I love kids...
Have I told you lately how great my kids are? I mean...honestly, they are the best on earth as far as I'm concerned. There are other good kids out there, but mine are great!! I love spending time with them and they are just so sweet and funny and smart and nice, and...wait a minute...I'm starting to sound like one of those mothers who have children that can do no wrong. HA! Please. With all due respect I cannot say that my children are perfect. Far from it. The thought of someone thinking that I have perfect children makes me laugh really hard. In fact...there's a tear. :)
Seriously though, my children are making me a very proud momma. A perfect example is Joseph. He is the type of kid that really surprises you with things that he has learned and picked up. Sometimes it is not the best things that he remembers, but then there are things that are just straight from God. This past week, when I was feeling especially down in the dumps Joe came in to see me in my bedroom. He climbed up on the bed, laid down beside me, started rubbing my back, and sang "Shout to the Lord" softly to me. He sang it over and over again. It was the sweetest thing I have ever heard in my life! We sing that song at church sometimes, and I know they sing it in chapel at school, but the cool thing is God is using that song to write His love on Joe's heart. Now, that's just cool.
Nele is doing very well in school back in Germany. Her classes are much harder than her classes were here and she is definitely rising to the challenge. She misses her family and friends that are here in the states, but she is drawing closer to God through it. I am so proud of the young woman that God is molding her into. It's awesome to see His handiwork in her life.
Krissi is also doing well in school at Franklin County. I have been amazed by her willingness to try new and sometimes scary things. This past week was homecoming for FCHS so, of course, the school has different types of dress-up days. I always did this kind of thing when I was in high school because everyone did it. Now things have changed and it seems like the kids who are more confident in who they are end up being the only ones who will step out of the box. I learned this week that Krissi is one of those kids. It's great. I'm glad she is having fun here in Kentucky.
Thank you, God, for my great kids. I pray that I can be the kind of mother they need me to be by being the kind of mother You want me to be.
Seriously though, my children are making me a very proud momma. A perfect example is Joseph. He is the type of kid that really surprises you with things that he has learned and picked up. Sometimes it is not the best things that he remembers, but then there are things that are just straight from God. This past week, when I was feeling especially down in the dumps Joe came in to see me in my bedroom. He climbed up on the bed, laid down beside me, started rubbing my back, and sang "Shout to the Lord" softly to me. He sang it over and over again. It was the sweetest thing I have ever heard in my life! We sing that song at church sometimes, and I know they sing it in chapel at school, but the cool thing is God is using that song to write His love on Joe's heart. Now, that's just cool.
Nele is doing very well in school back in Germany. Her classes are much harder than her classes were here and she is definitely rising to the challenge. She misses her family and friends that are here in the states, but she is drawing closer to God through it. I am so proud of the young woman that God is molding her into. It's awesome to see His handiwork in her life.
Krissi is also doing well in school at Franklin County. I have been amazed by her willingness to try new and sometimes scary things. This past week was homecoming for FCHS so, of course, the school has different types of dress-up days. I always did this kind of thing when I was in high school because everyone did it. Now things have changed and it seems like the kids who are more confident in who they are end up being the only ones who will step out of the box. I learned this week that Krissi is one of those kids. It's great. I'm glad she is having fun here in Kentucky.
Thank you, God, for my great kids. I pray that I can be the kind of mother they need me to be by being the kind of mother You want me to be.
posted by Cari Chase | 7:04 PM
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