Three Little Girls

Last Saturday morning, Ron & I had such fun with our three granddaughters (ages 3, 2 & 2) at the park for a couple of hours. It was a treat to play with them & to watch them try so many things on the new playground equipment. Then, we rode the little train through the park, with the three little girls in the seat directly in front of Ron & me, eating their snacks & drinking their cold water; and even though it was beginning to get hot, we had a breeze while riding along, so it was a calm, sweet way to end our play-time that morning.

After our train-ride we made our way back across the park and lifted each little girl into her own car seat. The backseat of our truck, was a sight: three little girls, in their three car seats, lined up & squeezed tight! As we buckled each little girl in her place, it occurred to me how rich I am! And driving out of the park, I couldn't help thinking how empty my life would be without them ~ and without the three little boys that weren't able to join us that day.

I am incredibly rich and enormously grateful to have sweet experiences such as these from time to time with all the precious, treasured ones who call me "Lai"! And I wouldn't trade this life for anything, or anyone!

By the way, each personality showed quite well from the back seat as we headed home:

1. Piper is our little song-bird; and she was softly singing, "the ants go marching, one by one ~ hurrah, hurrah";
2. Tilly was very tired, and even as her eyes began to close she still put her finger to her lips and said, "ssshhh";
3. Zoe made sure that Papa was listening to her, and then told him that she would tell him where to turn so that we would get home alright.

What a sweet life!

Rooms In Heaven

I just know that when we get to Heaven, some fun-loving angels are going to take us into rooms marked "Things You Put Away For Safe-Keeping and Could Never Find Again". They'll probably have big, old cheesy grins on their faces as they open the doors & watch the astonishment grow on our own faces as we gaze upon a life-time of lost things!

I just found something I thought I'd never see again; and I found it in the place I put it away for "safe-keeping", so I'd know where to find it when I needed it. Of course, I forgot the place of safe-keeping long ago; and it was quite by accident that I stumbled across it again.

C'est la vie!

Aunt Bonnie

I HAVE A NEW SNAPSHOT IN MY HEART.

You know what I mean: it's one of those treasured memories of an especially sweet event that is captured by our minds and carefully tucked away in our hearts for safe-keeping. It involves the people we love and the experiences we have.

Last weekend we stayed a couple of days with my aunt and uncle in Ennis, TX (near Dallas). We had a wonderful time, and I found it to be one of the very best things I've done in a long while. On Sunday evening, when the sun was setting and the air had cooled down, my 78-year old aunt asked if I wanted to go for a ride in her go-cart ~ HER go cart? That made me smile. Of course, I wanted to go for a ride in her go-cart! So, she pulled on her camo baseball hat, we climbed into the go-cart, and off we went. When we got into their little pasture she asked if I wanted her to sing me a song (another smile). Umm ~ yes, I did! So she proceeded to sing the sweetest, old, old song ("Let the Rest of the World Go By") from the 1940's, I think, as she drove us through their pasture and around their pond.

We were bouncing over the ruts in the pasture, with me hanging on to the roll bar above me, and Aunt Bonnie singing to me so sweetly, like I was a little girl, "With someone like you, a pal good and true, I'd like to leave it all behind, and go and find ~ a place that's known, to God alone, just a spot to call our own..."

The cattle and donkeys in the neighboring pasture gazed at us as we passed them by, bouncing around on the ruts. We were just a couple of grandmas (one a great-grandma, actually) bouncing around the open pasture in a souped-up go-cart, feeling as carefree as two little girls at play.

I felt so loved, so secure and so peaceful. What a treasure to have another sweet snap-shot in my heart ~ may you capture a new snap-shot for your heart very soon!