Caitie Kazoo
This week has been amazing. I am so glad that Jim and Caitlin came along with me. Caitlin is very well spoken, nearly as tall as me (I know, that's not saying a lot), and handles herself very well. She is so mature that often I forget that she is only nine.
After dinner tonight - a wonderful dinner I might add - Jim and I were talking about her. Jim said that after spending this time alone with her, he has discovered that she is very witty. She talks nonstop about just about anything that is on her mind. (This trait I'm not sure where she gets, ha, ha :o)...). She is very caring and has wanted to buy gifts for everyone she knows, from her siblings, grandparents, friends to the kids that live next door to her Billman grandparents.
One of the disadvantages of being a working mother is that too often I am unable to focus on my children because I am so busy caring for them. Does this make sense? During the few daylight hours that are left once Jim and I get off work, there is so much to be done: cooking, cleaning, laundry, shuttling kids to ball games, practice and dance that there is little time left to observe them develop much less influence the day-to-day development.
Don't get me wrong, we take them to church. We talk about God and all that He has done for us. We pray with them every night and try to read the Bible weekly (this is a challenge with kids age 12 to 3). We attempt to mirror a Christ-like life in front of them. We talk about their day and things that are going on at school and grandma's house every night at dinner (wherever dinner happens to be), but it isn't often that one of them has our undivided attention. It isn't often that we have this opportunity to shower one of our children with total attention and uninterrupted time, which may be the best gift a parent can give a child, second only to leading her to Christ.
I thank God for this beautiful child He has given me. I thank God for my other three wonderful kids. Parents, cherish the time God gives you with your children. It will be gone before you know it.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
Psalm 127
1 Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
After dinner tonight - a wonderful dinner I might add - Jim and I were talking about her. Jim said that after spending this time alone with her, he has discovered that she is very witty. She talks nonstop about just about anything that is on her mind. (This trait I'm not sure where she gets, ha, ha :o)...). She is very caring and has wanted to buy gifts for everyone she knows, from her siblings, grandparents, friends to the kids that live next door to her Billman grandparents.
One of the disadvantages of being a working mother is that too often I am unable to focus on my children because I am so busy caring for them. Does this make sense? During the few daylight hours that are left once Jim and I get off work, there is so much to be done: cooking, cleaning, laundry, shuttling kids to ball games, practice and dance that there is little time left to observe them develop much less influence the day-to-day development.
Don't get me wrong, we take them to church. We talk about God and all that He has done for us. We pray with them every night and try to read the Bible weekly (this is a challenge with kids age 12 to 3). We attempt to mirror a Christ-like life in front of them. We talk about their day and things that are going on at school and grandma's house every night at dinner (wherever dinner happens to be), but it isn't often that one of them has our undivided attention. It isn't often that we have this opportunity to shower one of our children with total attention and uninterrupted time, which may be the best gift a parent can give a child, second only to leading her to Christ.
I thank God for this beautiful child He has given me. I thank God for my other three wonderful kids. Parents, cherish the time God gives you with your children. It will be gone before you know it.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
Psalm 127
1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
2 In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to those he loves.
3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate."
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