us have, and we are robbing our self of an amazing blessing by not embracing the gift that Hattie and so many other children and adults with special needs have.

That said, it seems like this vision is something that is completely unattainable and I have real fear when it comes to sharing this vision, because 1) it seems impossible 2) By voicing this, I can no longer do nothing 3) We can’t do it alone.  However, these reasons are confirmation to me that this vision, is from God.  

Now, here’s the coolest part and the confirmation of the hope and vision that has been placed on our hearts.  Since our trip, we have several conversations with people, that can only be described as “God Meetings” and then tonight.  

Tonight, Kaet almost didn’t bring our kids to church, and I almost encouraged her to not bring them, but I kept my mouth shut, and she brought the kids.  This proved to be the absolute best decision of the day.  When Kaet was leaving with all the kids, a young High School Student stopped her and gave her a letter, and simply said, “This was a school project, here you go.”

Now, get the Kleenex out and read how Hattie is already changing the world at age 3.  I mean how many adults reading this, have received a letter like this, and Hattie can’t walk, talk, or write!  This is just another reminder that people with special needs are way better than me.