learning from lu

i learn so much from my kids every day. like how to forgive well. and how to live life with exuberance. and how to wear the same pair of underwear for days on end without batting an eyelash. (i don't practice that last one, btw)

lately i have been learning a lot from little miss lulu. while out for coffee and muffins with a friend, we began to munch while happily chatting away. lulu said "momma, we didn't pray!" thank you, baby, for reminding me to be thankful in all things.

another day, on the way into sam's club i told her we were going to get food. she asked "food for africa?" that stopped me dead in my tracks. what a good reminder as i go to fill my pantry that there are empty pantries, and empty tummies, in this world.

and then when we were pretending that she gave me forty dollars, i asked "how should i spend the money?". she answered "O-pia?" (which is how she says ethiopia). i already had my fictional $40 spent on curtains or new jeans or lots of pumpkin spice lattes. but again, out of the mouths of babes, i was reminded that we are blessed to be a blessing. from the girl who is "blessings" herself...