Mindful Of Every Detail

Summer has been very interesting, and very eventful. To begin, I started a new job. I FINALLY got my opportunity at Labor & Delivery. I am still in training. Things are going well, but holy complex job. I am loving it. I look forward to the days that I feel more comfortable with the whole process.
I interviewed once for the job, and did not get it. After I ended up not receiving the job, I was actually relieved (for the time being). We were going on vacation in the early summer, and I was worried about being able to get the time off for vacation. Plus, I was really worried about what I was going to do with Chaz and how complicated this would make my life. I ended up thinking that it was really for the best, and made a long term plan to stay at the Instacare until my youngest (whether that be Chaz or one more) was in Kindergarten.
So, imagine my surprise when 4 weeks later, I was emailed by a recruiter. He told me that a position would be open for one day only, and that he could get me an interview if I would like to apply for the job again. I was stunned and confused. I decided to go ahead and apply for the job. What did I have to lose? As I got on to apply for the job, I realized that the posting was sandwiched between 2 postings I had already seen, yet that job was not there when I had previously seen the other 2 postings. The interesting part about this is that had I seen it on the computer, and not been asked to apply for it, I most likely would have ignored it given the fact that I had decided that I was going to stay where I was for the time being. Mindful of every detail.
Needless to say, I got an interview, and that went very well. I knew I needed to make a decision. We decided to fast about it in addition to praying (of course). I had serious doubts. I just didn't know how everything was going to work out. Right after fasting, I was reading my scriptures, and came across the following scripture: Genesis 35:16-17 reads: "And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also". I had no idea that the scriptures spoke of "midwives" but apparently they do, and apparently, I ran across this scripture right when I needed to hear that this really was Heavenly Father's plan for me. Mindful of every detail.
Within a week or so, I was offered the job, and spent some time getting everything all organized at home. I had a few different options lined up for Chaz, as I knew I would have very little flexibility with my hours during at least my training. I had one plan that I thought to be pretty solid. Yet, as this plan got closer, the details were not coming together. I was super stressed. One night after praying about this, I had a nudging from the spirit to try to contact the daycare owned by my employer. I had tried this before, and there had always been a HUGE waiting list for kids Chaz's age. Crazy enough, I called the next morning, and asked if they had an opening. To my surprise, there was an opening. This facility is SO NICE. If he cannot be with me, I wouldn't want him anywhere else. I later found out that the director had actually been trying to contact people who were not getting back to her. At her whits end with them not calling her back, she gave me the spot when I called that day. Surely again, mindful of every detail.
This has caused my older kids to spend some time alone at home while I am at work. I was fine when they were home together. But, Kandace ended up having play practice after a couple of weeks, and K'Lynn would be here alone. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I was very worried that she would have friends over or go somewhere (which I had ZERO REASON not to trust my especially well behaved kid). That particular morning as I was leaving for work, I said my prayers in the car. Abruptly in the middle of my prayer, I had a very distinct impression that I did not have my phone with me. This was odd because I ALWAYS leave my phone in the car. However, surely enough, after the prayer, I looked and my phone wasn't there. For the life of me, I could not remember where I had left my phone. I then remembered that I had left it in Josh's car. I called, and he answered. He stated that the phone had scared the bejeebies out of him because it was clear under the seat. As I drove to work, I was so thankful that I had been prompted to look for my phone. I also realized that if Josh had gotten to work, and I had not called my cell phone when he was in the car, that there is a very real possibility that he would not have found the phone because of how far it was shoved under the car seat. I was so thankful to have my phone, as I knew no news on the cell phone was good news when I was away from my children. At that moment the spirit spoke to me, saying: "If I care about your cell phone that much, how much more do you think I care about taking care of your daughter?". Once again, mindful of every detail.
Finally, not too long after starting my job, I had to deal with a very sad situation. We had a 40 week pregnant mother come in to deliver her baby, only to leave empty handed, as this precious infant was born sleeping and still. My heart ached for this precious family. I carefully observed how the nurse who was training me took care of every aspect of this woman's care. The woman had other children. As they arrived, the nurse training me asked the brother and sister if they would like to come over and put a diaper and a hat on their sweet baby brother. At first, I wasn't quite understanding why we were doing this. But, then I quickly realized this special angel deserved all of the dignified respect that we could possibly give to him. At that point, it became a privilege for me to lovingly place him in his blanket and hand him over to his family so that they could admire his perfection and angelic beauty. After the family spent time with their baby, we took him to a room that makes molds of the babies' hands and feet. The room is labeled as such that it was hard for me to imagine that we were taking this precious angel into that cold room. I questioned that as we walked in there. At that time, I felt this precious boy's spirit around me. He felt taller than me, and I sensed that his over sized spirit was there in that room with us.
A couple of weeks later, I went to the temple. As I was performing the work, out of nowhere, my mind flashed back to the moments that I was helping his siblings lovingly place a diaper, hat, and blanket on their little angel. I believe this was his little spirit's way of coming to me because directly thereafter, I heard a very audible voice say to my heart: "Thank You for taking such good care of me". I was overcome with emotion. The only bad part of my job is that due to HIPPA issues, I most likely will never be able to share that special story with this boy's family (I could never find their address or contact info for something based on what could be defined as "personal gain", so of course, I would NEVER attempt to locate them). Having this experience was such a blessing in my life. again, proof that Heavenly Father is mindful of every detail.
My faith has grown so much since beginning this new journey. I won't understand all of the reasons behind the timing. But, I am SO THANKFUL for the opportunity, and SO THANKFUL that Heavenly Father provides ways to let us know that he is truly mindful of every detail of our lives.

"Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow, how they grow."

"Consider the birds in the sky,
How they fly, how they fly.

He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky.
And he will feed those who trust him,
And guide them with His eye."

"Consider the sheep of his fold,
How they follow where he leads.
Though the path may wind across the mountains,
He knows the meadows where they feed."

"He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky,
And he will feed those who trust him,
And guide them with his eye."

"Consider the sweet, tender children
Who must suffer on this earth..."

The pains of all of them he carried
From the day of his birth.
He clothes the lilies of the field,
He feeds the lambs in His fold,
And he will heal those who trust him,
And make their hearts as gold."