Mud Puddles and Dandelions: WE NEED HELP!!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

WE NEED HELP!!

We need some boy name ideas. I might have to start a pool for a name - not that I have had that great of a response for the original baby pool!!! Paul and I just can't find "the" perfect name again. Three was our limit apparantly! PLEASE HELP!! We need to come up with one ASAP so Bryce will quit calling HIM Elizabeth Grace!!!

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Anonymous said...: If your church has a library see if they have the book "All the Men of the Bible". Make a list of the characteristics you want your son to have. Find the man that most closely matches those characteristics, check the meaning of the name also.

Love, Mom; 10:13 PM

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Why Mud Puddles and Dandelions?

When my husband first saw this title, he asked if it was because I was supposed to be THE dandelion surrounded by mud (all the boys). I guess it could mean that, but I read this one day and it really touched my heart and made me think:

When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on.

When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away. My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back.

When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm so I sit self-consciously and listen. My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own.

When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk. My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing.

When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy."

When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children! Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Author Unknown

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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