Out of the Mouths of Babes

[Guest guest]

There are some inspirational stories that I just can not pass up. This one came

from Little Giant Steps' newsletter. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! It

was as if I could have written it myself, only I am blessed with many boys and

zero girls! LOL

Kristy

Out of the Mouths of Babes

There are days – I am sure we all have them – when I long to wear “dry

clean only” clothes and have a full hour for lunch instead of ten minutes. Some

days I feel like Goldie Hawn in “Private ” when I plead, “I want to read

a book in one sitting; I want a promotion; I need a day off!” With another

lonely winter indoors with two small children, I sometimes think about going

back to work.

I just recently had a “bad” week with the girls – milk was spilled at

every meal; the two year old said “no” a minimum of 1,000 times; and no one

liked the meals I cooked. Just when I thought the worst was over, the girls got

a cold and I was up all night with one or the other – children, it seems, never

wake up at the same time when they are sick and you are tired.

On Friday afternoon, just minutes before my husband was due home – at

which time I was going to scour the want ads – I got the hiccups while holding

my two year old. This was the first time she saw where hiccups were coming

from. With the matter-of-fact way two year olds attack the unknown, she pried

open my mouth, stuck as much of her face into my mouth as she could and

demanded, “Who is there? Come out of Mommy’s mouth before I count to three!”

Like a rainbow that shines after a terrible storm and gives you hope, I

put my thoughts of “dry clean only” clothes in the back of my mind and decided

maybe it won’t be so bad next week. Who would want to miss this?

--Author Unknown