Blueberries First

I remember my mom would have special days where she would pick me up from school for a "doctor's appointment" and we would spend the whole day together playing hookie. This meant a lot considering she had 4 kids, a full-time job, and 50 real dr. appts. a year to take us to. You can certainly question whether or not this was good for me by the kind of person I turned out to be. I could talk myself out of going to any meeting, or social obligation, or even school until I married my "faithful-to-every-commitment-husband" and he wore off on me. I am so thankful that God took care of me in this respect. My career and motherhood would have been a real disaster. However, on days when I would get a surprise call to the office and it would be my mom with that look on her face- I felt so adored.

Annie is only 10-months old now. Every time she smiles at me with those big blue eyes (about 30x a day), I find myself feeling that same way my mom must have felt about me. I can't help but want to give her special treats. Even though she doesn't even know that it IS a special treat. The best thing I can come up with is giving her the blueberries or yogurt melts first thing for lunch. I usually mean to give her the greenbeans first. I can hear all of those parenting books ringing in my ears about ruining her good eating habits forever, but I just can't help myself. I am a new mom and it is all too exciting seeing her light up over the smallest things.

Must be how God feels about blessing his kids. I am learning a lot about how He feels about me through this new gig.