Ones I Savor…

• When Carson says, “That’s the bomb!”
• When Campbell says, “That’s a gweat idea!”
• “Tell me about this new church…”
• “Your table’s ready…”
• “I enjoy reading your blog”
• the signal on my phone that indicates I have a new text message
• “Happy Birthday to you!”
• SPLASH!
• Lots of laughter
• the breeze off the ocean (haven’t heard it often enough)
• anything with the word NewSpring in it (Oh, btw – the next meeting for NewSpring Florence is this Sunday night, August 3, at 6:30 at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) building at FMU; childcare will be provided. I am pumped up; see you there. Did you love my not-so-subtle plug?)
• the sound of pages turning in an awesome summer read (Have you read The Shack yet? I finally mustered the courage, and it was well worth the difficulty of the first six chapters. First book I think I’ve ever read that gave me sweet dreams – just thinking about how good He is…)

Ones I’m not Diggin’ so much…

• “MaaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaa!” followed by an incriminating report (I am sure that I was a tattler as a child. I don’t remember being one, but given my personality I am sure that I was one. And I do hereby publicly repent for all of the anguish I caused my parents. It is honestly about to get the best of me!)
• “I’m bored.”
• Cow-thon or Caw-thorn (mispronunciations of our last name)
• “Mama, I gotta go potty” when we’re in a restaurant, in a car, and especially on a bus (shaky, bumpy potty, for sure)
• “Hello, may I speak to Sheila?” (my real name – Who is she?)
• “What are we going to do fun today? tonight? in the morning? tomorrow?”
• Wailing
• The sound of my temper revving to indicate that my engine is low on patience. I was runnin’ hot today, and it was not wise to stay at home all day with my two sweet ones…

What’s your summer sounding like?