Elijah got an invite to Great America; Priscilla decided that math tutoring wasn’t so horrible after all; Benjamin became a Cub Scout; Troy successfully played his first game of soccer after the unfortunate broken foot incident; I received a text from an old friend that made me laugh out loud at the park; Mary…well, she just discovered she could speak to birds – Finches in particular:
“Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. Mom, guess what that means.”
“I don’t know, babe, tell me.”
“I just said, Oh no, you didn’t! (all sassy like), in bird language.”
I’d no idea Finches were so sarcastic.
Today I was uplifted by a conversation with a mom who works her heart out to provide for her family. It’s often the humble quiet ones, the rarely all up in your face ones, that have the most to teach us about sacrifice.
”Meekness is an attitude of being content with both honor and dishonor. It is an imitation of Christ, who said, ‘Learn from me for I am gentle [meek] and lowly in heart ( Matthew 11:29).’ The meek are God-controlled and have mastery over their passions, especially anger. Meekness is not passive weakness, but strength directed and under control.” – From the Orthodox Study Bible
That quote at the end is astounding. Thank you for finding these wonderful snippets to read and mull over.
And of course Mary can talk to birds. Although I envision her more as a goldfinch, all yellow bright and darting around without a care in the world. Sweet.
We’ve had our turn at Great America this week – Lydia is there today with friends. Anna and I went Tuesday. Isaac is going tomorrow. What fun!
Congrats to Troy on his successful soccer game!
‘Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet’ – guess what that means?
“Oh yes I did!” (all sassy like) in bird language.
Mary cracks me up!
Hugs to you all,
~Michelle
Wow, that is a full week of Great America! We should all go together sometime!
Thomas talks specifically to Daddy Cardinals and has quite mastered the call. See I knew Thomas and Mary could be a potential marriage match. Thank you as always for your post. Love to you.