Tuesday, January 5, 2010

A New "F" and Little Munchkins

I've already mentioned why I titled my blog Faith, Family, Fitness & Fun, but now I have a new "F" word that has been the most used word I have heard today- FREEZING! It is so cold outside that all I want to do is stay in! I'm sure it is a lot colder in other parts of the country but 15 - 20 degrees is plenty cold for me! I'm ready for Spring!!!

At the end of my previous blog I mentioned my "Munchkins." I'm sure you have heard that term. They were the little people in the land of OZ. They are also the little people in my life. In the year 2000 my husband and I were living a pretty monotonous life. We didn't know we were, but in looking back we sure were boring people! A lot of our friends had been granparents for a while and we thought they acted weird. When we found out we were going to have a grandchild I was worried that I wasn't going to feel the way these "weird" people did. I was afraid I wouldn't love them as much as they loved theirs. In January of 2001 our first, Alex, was born. A few days later I was had! If I thought my friends acted weird over their grandchildren I must be a real freak! In August of the same year little Gracie came along. In October 2003 Aaron came on the scene followed in 2005 by Seth. My life has never been the same! Praise God!!! Having these little munchkins around energizes me and brings joy that I never knew existed!

Of course raising their dads had it's joys too, but at that time of life we were so busy being parents that we couldn't stop and smell the roses. If I had it to do over again............. Oh well, we do the best we can at the time we are doing it. Being a grandparent is like someone said "getting a second chance to do it right." My husband and I are certainly enjoying the journey this time and are so afraid they will soon be too old to want to be with us that we are spending as much time with them as possible. We are not only smelling the roses, but the whole bloomin' garden!

I'm reminded of the story in the Bible when Jesus was teaching a crowd of people and some were bringing their children to Him. His disciples thought the children would bother Him and were evidently trying to keep them away from Him when he told them to let the children come to Him. In both Matthew 19: 13-15 and Luke 18: 15-17 Jesus makes it clear that he wanted to see the children and used the children to make the point that children are a part of His Kingdom. We can take our cue from Jesus when we take time to be with our children and grandchildren. Nothing is so important that we should push our children aside instead of spending valuable time with them. My prayer for you today is that you may enjoy whatever children you have in your life and let them bring out the child in you!

Until the next time don't forget to increase in Faith, spend time with Family, work on your fitness and for sure - have Fun with all! And p.s. - stay warm!

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