Small Things

Not all of us can do great things,
 But we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

We have tried to keep these words as the focus of our prayers for the last couple of weeks. Due to severe side effects we are taking Scotty off the medication Invega and every day we are terrified that the withdrawl of the medication will send us all back to hell. This change, though smoother than the withdrawal of Riperidone, has sent all of us into a tailspin again. 

We cannot control how his body will react as it comes off the medication or how it will affect his already shaky nervous system.  All we can do is watch and carefully document our observations for the doctor, because Scotty can't tell her how he feels or how uncomfortable he is in his own body.

So much is out of our control as we watch him struggle each day, but we stand side by side with this boy and hope and pray that this too shall pass...quickly.  So we control the SMALL THINGS that we can and leave the GREAT THINGS to God.

We cannot make his hands stop shaking, 
but we can hold them in ours while they do.

We cannot stop him from having a tantrum, 
but we can comfort him when it is over.

We cannot stop him from asking for pizza a thousand times, 
but we can control the frustration in our voices
 as we answer him a thousand times.

We cannot stop him from biting his arm, 
but we can hold a cold cloth on it to ease the pain afterward.
We cannot alleviate his hyper frenetic behavior,
but we can remain still and calm.

We cannot stop his body from jerking uncontrollably, 
but we can hold on to him tightly so he is not afraid.
We cannot quiet the yelling, 
but we can respond with a soft voice.

We cannot control or predict his sudden outbursts, 
but we can control our reaction.

We cannot make the fear in his eyes go away, 
but we can show him the love in ours.

We cannot do great things, 
but like Mother Teresa says we can do 
ALL these small things with great love.



Please pray for our little guy and that we will see
this happy, relaxed face again very soon. 

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For the link to the post about Risperidone and our year in hell.