Following the Spirit

So last night while Josh was out golfing I decided to shred some papers, something we NEVER do. Josh usually just takes a bag full and burns them, but last night I thought I would get rid of the pile sitting on our counter. So while I was shredding I had to run and grab something for JJ real quick (literally 2 seconds) and as I come around the corner Carter is shredding a paper for me and down went his precious little finger into the sharp teeth of the shredder. I couldn't get the shredder to stop so I ripped it out of the wall. Seeing that Carters little finger was jammed in there pretty good, and hearing that he was in a lot of pain I didn't know what to do. Our phone wasn't working for some reason so I ran out the door calling for JJ to follow me and I ran to the neighbors across the street. Carter was histarical, and I wasn't the calmest mother in the world either. They helped me pry Carter finger out, it took two men to do it. I was so glad that they were there.
AND the neat part is, today my neighbor came by to see if Carter was okay, and he told me that last night they were on their way to the store to get some lids to can tomatoes. And the wife had a strong feeling that they should turn around and go home, they were almost to the store but they did turn back and decided to just do the tomatos another day. They had only been home a few minutes before I came barging in with Carter. I'm sure glad they listened to the spirit and were able to help me and Carter, especially since Josh wasn't home and I didn't know what to do. What awesome neighbors huh?



Carters finger is a little torn up, but after much consideration we decided against stitches. It looks great today and he is as happy as ever.