The Kind of Person Who Reads Books

I have never been the kind of person who reads books. My mother blames it on being the second child. She always read to my sister, but when I came along there was no more time for that. Who knows why, but I've always thought book readers were nerds (even in my adult-years reading sounds nerdy). When I started attending Bible study, I enjoyed reading my daily homework. I just figured that was different. Now I've been reading all kinds of marriage and parenting books and I actually like it. The other day I even bought a book at a garage sale like my sister always does. Am I a nerd now? I guess according to myself, I am. I don't think you'll find me reading romance novels any time soon, but if there's something I can learn from a book, I just might read it.

Biggy-Bigs

You know how mothers have their little nicknames for their kids. Well, mine for Sissy is babies-babes because she is supposed to always be my baby. Yesterday she turned 4! She informed me that she could no longer be my babies-babes. She would have to be my biggy-bigs. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. My little girl is growing up.

Squish, Squash, QUACK!

Most of you know Farm Chick. We took a trip out to her house to see their new ducks. Here are some of the pics. The kids loved them and had fun traipsing around in the mud and rain.

Me: I could spend forever with you.

Sissy: I'm never going to heaven with God. I'm going to watch for cars.

Do you think I'm getting through to her or just confusing her?

Love Dare Day 25

Okay, I'm taking it REALLY slow. Another good day on a rough topic. Forgiveness. The book made me look at it in a different way. It says, "Forgiveness doesn't absolve anyone of blame. It doesn't clear their record with God. It just clears you of having to worry about how to punish them." I've always struggled with why I should forgive someone who doesn't ask forgiveness or even feel like they've done something wrong. Even God doesn't do that! But that's exactly the reason why I can forgive someone who doesn't ask forgiveness. Because God will take care of their punishment. "You release your anger and the responsibility for judging this person to the Lord. 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord. Romans 12:19." Whew! Thank God that's not my responsibility. The book also says, "Great marriages are not created by people who never hurt each other, only by people who choose to keep no record of wrongs." I guess that means I should forget about the flowers J didn't buy me for Valentine's Day and the dishes he didn't help me with. Easier said than done, but it might be harder to live in the prison of unforgiveness.