Remembering my baby Enoch!

O safe to the Rock that is higher than I,
My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly;
So sinful, so weary, Thine, Thine would I be;
Thou blest "Rock of Ages," I'm hiding in Thee.

Refrain:
Hiding in Thee, Hiding in Thee,
Thou blest "Rock of Ages,"
I'm hiding in Thee.

In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour,
In times when temptation casts o'er me its pow'r;
In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea,
Thou blest "Rock of Ages," I'm hiding in Thee.

How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe,
I have fled to my Refuge and breathed out my woe;
How often, when trials like seabillows roll,
Have I hidden in Thee, O Thou Rock of my soul.

I spent the first weeks of his life, pinching him, to hear him cry. Checking his color regularly, that he wasn't turning blue. I was a burdensome mother. Are you alright? All of the boys, to this day, when they fall or hurt themselves, reflexively, say "I am alright, mom!" He especially shows deference to his mother's emotions.
My baby was put to sleep with this hymn. He had the shortest babytime of everybody, because Evvy came right after him. I had tactics for keeping the 2 of them still to feed him. Reading and singing this hymn was the first choice at night time.
I miss those baby days. But I am pleased at the 16 year old who has grown out of some of the severe naughtiness that I thought would never pass. The precocious toddler has turned into a pretty reliable, young man. Thank to God. I am grateful for his watchful eye, even when it costs me my vegetable garden, as his sensitivity

One visit to the nursing home aunt Ra-Ra, said, look at Sonny, up under Mu? She saw the sweet relationship that we have. I couldn't appreciate it at the time. I do now.

They said, uncle Sonny would come home to check up on Mu, wherever they went. He couldn't enjoy himself, if he didn't know that Mu was okay. I thought that was sweet. I couldn't imagine a big man like that being so close. Not a Momma's boy, exactly, just very concerned.