The Question at Breakfast

Mom: Hey kids, do you hear that sound?

Daughter: Yeah.

Son: What is it?

Mom: A siren.

Son: What's a siren?

Mom: The sound that firetrucks and ambulances make. I don't know which one it is though, I can't tell.

Son: It is a fire truck.

Mom: I think it is an ambulance.

Daughter: I think it is too.

Son: Fire truck.

Daughter: Ambulance.

Son: Fire truck.

Daughter: Ambulance.

Son: Fire truck.

Mom: That's enough.

(while mom's back is turned getting something out of the refrigerator)

Daughter: (whispered) Ambulance.

Mom: I said enough.

Daughter: How did you hear that?

Mom: Because I am mom.

Coffee - the Great Spiritual Experience

I love the fall weather. I love the cooler mornings and evenings. In the summer I sometimes partake in a morning cup of coffee, but when fall and winter come - I enjoy it a lot more.
I love the feel of the warm cup in my cold hands. It is comforting. It is energizing. Coffee crosses historical lines, social lines, ethnic lines, and ages (even my kids like to drink "coffee milk"). It brings people together in fellowship.

One of my favorite times is meeting some of my friends at a coffee house and enjoying a cup of coffee. We could sit there for hours, enjoying each others company. There is always plenty to talk about and we usually have to tear ourselves away because we know if we stay any longer we will be in trouble with our husbands. It is a great release of our frustrations and we know that we can go home and be moms of little ones once again.

Another favorite time with coffee is in the morning while I do my Bible study. (I make that sound like I do it everyday.) It is my dream to do it everyday, but I struggle to get that time, but when I do, coffee adds to the experience.

Dear God, thank you for coffee, for cappucino, for frappucino, for latte, need I go on? Thank you for the wonderful gifts that you have given us in this world to bless us as we go about our day. Amen

Playing with Shadows

The kids and I had fun playing with their shadows. I still remember the first time my daughter discovered her shadow when she was 18 months old and she chased it . I so wished I had a camera.
I am so glad that I had a camera this time.