Not wishing to die anymore

Don't be alarmed I was just deathly ill and wishing for the end. Now I am just weak and slightly nauseated(maybe I am pregnant) don't worry it's just the flu. My eyes keep twitching, lack of sleep, although I did go to bed at 8:30 last night. We all did. I had Blake on the floor in my room and put Sam in his room because at that point he was the only one besides Skip that wasn't affected. As I read him a short chapter of a "Magic Tree House" book, I could see he was becoming the "BUGS" latest victim. I brought him in my room on to the love seat to sleep{Which he didn't} I needed everyone close, I was just as weak as them, and Skip was assigned to Claire, so we were all settled in. { Oh ya, Jack was in his bed weak and tired but through the worst of it. He had slept all day.}

Sam was getting worse and he knew it .I could hear him praying fervently to be healed.{My children do allot of praying out loud and I mean loud when they are sick it's pretty much like begging to the Lord really loud and with all sincerity, a real come to Jesus moment} after about an hour and a half of this and me checking on him, from my bed. He finally said,"Mom can I have a Tums?" I said,"Honey I'm sorry but that won't really help, you are going to be sick." He said, "Mom I prayed and Heavenly Father told me that if I took a TUMS I would not get sick." How can you argue with someones personal revelation? I got the TUMS. Then after I gave it to him {he did check with me to make sure he wouldn't get sick from it} He was quiet for a while and around 11:00 he said,"Mom do you think Dad could give me a Fathers Blessing? I mean I know that no one else is here to help him so a Fathers Blessing will be fine." again how can you argue with this. I hoped Skip would be up to this and of course he was. I did have to wake him up and get him out of Claire's bed. He gave him a wonderful blessing of peace and rest. I prayed too, not out loud but in my heart that through my little Sam's faith he could be healed or at least not throw-up. He went to sleep and slept through the rest of the night and never got sick it was truly a miracle. He is still a little weak but he never got really, really sick like the rest of us.

I know you might think this is crazy but I named Sam "Samuel" from the bible it means "heard God" and Sam listened and heard God. To me this is what I pray for my kids to have testimony builders and this was definitely one of those times and he knew it.