Picnics

Nate just packed the picnic basket for and headed outside, when I stopped him and asked what he'd packed, he proudly opened the lid and showed me what was inside "Yogurt and spoons in case we are hungry, flipflops in case someone pees in their boots, a mermaid tail and Captain America, a helmet in case we decide to play balance beam." I'd say he's got it pretty well covered wink emoticon

a God-themed birthday party

Eliya's birthday preparations are underway and Nathaniel looks up from dancing to the worship music playing and says "Mama, I'd like a God-themed birthday party. We could sing and dance, tell stories and do crafts about God. There are so many people who don't know about God." I melted a bit.

fitbit

Zoe "Hey Mom, I bet if you ran around the house a couple times there you could break a record for you on that Fitbit."... Sweet daughter of mine....

love & war

"I think it's more of a war story Eliya, not a romantic one." Roll of the eyes.
"But when there is war there is often romance Zoë!"

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In my today

This human journey is such an interesting one. One minute you can be carrying on like you have no knowledge of yesterday, it's realities don't even exist, and the next moment you are so overcome with them you are dropped to your knees. How thankful I am that the maker of my yesterday and my tomorrow stands by my side in my today.