1. When Birdie was about two, every morning she would march out of her bedroom, dragging her blanket, hair all tousled, squinty-eyed and announce, “I waked up!” Sometimes if I am lying awake in the middle of night and I hear Paul sort of stirring I levitate to his side and whisper gleefully, “I waked up too!” He usually laughs, if only feebly at times. Beyond our vows before God, this is one of the reasons only death will part us. Of course, one day this might cause him to kill me…
2. Until I married I couldn’t really cook anything.
3. One of my favorite things is standing beside Paul in church and singing, our voices lifting and mingling. On occasion Christopher will stand on his chair, throw an arm around each of our necks and begin belting out the song, usually a verse behind and off key. But that’s just gravy.
You know, I really started to “get” worship in the church body when I learned how to hear the whole congregation over my own voice. Such a different experience to seek to praise God in unison with others.
[Word verification = ‘you da narc’ – uydnarc]