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Lessons in the Little Things

   His little fist clenched, the 8-month-old bellowed with all his might right to his Momma's face.  Though the words remained barely articulated, his thoughts were perfectly so.   "No nap for me, Mom!  Might as well give up.  I want my way, and I want it now!"   Truth be told, this little boy was tired; very tired. But there were so many things to learn and do as a tiny tot.  Exploring his world and his parent's faces is always such a fascinating venture!    With a quiet "No Baby, please lay down and go to sleep" and shaky determination, Momma fought the tears as she wanted so desperately to give Baby his way.  She only wanted him to be happy; to smile that sweet baby smile boasting four new teeth, to babble his sweet baby-babble, and playfully grab at her hair.     Sometimes she wondered if perhaps this is how God feels when re-direction is needed in her life. Perhaps His children so desperately want their way, mayb...

Family Goals, Christmas, Etcetera...

   My inner voice says, "Hey Girl??? You better do a blog update, it's way past due!" . My body says, " Hey Girl???  You too tired to write. Too many cookies, ice-creams and fudges last week"  Yup, I cheated big.  Sorry I am not.  But I digress.  This Christmas season was so much fun!   We celebrated Christmas as a family on Friday, then went up after church on Sunday to spend time with my family on the 25th.  I think Ransom got a wee-bit spoiled by his Papa, Grammie, and Auntie!  For him, tearing and eating the wrapping paper is more fun than whatever the actual gift is!  Joel had work for a couple days in the middle of the week, so we came home for two days and left again to have Christmas with Joel's side of the family.  It was wonderful to have everyone together!  Even Joel's brother and sister-in-love made it up from Virginia to visit.     As the new year dawns, Joel and I have been able to have some disc...