FAITH FOUND

So tonight I collected the Gold Medal in Time-Well-Spent Awards.

After dinner, the kids and I went outside to play. Too beautiful of an evening to let it pass by. It started with Shelby's new favorite game "Reel Me In" where she plays a fish and I'm...you guessed it...the fisherman. Or fisherwoman, as the case is.

We moved on to wrestling (again...Shelby's idea), then Monkey in the Middle and then Tag.

Finally, we ended by sitting in the grass facing the walking/bike trail that surrounds our apartment and looked into the trees to play I Spy.

She says, "I spy with my little eye something that starts with BM."

"What? What do you mean BM?" I ask.

"First word is B. Second is M." she says.

So I look around and literally can come up with nothing. I start making stuff up then eventually, have to give up. (Which, by the way, under Shelby Rules must be done by putting both arms and legs in the air as if you are a dead animal. I know...nice.)

"It's Beautiful Mom. B...beautiful. M...mom. It's you!"

Can I get a collective, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwe"?!

This didn't just make my day...it made so much more. I can't even describe it.

Thank you, Belle.

I got my faith back today. I had lost it somewhere in the last couple weeks.