This Morning:
There is a running course near my house that ventures around Lake Peachtree. I run it often with my baby girl. She has the pleasure of making my workout a little tougher by riding in her personal carriage that I must push. She is potty training, so before we start our journey, I take her into City Hall (the closest building open at that hour with a public restroom) to use their facilities to try and avoid accidents. While in there this morning, I spotted a rolly polly crawling on the very clean, not yet dirty from lots of traffic, floor. I got excited because Lila Grace has yet to see one of these creatures. "Lila, look!" I said pointing at the insect. At that moment, I poked it until it curled up into it's shell forming a ball and then I proceeded to show my sweet, beautiful little girl how uniquely the rolly polly becomes a ball when feeling threatened. "Ball?" Lila asked. "That's right, Lila. Isn't that neat?" I asked. She looked at me, then looked at the bug then yelled, "NO! SPIDER." Without warning, down her foot came with a splat, squashing the poor rolly polly. Never batting an eye, she strolled out of the bathroom with confidence, having done the public a great service. I could only laugh and shake my head. Her daddy would be proud.
This Evening:
Every Wednesday night, my family and I head to church for bible study and my children are always itching to go with excitement. This week's bible study was a very heavy lesson about the Anti-Christ. After the study, we gathered up our things and headed out into the parking lot, our spirits were a bit somber but the moon light captured all of our attention with it's bright beauty. The solom spirit left quickly and fellowship with other participants of the bible study began. Though usually desolate at this hour, it is still a parking lot and as a mother, one eye is always on my girls as they find adventure in the open space, chasing one another and giggling. Moments go by and I spot my oldest, Jocelyn, swaying as if to music, looking up to the sky. A smile begins to form on my lips as I wonder what she must be hearing. Soon after she begins to blow kisses to the sky, one after another after another. My eyebrows come down on my forehead as more curiosity forms and she catches my gaze. "What?" she asks. "Nothing, just wondering what you are doing." With a giggle and a big smile, she ever so confidently answers with, "Just loving on God, Mommy." My heart became a puddle on the ground and tears welled up in my eyes. Precious, just precious.
