Category: The Boys’ Room
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Things That Make Me Laugh
I’ve been delighting in my kids these past few days and the way their brains work. Like how excited Buddy gets when he says his L-words with the L-sound instead of the W-sound. Or how he fusses at Bear to stop playing with something because it wastes the batteries. This morning, Buddy and I had…
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True Joy
In our women’s Bible study, we looked at joy this past week and found it difficult to describe to our liking just exactly what the difference between joy and happiness is. One of the girls told me I should ask Asher what he thinks, so I did. Here’s his reply: “Well… joy is down in…
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Full of God
So, this morning I was doing my quiet time, and Micah came over and said, “Mommy, why are you doing that?” Asher rolled his eyes and said (in that older-brother-know-it-all tone), “Micah… she’s reading her Bible because it’s full of God and Jesus, and Mommy wants to be full of God.” Micah stood there for…
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Snowing on my birthday…
Another Asher quote to give y’all a smile today… Asher’s 5th birthday is today, and he was sitting eating his breakfast, and all of sudden he gasped and yelled, “Look, Micah, it’s snowing! It’s snowing.” He sat there for a minute, then said, “It’s snowing on my birthday. God must really be smiling for me…
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Heart Smiles
I’ve been working in the kitchen all morning–cleaning the counters, making baby food, folding laundry at the kitchen table–and the kids have been in and out making me laugh. And I do mean the KIDS, not just the boys. It has been amusing to watch Ash and Bear move swiftly from the living room to…
A Spring of Joy 