Miriam
just adores
her little sister.
Can you tell?
{Even when her little sister is more than done taking pictures.}
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
big sister, little sister
just adores her little sister.Can you tell?
{Even when her little sister is more than done taking pictures.}
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
savoring 'til the last bite...
Miriam loves fruit. Any kind of fruit. Often times I need to persuade her to eat whatever else is on her plate before she can have more fruit. There have been many times that something like this comes out of my mouth:
"No, Miriam, you have already had a huge handful of blueberries. Please take two more bites of your pizza before I give you more."
So, because of her love of fruit... she often will savor the last piece of whatever she's eating until it's completely gone. For example, she'll keep a grape in her mouth for 10-15 minutes just because she knows it's the last one she'll have for awhile. I often forget that she even had anything to eat until I notice she's still chewing on something for quite some time after.
As Miriam was savoring a fruit snack today (another one of her delectable delights), I thought to myself, "how often do I savor the Word of God? Do I read it and quickly get back to what I am doing, or do I hold onto it for a long time?" Perhaps that is quite the stretch in relating fruit to Scripture... but it did cross my mind. Many days I find it challenging to take more than five minutes to sit and spend time with the Lord. But I do know that He delights in even those five minutes -and especially if I savor His Words. A challenge for myself now is to make sure that my time with Him is not just another thing on my "to-do" list; rather, I want it to be a sweet time of solace in my often-times busy day that I can carry with me through the rest of my day. I want to savor my relationship with Him.
Friday, June 25, 2010
lions and tigers and tornados... oh my!
Well, minus the lions and tigers part. I'll explain in a moment. I've had a bit of a blogging hiatus as of late because Miriam, Abbie and I have been visiting my parents in southern Minnesota for the past week. In fact, we're going to still be here for the next two weeks, as well. There's always something great about being "home" again that makes me want to keep coming back. One of my best friends is getting married in a few weeks and I have the wonderful privledge of being her matron of honor. Because of that, I have a few things going on in the next few weeks that I thought it would just be easier to stay with my parents instead of carting the girls back and forth every time I had somewhere to be. Plus, we're just enjoying the company of my family.
Now, back to the tornados part. We arrived at my parents' house last Thursday in the midst of some hot and humid weather (thank you, Minnesota summers). As the evening got closer, the prediction of some strong storms became a reality. We closely listened to the radio as we heard of some possible tornados popping up around our house. I put both girls to bed in hopes that nothing would come of the storms... but sure enough, the sirens went off and we had to decide whether or not to head to the basement. Before anyone gets too concerned, the sirens have gone off many times during the summers past with nothing resulting... so we wanted to make sure before we woke up the girls and headed down. Well, after we heard reports of tornados touching down 10-15 miles from our house, we decided it would be best to grab the girls and head down. We listened to the radio for awhile, intently waiting to hear the path of the storm. Miriam kept asking questions (of course) and we tried explaining what was happening as best as we could. Abbie slept on my shoulder. Well, after all was said and done, we were thankful nothing did come close enough to do any damage. However, we saw picture the next day of what did go through about 10 miles away. This was the biggest tornado that had come as close as it did and we were glad we spent that 45 minutes or so in the basement. My post above shows a short video of the tornado for those who are wondering.
In the mean time, I will do my best to keep up with a few posts while we are "vacationing" in southern Minnesota.
Now, back to the tornados part. We arrived at my parents' house last Thursday in the midst of some hot and humid weather (thank you, Minnesota summers). As the evening got closer, the prediction of some strong storms became a reality. We closely listened to the radio as we heard of some possible tornados popping up around our house. I put both girls to bed in hopes that nothing would come of the storms... but sure enough, the sirens went off and we had to decide whether or not to head to the basement. Before anyone gets too concerned, the sirens have gone off many times during the summers past with nothing resulting... so we wanted to make sure before we woke up the girls and headed down. Well, after we heard reports of tornados touching down 10-15 miles from our house, we decided it would be best to grab the girls and head down. We listened to the radio for awhile, intently waiting to hear the path of the storm. Miriam kept asking questions (of course) and we tried explaining what was happening as best as we could. Abbie slept on my shoulder. Well, after all was said and done, we were thankful nothing did come close enough to do any damage. However, we saw picture the next day of what did go through about 10 miles away. This was the biggest tornado that had come as close as it did and we were glad we spent that 45 minutes or so in the basement. My post above shows a short video of the tornado for those who are wondering.
In the mean time, I will do my best to keep up with a few posts while we are "vacationing" in southern Minnesota.
Monday, June 14, 2010
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