Pure Joy!

2 Day's in a row!!! I'm so excited bout that! Oh wait, you don't know what I'm talking about do you? Walking my girls to school has been pure joy the past 2 day. There have been no tears, no fits, no fights! 

It was getting to the point, I was dreading the whole process! I had to take a week off, cuz it wasn't fun and it should be fun. If I show up and we sing songs and talk about stuff that 5-7 year olds like to talk about, by golly it should be fun! Not even taking into account that I am a blast to be around! 

So, I took that week and I thought about how we could get pass this hump that seemed so high and difficult to get over. Then it came to me! 

Stickers!

That's right stickers! All grown ups should walk around with stickers in their pockets! They are the perfect, light weight bribing gift ever! That's right…I am not above bribing kids! There I said it!

Root's and all!

Do you learn something everyday? Maybe see something in a different light than on day's before? When that happens to me, I prefer it to be slow and gentle like a kitten rubbing against your leg, not like a big truck horn when you didn't even know the truck was there.

That happened this morning as I was walking back home from taking the girls to school. I had been watching Ava as she tried desperately to walk fast enough to catch up with a neighborhood friend. She kept yelling her name, waving and saying hi! By the time we came up the stairs, they met for a "Good Morning!" 

Do you want a hug? Ava asked her friend. Sure! 

As we continued on our way to her class, I noticed a yellow wild flower, root's and all, in her grasp! Whatcha got there Ava? It's a flower, for my teacher! 

When we got in the class room, she forgot everything except that flower and her teacher. I got this for you! Ava, you sure know how to melt hearts!

That's what she does, she melts hearts! Sometimes she sneaks up on you and does a slow melt and other times she runs up full force and blows you away with a torch! She really doesn't care who you are, she truly cares about you. It doesn't stop at people either, she cares about bugs and flowers and feelings and rocks. 

To me, she is a great example of what Christian love should look like. We should run with great abandon to others just to give them a hug. We should give beauty, down to the roots, to those around us. We can share everything we have, we can even share ourselves with others. 

This girl is not afraid to love! Not only have I learned something today, I've also been changed and refreshed!