she {still} says adorable stuff

There's nothing that tickles me more then cute kids saying cute things. Especially when they're your OWN kids.

No one will find this as heartbreakingly adorable as I, but I gotta keep record of this stuff. Here are some of Sky's quotes from this week and last.

She was playing "puppies" and pretending to be the mommy dog. She says to her pup, "Yappy puppies don't always yap, you know. What do they do?? They graduate from college."

If you're a country music fan, then you know about Lady Antebellum's beautiful song, "American Honey". It's a favorite in this house. Sky belted out these lyrics: "There's a wild, wild wisker growin' under my chin | Callin' out my name like a long lost frieennndddd." I couldn't stop laughing!

Dancing around in my room to one of her shows, "The Fresh Beat Band", she brags, "I'M going to be the FIFTH beat member! And Tie-Dye (her current favorite lovie) is going to be the SIXTH!" --> As a mom, I was shocked she even knows what "fifth and sixth" means. She knows more than I realize.

This is why Sky said she could not walk next to me at the grocery store: "Because Lissy gave me her swollen toes." --as though Liss' swollen feet from pregnancy were contagious. Nice try, Baby Girl.

Tonight at dinner:
S: "Mommy can we talk about anything I want to talk about?"
Me: "Sure!"
S: "...OK. (sigh) Lets talk about maybe getting a puppy while I'm still 3."
Me: "Lovie, remember why we can't get a puppy right now?"
S: "Yes but I'll take really good care of her! We could just go to the puppy store and get one right now if we hurry up!"
Me: "Girlie there are 3 big reasons why we cannot get a dog right now."
S: "Well, I can think of FIVE reasons why we SHOULD get a dog!"
Me: -----

And this one, I wasn't able to witness :( But this is how it went, in Ariel's words:
The waitress mentions that she has a big group of people celebrating a sweet 16th b-day. "Just wait 'til you're 16," she says to Sky. The waitress walks away and Sky looks very, very confused. A few seconds later she touches her chest with three fingers and says, very concerned, "She thought I was 16, but I am only 3."

For Those Grieving on Father's Day

Loosing a father has been one of the most stressful things I've ever encountered in this lifetime. Father's Days were spend sobbing in my room, asking God "why" and praying that He would be there to comfort me and my family.

 The sharp sting of his decision to leave our family has dissipated over time, and I am thankful the Lord provided a loving step dad for me and my siblings who loves us like his own. But every year when Father's Day rolls around, I can't help but think of others who are currently going through the grief that I went through when I was younger. I know first hand that Father's Day can be an emotional day for those that are "fatherless".

Oh, praise the Lord for His word which is there to comfort us! I grew up clinging to this scripture in Psalm 68:4-5 which says,

"Sing to God, sing praises to his name;

lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;

his name is the Lord;

exult before him!

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation."

Jason Kovacs wrote an article on adoption on the Desiring God website, and I found this promise encouraging: "...It is no side note that God is a 'Father to the fatherless' (Psalm 68:5). He has made adoption the apex of the Gospel. His spiritual enemies are now his very sons and daughters through the Cross.

He has adopted us as His sons and daughters through Jesus' finished work on the cross. I am so thankful that we can know HIM as our father. As our daddy. As our husband. God can be exactly the comfort that we need when we are grieving. God, the creator of the ends of the earth, the one who put the stars in their place and makes the earth orbit around the sun, can also be the comfort that you're missing!

 If you're not grieving this Father's Day, and you think about it, could you please pray for those who are fatherless, or without a husband? Pray that they will spend the day resting in their heavenly Father's love for them. Pray that God will continue to provide everything that they need. Pray that God will reveal his sweet, tender love to them.