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If the Lord wills. Everything in this life, especially for His children, happens because the Lord wills it and not long after Weston was born God willed a wonderful surprise into our lives: Jackson David Stapleton.

With Weston being the little ball of energy that he was when we found out a new addition was coming along we really did not know how to respond: Mindy cried, I thought and prayed ( Mindy prayed too by the way ), and family wondered what we were going to do.  Truth be told we did not either.   Money was tight, time and nerves were running on empty, and we were just into our first year of marriage.

On November 15, 2004 Jackson was born and his birth was the antithesis to Weston’s.  Where Weston’s was hectic and very frightening at times, Jackson’s was relatively smooth and worry free.  Now don’t judge, but during the delivery, I watched Monday Night Football and Mindy talked with the nurse.  There was a time that we thought a C-Section was going to be in order but it quickly passed and the Jackson came easily into this world.

He was quiet, calm, and very little trouble: so much so that the first night we thought something was wrong as he never awoke to eat, be changed, or demand anything.  Mindy and I called the nurses to see if something was wrong, and one of them chuckled and told us to take advantage of the situation.  So with slight reservations that soon passed we accepted that our new son was tempered a little differently than our first.

Weston, being unable to say ” brother ” or ” baby ” clearly soon gave Jackson the moniker of Bubby and it has stuck ever since.  Our Bubby blessed our lives and I thank God that He knows better than we do.  If, in our human wisdom we had done what we had thought best, if we had followed family advice and waited, Jackson David may have never graced or lives, but God truly knows what is best.  He ordered our steps and worked all things together for our good in ways that we could never have imagined.   Weston learned how to be a good big brother and gave him direction for his energy that we never could have, we discovered that not everything needed to be full speed at all times, and we got to experience God’s provision in new and marvelous ways.

I would like to add that Bubby is my little baseball player.  He will soon turn seven years old and just finished up his second year of tee-ball and is headed into his first year of coach-pitch.   His laid back demeanor is put on hold as enthusiasm takes over in his love of baseball.  Another thing, and more important than baseball, is his child-like love of God  and His Church.  I would not trade that for anything in the world.

If I can share anything and if you can garner any nugget of wisdom from this I pray that you realize God is in control and He will work things out.  He is in control and we should pray that His will be done at all times and all ways.  We do not always know what is best in our limited wisdom but our Heavenly Fathers does.

Take care and God bless.