“In a way Winter is the real Spring – the time when the inner things happen…
Edna O’brien
Winter Solstice
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
I Give You… More Bear
Oh how my Bear makes me laugh…
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While I was away on my St. Louis trip, my mom helped Brian out with the kids during the day. As she was leaving one evening she told Bri that if they needed anything to just give her a call. Micah chimed in with, “That’s right Daddy. If you need a wife, you just call Grandma!”
There is something mildly disturbing about that. And about this:
As Bear and Bella play throughout the day, she will often come up and say to him, “Will you be married to me?” And off they trot to play house. He the Daddy. She the Mommy. Their stuffed animals are their children.
My Cup Overflows
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
And so my list continues with…
You. I am grateful for the prayers and friendships He has given me.
God’s provision and protection. So often I don’t even realize it’s there.
No chemo!
Licking beaters and chocolate-covered cheeks.
Tall, tall trees.
Little ones curling up on my lap. “I’m going to make you feel all better, Mommy.”
Laughing with my nephews. Watching them grow into men. Where did the time go?
Celebrations!
Oh She Keeps Me Humble
While I sang to Bella, she said, “Mommy, I don’t yike dat song.”
“Oh, really? Why?”
Her response? “Because you’re singing it.”
(This is my entry in Abraham Piper’s 22-Word Challenge. Check it out on his blog.)
She Just Wouldn’t Wait
So. Remember my friend, Beth? We met in college and it was a bond that formed the day we met. Remember how she was in the delivery room with me for the birth of my two boys? Remember how she wanted me in the delivery room with her for the birth of her daughter due on Christmas Day? Remember how we were going to head out to St. Louis Christmas night so I could be there?
Emma Grace decided she’d rather I just hold her for 3 or 4 days instead of having to be in the hospital while I was there. (I may have to fight Granny for that privilege, but I plan to practice my Wii Boxing so I’m ready.)