My Greatest Fears and how I "try" to overcome them.

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As I have said before, I am a "crazy" mom. No.... lets try that again,  I am the President of the Crazy Mom Club. I am over cautious and completely paranoid. I worry a lot and think about the "what if"...even more.

My greatest fears are my children or my husband becoming ill or someone taking them and hurting them. Obviously, there is nothing I can do about them becoming ill, that is in God's hands, we pray every night for their health and safety among many other things but, you just don't know. I will be blogging more on this topic soon....

Like many, I try to feed my boys a healthy diet, I limit sweets a lot although my oldest has an obsession with any and all chewy candy, courtesy of the Libby family. Some days are better than others.

My fear of them being taken is something that I can do something about, by following certain rules and being aware of surroundings and people. My love for the tv shows like forensic files, disappeared and all  "cop shows" have made me even more paranoid but I have also learned a few things that probably will keep me and my kids safer. 

After watching a show about child abductions, I decided to do something about it in our community. So, being the crazy mom I am, I called the Phoenix police department, Scottsdale police department and finally the FBI. To my surprise, the local police did not offer ANY help nor were they willing to even answer questions. They kept telling me that due to budget cuts they could not help, even though I told them repeatedly that I wanted to speak to someone to get some questions answered. No luck there.  

To my surprise, the FBI was not only willing to talk to me but they were so helpful and willing to share information and ideas on how to  obtain resources to help keep our children safer.

I decided to make it a focus in our practice to make child safety one of our goals this year so, throughout the year, we will have special events to help other crazy moms like me keep our babies safe.

Here is the scoop, I am currently speaking to the local FBI office and we will hopefully be hosting an event where an FBI agent comes to speak about....ta daaaa "Child Safety or Internet Safety" that is why we have the poll on my blog to decide which one we are going to do first. We will be inviting all the parents in our practice and we will also make it available for your friends and family as well as the  community around us. We will also host an event after that where we will be handing out free fingerprint  and DNA kits that you can keep with you in case of an emergency. 

I am very excited about being able to do this but my hope and prayer is that no one EVER has to use them but if they do hopefully that will help bring a child back home to their parents safe.

Although I worry a lot about everything, my hope and trust is in the Lord, I am NOT perfect and I need to remind myself that He is in control and not me so, I keep this Bible verse on my desk as a reminder that I have to let go and LET GOD.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

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I can not truly overcome all my fears, I can only pray and trust in Him.

Thanks for visiting! L