Slow Me Down: Saints and Scripture Sunday

Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Just a few hours old

In the busy days of being a mother, I’ve blinked and my baby girl is five. She was completely unplanned, but we loved her from the moment we realized her existence.

Watching Mommy during a bath

She challenges me in so many ways – not so much about discipline, but with her amazing spirit. It’s taken me almost 40 years to have half the amount of courage and confidence her tiny body possesses.

a perfect capture of her personality

I want so much for her, and to protect her from any heartache. Most of all, I want her to know she is loved.

inseperable

As we celebrate another birthday, this poem is a perfect reminder to take heed of the little things in life and soak them in. They will be gone in a flash.

Whatever floats her boat .......

Happy Birthday, baby girl! I love you!

Give me,
Amidst the confusions of my day,
The calmness of the everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of my nerves
With the soothing music of the sighing streams
That live in my memory.
Help me to know
The magical restoring power of sleep.

Teach me the art
Of taking minute vacations of slowing down to look at a flower;
To chat with an old friend or to make a new one;
To pat a stray dog;
To watch a spider build a web;
To smile at a child;
Or to read a few lines from a good book.