so often, when days are pebbled by squabbles, tears, whines, overflowing sinks, skinned knees and please of momma, may I.... momma, I'm hungry, momma he did...., momma she said.....
you can paint a whole day {life} by the last mini-crisis handled, or the last snarled response, or shed tear.
but wedged between all those pebbles are other pebbles {blessings} that paint the day magenta, rather than gray.
- sewing yoyos
- underlined words in my Bible Study homework
- a teacher's kind praise
- an eager {proud} student
- a bit of grace extended to the offender
- a blooming sunflower
- playing in the sprinkler {"Momma in Ethiopia, no water play, in America water play!"}
- bedtime, all tucked in
- ripe tomatoes
- leftovers well-received
- no tv/movie/computer/wii day/night.
- reading together
- sitting with my oldest son on the porch bench, with his arm around my shoulders....because he wants to be there.
- big and little ears, listening to mommy read
- the discovery of a new book
- chalk drawings on the window sills
- my funny middle son
- girls giggling {too much perhaps} in their room
- her first underwater flip
- kitty found sleeping in the quilt drawer
- seeing a peacock, better yet, finding a discarded peacock feather
- a verse echoing in
- listening to 5 little monkeys in Amharic
- the grace poured in to set aside my desire at that moment and stop, listen, sing, and hug
- singing a song in English and her excitement over knowing that same story in Amharic
- reading Genesis 1 at the dinner table
My Lord, God, Savior, King, Ish, ...my maker is my husband.
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