As you know one of my favorite topics to blog about has always been my family. God has blessed me with a beautiful wife and two wonderful kiddos. And like any good father, when a member of my family hurts, so do I. Lately the person in my family who has been hurting is my 5 year old daughter Maeven. My beautiful little Maeven has been struggling with anxiety and worry for the past few months. It started out as chewing on the sleeves and collars of her clothes, which we were able to get her to finally stop doing. However, the problem is when she stopped doing that she needed some other way to channel her energy and that has led to her picking at scratches and scabs on her skin. Erin and I have talked to her and tried to find out what is going on, but she has said she doesn't know why she picks at herself and the more she pick the more she scabs and makes little scars. Our family is getting ready to go through some transition (which I will share more about in the upcoming weeks, but don't worry it's good news!) and we don't think she fully understands what's going on and that might be causing this anxiety. As parents it's painful to see our sweet girl struggling and not really be able to help her stop. What we would like to ask of you though is to pray that God will give Maeven victory over anxiety and she will have peace from God. We know that Maeven has put her faith in Christ and we know that He wants to do great things with her. Please pray that even at this young age that she will turn to Him in times of fear and pray for us that God will give us wisdom as we try to comfort and calm her anxiety.