Pure love and kindness

Last week I had a couple of very stressful days, feeling heavily weighed down by the burdens of things at work, at church, and decisions we had to make at home.  One night at bedtime, the whole family was in the kids' room to read and pray.  I was sitting in the black IKEA lounge chair with the Bible on my lap, waiting for it to be my turn to read a couple pages from the Old Testament as the kids fall asleep. 

I felt very down, and I must have looked it, too, because when Evie saw me, she got up from her bed and without saying anything just walked over to my chair and gave me a big hug.  It was exactly what I needed, and she knew exactly how to help. 

She is one of the kindest, most inclusive, and most caring and loving people I know, and she's only 6.  I'm truly blessed to have her as my little girl. 

Speaking clearly now

Yesterday Johanna was playing with the big Cinderella puzzle on the carpet and I peeked into her diaper to check for something.  I tried to discreetly pull the backside of her blue cloth diaper, which I had done many times before.  But this time, her response was clear:  "Hey, no lookit my poopy!" 

It was unmistakable.  She knew exactly what she was talking about.  I couldn't help but laugh.  :)