Trauma in our house

Last night Emma was getting herself a drink of water before bedtime when this struck.

She let out an awful scream and we hurried  to find the culprit… a scorpion!  It stung her on the top of her foot by her little toe.  I beat it with Kaleb’s church shoe and threw the shoe on the back patio for Kirk to scrape off when he got home from work.   We were all traumazied and I had to give each child a piggy back to their rooms because they were not about to get off the desk where they were taking cover.   Emma was a champ and has fully recovered.   Many prayers were said and a miracle occurred… it  only hurt and tingled for a couple of hours, and she had no other side effects.  Thank you!!!

This was our first encounter with scorpions since moving last month.  I hope it is our last.