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NuggetizerB5 always comes up with great questions, and he often has questions about heaven. His heart is pure and he loves God wholly and innocently; he is amazing. The resurrection is constantly on his mind...."Mom, why did those mean guys make Jesus carry the cross?" and "Why did they hit Him?"
So this weekend, it was, "Do bears go to heaven? Are they nice in heaven?"
I don't know. Are there animals in heaven? I told him I wasn't sure about animals, but if they were there that they had to be nice because everything was good and perfect in heaven.
Whew.
The conversation turned to poop. Only with a child can you have such a conversation. It turned to a discussion about whether horse poop, than all poop, would smell in heaven. Well, if everything is good and perfect, it would make sense right? He doesn't quite grasp the whole concept of not being in an earthly body in heaven, so these types of questions become very difficult.
Most days, I can answer questions with Google.
- Do butterflies have noses?
- How many days did Jesus live on Earth?
- How many days until Christmas?
- Why is the moon a crescent?
- Does Bowser always get the Princess?
Some things are just really interesting. Like, "Mom, what if we could've seen God come down and take Grandma? That would be cool."
Or the fist-pumping cheer on Christmas, "It's Jesus' birthday! Yeah!"
In the haze of my illness yesterday (I was in bed all day. Yes. All day. It was crazy!) I had a brilliant idea. I kept thinking about how many of these little comments I've forgotten. I'm sitting here right now trying to think of that hilarious thing that BubbaB8 said the other day, and my mind can see us laughing together but cannot remember what was said.
So my brilliant idea is just to write these things down in my planner when they happen. It's always accessible to me, unlike the scrapbooks and baby books. If I just keep my mom planners, I can record these things in baby books and whatnot when I get the chance.
I sure wish I would've thought of this before my fourth child was 5 1/2 years old. Geez.
Well, I'm starting right where I am.
This would've been a good idea for teeth too. In the baby books, I have guessed at pretty much all the dates for tooth loss. (Sorry kids) I could've just written them in my planner all these years!
Maybe one of you with little kids can benefit from this from the start!
6 comments:
I have a journal where I just jot down cute little things about my kids. Kids grow and change so quickly, something cute they are doing today, is completely forgotten tomorrow.
I agree! I feel like a big dummy that I haven't thought of this earlier. Obviously, you're ahead of me on this. I am a slow learner and I tend to overcomplicate things just a tiny bit (stop laughing, my darling) so it has taken me years to come up with this.
Congrats on recording those little things. I've lost a lot but I am determined to lose very few of these from here on out!
That is so cute!! I love all the questions! My kids have asked me numerous times whether animals are in heaven. I used to say "i don't know" but now I think the answer is maybe lol.Only because recently they did a message on Revelation at church and the pastor talked about Jesus coming down from heaven riding on a white horse. And we all started thinking that if He came down from heaven on a horse there must have been animals in heaven. So when I read this it reminded me of that! Your kids sound cute!
That's interesting. I need to go look at Revelations now. It's the one book I always avoided, wimp that I am...but recent teachings about it have made me feel not scared, but comforted in my secure place with Jesus. So now I can go look at it and read about the animals!
My kids are really cute :), aren't all kids adorable? They say the best things! I wish I had them all recorded.
Thanks for popping in! I'm enjoying your blog too!
I love the comment about God coming down to take Grandma. It made me cry. Give him a big squeeze from his auntie!!!!
His Anonymous auntie! ha ha! I will.
He definitely thinks about mom all the time and is very into all things heaven, etc. It's beautiful to see his spirituality develop and watch all he just soaks up!
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