Sarah after the long-awaited Isaac was born: “God has made laughter for me.” No one wants to need a miracle but oh the ridiculous joys of receiving one. Laughter never feels better to a set of lungs than when it belts out a benediction to years of tears. May God make you laugh.
My 5 year old son just asked “what if we put a slice of turkey in the DVD player and it played a movie about the turkey’s whole life” and none of the parenting books I’ve read have prepared me for this question.
Right arm palm down
Left arm palm down
Flip right arm
Flip left arm
Right arm touches left shoulder
Left arm touches right shoulder
Right arm back of head
Left arm back of head
Right arm left hip
Left arm right hip
Right arm right hip
Left arm left hip
Shake your hiney
HEYYYY...
There is so much beauty and so much brutality in this earthly life. No one can claim to have truly lived who gazes relentlessly at either at the expense of the other. Only with the other can we recognize the one.