The Wheels on the Bus

Go Round and Round.  I'm thinking about kids, the circle of life, and of course this song from the toddler years comes zooming into my head.  

Brynn just spent a full day babysitting.  She watched Nolan, she watched him so well, that when his mommy came to take him home, Nolan shrugged her off and snuggled into Brynn.  That's a very good sign!

How can it be that just 11 years ago I gave birth to a baby girl and loved every tiny piece of her?  I loved her smallness, her newness, her innocence, and her total dependance on us.  And now, I am sitting here, feeling very much like that same woman, yet my life, my family, and my "baby girl" are all radically different.  How does God DO that? It's truly a miracle.  I sometimes feel like I waste my days.  Doing laundry, wishing the kids would just play more quietly, scrubbing grubby hand marks off the walls.  And in the midst of that - God is changing my children....and me.

Many days I think my mommy friends feel they are just going "round and round."  But I know, we're on really on a "bus" and God is definitely taking us somewhere.  Enjoy the ride.