Sunday, August 13, 2006
kids are such a joy
went to chris' bday beach bbq yesterday and i met iya's nephew and niece. such adorable kids! it was their first time at the beach and it was so much fun watching them experience the ocean for the first time! matthew is 2 and samantha is 1. at first they were scared of it, especially samantha. she's walking pretty steadily now, but on the sand, she was all of a sudden so unstable. she would stand, just stuck in the sand, unable to move her feet, and her face had this look, as if to say, what is this stuff? why is the ground not hard?! but as we encouraged her to walk toward the water, she became more secure. matthew was more amused, running around all excited. but when we got to the beach, the waves and the water was a lot to handle for lil samantha. and she didn't wanna go near the water. matthew saw all the big boys and some boys closer to his age, and he was so joyful, just laughing and pointing. he probably wanted to go in too but was too afraid to go closer to the water. as samantha got more comfy, she was actually the more brave one, wanting to let go of her mom to walk closer to the water. i kept picking up the clumps of sand she she could see it was safe. and as we went closer to the water, the little waves would wet her little feet! she didn't like the first wave at all and she ran back to her mom, but then the second wave came and she became more comfortable, and by the time the 3rd wave came, she was just fine with it. and even smiled and giggled!
i was thinking, as adults, we forget such simple joys and the "first time" experiences don't come very often any more. not like when we were kids, when there were sooo many first times! but we experience these joys again when we do have our kids and see their smiling faces when they accomplish something for the first time by themselves or see them discover something new for the first time and tell you all about it with such excitement! hehe, i can't wait to experience their first time joys!
i was thinking, as adults, we forget such simple joys and the "first time" experiences don't come very often any more. not like when we were kids, when there were sooo many first times! but we experience these joys again when we do have our kids and see their smiling faces when they accomplish something for the first time by themselves or see them discover something new for the first time and tell you all about it with such excitement! hehe, i can't wait to experience their first time joys!
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greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
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~ Abraham Lincoln
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~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
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