As the weekend comes to a close, I find myself with a quiet moment. Everyone is in bed, the Christmas tree glows softly, and there’s a chill in the air outside. The room smells like pine and I feel serene and at peace for the moment. And then the dog promptly gags and throws up …
This morning the wind was blowing outiside just a bit and the little one (who doesn’t seem to be all that little anymore) and I were watching the leaves blowing off the tree in the front yard, when it got to be just too much for him to watch. He had to get his hands in it. So out the door we went in PJs and he ran into the grass laughing and jumping in the autumn air grabbing at leaves as they blew by him. After a moment, we decided it was just a bit chilly but before going back in, he stooped down and picked up this perfect leaf and handed it to me.
“Here,” he said. “I got it for you.”
“Thank you so much. I love it. What a great gift!” I said to him.
“Well, you’re my mommy and I love you.”
Thank you, Lord for the little one and for the oldest. These two are absolutely the apple of my eye, my very favorites.
Well, it’s November 1st and…wait, actually it’s November 2nd, but I was sick in the bed yesterday so I missed the 1st, so I’m starting a little late, okay? So, it’s November 1st 2nd and I’m noticing, as in years past, many of my friends on Facebook are doing the “Thing-a-Day I’m Thankful For” where they …
Awkward. It’s a word that’s used to describe different things…maybe a person, maybe something that was said…but most recently I heard it used to describe a moment during a church worship service. Apparently it was a very prayerful, intimate moment but it was deemed by a few to have possibly been awkward for some either at …
coveredinhisdust.com 