One more week.
Things are gonna be a changin’!
Tag: boys
50 things I look forward to teaching my boys
- God is love
- Learning to love God and love others is the best thing you can do in this life
- Everyone is beautiful
- How to treat their mother with respect and love
- Life is all about relationships — not the stuff we collect along the way
- Learn to forgive — even when others refuse to apologize or forgive you
- There’s nothing you can’t tell your mother and I
- Your parents will love you no matter what
- Family comes first
- How to be a gentleman
- U2 is the greatest band in the world
- You can’t go wrong with The Beatles, Beach Boys, Lenny Kravitz or Johnny Cash
- How to build a campfire
- How to put a tent together
- How to enjoy the freezing waters of Sulphur, Oklahoma
- How to blow a bubble
- How to blow a bubble with bubble gum
- How to throw a football
- How to throw a baseball
- How to dribble a soccer ball
- How to catch a football
- How to catch a baseball
- How to throw a frisbee
- How to catch a frisbee
- How to play disc golf
- The difference between a goal, a touchdown and a home run
- How to fish
- How to clean a fish (I may need to learn this myself first)
- How to grill the perfect steak
- How to grill the perfect burger
- How to play the guitar
- How to tie their shoes
- How to change the oil in a car
- How to change a tire
- How to drive a car — but only after you turn 21
- How to (properly) shoot fireworks
- How to ride a bike
- How to ride a bike without training wheels
- How to pop a wheelie
- How to draw
- How to cut with scissors
- How to imagine
- How to shave
- How to avoid shaving as much as possible
- How to “skin the cat”
- How to enjoy good art
- How to eat sushi
- How to pack for vacation using only carry-on luggage
- No one knows everything — not even your parents
- Be leery of those who claim they do
Fearfully and wonderfully made
My boys…
God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back; I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there, then up ahead and you’re there, too — your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful — I can’t take it all in!
Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; you know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, the days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.
I’ll never understand the depths of what God knows — but knowing he knows me, my Life and my boys is an amazing comfort.
Why I’m laughing this afternoon
I’m thinking about two boys, sound asleep last night.
One in his crib, the other in his toddler bed.
Both laying in their tummies, arms spread out, legs curled up underneath their tummies, with their butts sticking up in the air.
How quickly life can change
In case you’ve missed the news — we have two foster boys in our home now.
They’re such a joy.
For their protection we won’t be publishing any photos and such publicly online and for now, we’ll simply refer to them online as N (the oldest) and M (the youngest).
And oh how quickly life can change….
What my master bath looked like on Sunday….
What it looked like tonight…
It’s been a challenge – but an absolute blessing as well.