Some kids are the reverse of bottomless pits and give a lot back. Mr Music is one of these overflowing wells. Tonight, tucking him in I told him, "I love you more than the moon." He shot back, "I love you more than the sun and the clouds."
As Mary says on It's A Wonderful Life when George offers to lasso the moon for her, "I'll take it."
He has always been good at sharing his vantage point on the world. Way back when he was two, one summer dusk, he reached his little hand as high as it would go, looked up, and solemnly said, "I will hold my hand up until a single star falls into it." (It was the "single" that I loved.) And then a few months later, he caught sight of a huge, distant flock of blackbirds, and said, "Look, flying pepper."
I think God wants us to give back what He has given us, to share it with Him like this. Thank you, God, for the sun and clouds. Thank you for stars and flying pepper. Thank you for children who overflow with love. |
