Celebrating a Birthday Today!
Not a blog. Not an event. The hyper intelligent Four year old.
Four years old. She makes me feel young and old at the same time. I think about the things I've seen in her in such a short time: The day she realized her foot was connected to her body, not just some random object that came into view on occasion. Her first belly laugh. Learning to talk as quickly as we could teach her sign language. Walking at 9 months.
Four years old. Old enough for a booster seat instead of a car seat. Preschool. Legally, she can ride on the back of a motorcycle now! (Sweeter Half? Do ya hear me?)
There are a lot of those development mile stones, but the spiritual ones leave even a deeper impact on me. There was a time not so long ago when she explained to me that Jesus lived in her heart because she believed in him and prayed to him. This isn't because we are indoctrinating her, as we seldom talk to her about salvation type issues. She just listens and takes it in. Then there is her praying when she hears an ambulance or a fire engine. Someone might be in trouble or hurt, you know. And then there is the way she beseeches God for a baby brother. "Lord, please, please, please!"
Yup, she has definitely been a blessing to me. So, instead of sitting in front of the computer all evening, we are going out to dinner. Granted, we're going to Perkins where kids eat free on Tuesdays, but she doesn't know her old man is a cheapskate.
Here is my current favorite picture of her, taken this week end while raking leaves.
Four years old. She makes me feel young and old at the same time. I think about the things I've seen in her in such a short time: The day she realized her foot was connected to her body, not just some random object that came into view on occasion. Her first belly laugh. Learning to talk as quickly as we could teach her sign language. Walking at 9 months.
Four years old. Old enough for a booster seat instead of a car seat. Preschool. Legally, she can ride on the back of a motorcycle now! (Sweeter Half? Do ya hear me?)
There are a lot of those development mile stones, but the spiritual ones leave even a deeper impact on me. There was a time not so long ago when she explained to me that Jesus lived in her heart because she believed in him and prayed to him. This isn't because we are indoctrinating her, as we seldom talk to her about salvation type issues. She just listens and takes it in. Then there is her praying when she hears an ambulance or a fire engine. Someone might be in trouble or hurt, you know. And then there is the way she beseeches God for a baby brother. "Lord, please, please, please!"
Yup, she has definitely been a blessing to me. So, instead of sitting in front of the computer all evening, we are going out to dinner. Granted, we're going to Perkins where kids eat free on Tuesdays, but she doesn't know her old man is a cheapskate.
Here is my current favorite picture of her, taken this week end while raking leaves.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
