Friday, February 24, 2012

Dear God,

The gifts of your spirit still WOW!  They provide us with joy overflowing, connections that are eternal, and love that grows before our eyes. 

Tonight our eleven-year-old granddaughter Gabrielle came to visit.  She had wanted to spend time with her grandpa and me so we invited her for a sleepover.  After greeting her at the door wearing my giant orange sunglasses and pink princess party hat, we began our evening of laughter, teasing, singing, eating our favorite spaghetti and cheese, (a four generation favorite), and watching our favorite old movie, Trouble with Angels.  All during the evening I watched her thinking what a beautiful gift she is, especially that she still wants to spend time with us.

What I realized is the way you bring joy into our lives.  You have made my family naturally witty.  We all know how to act silly and laugh like crazy.  We enjoy each other's company and we celebrate how each generation loves embracing the craziness from the generation above them.  Whether wearing silly hats, dancing crazy, playing invisible musical instruments to country songs, poking fun at one another, cheating at board games, or creating stories with funny characters like Sally with the Limp, Dr. Bo, Rusty Faucet, the queen who serves tea and cookies constantly or Sally's first husband who ate too many twinkies and exploded leaving a mess on the walls, we have so much fun together. 

As I think about our granddaughter, I realize how blessed we are with joy, a special relationship and plenty of love.

Great God,
thank you
for your
many gifts.
Thank you
for our granddaughter
and the joy
we feel
when we
are around her.
We are grateful.

Love, Andrea