Today I have Lucy to thank for my inspiration.
After hanging
out with this sweet 2 year old for a couple months now these are the two words
that come to mind when I try to describe her. She is unstoppable: fearless,
adventurous, strong willed, excited, outgoing, brave, and active. And she is
full of joy. Those are two character traits I am working on and have
accountability from Lucy all the time!
Some areas that Lucy has got me beat:
- · She cheers when she gets her shoe on her foot (even though I do all the work to put it on)
- · She squeals with delight when I tell her it’s snack time
- · She giggles at herself randomly
- · Squirrels fascinate her
- · “Yay!” is heard when her shirt is on
- · Watching a dog walk by makes her whole day
- · You should see the reaction when her family comes home (although I keep up pretty well on this one when I see my family)
- · When we get her hair in pigtails there’s another cheer
- · “Yay!” when we’re done changing a diaper
- · That sudden inhaled breath when she looks at her books and finds all those amazing characters that she found in them yesterday, and the day before
Her delight is inspiring. Not that I think we all have to
cheer every time we put our shoes on, but what if we didn’t take all the little
things for granted anymore? What if everything was an adventure? What if we
remembered that without God’s help we wouldn’t even have our next breath to
breath, let alone the ability to make snacks, or get dressed. Let’s rejoice in
the little things and thank God for giving us the strength to face each day!
