I think I can handle the next two days of wedding-ness if I believe that it is a trial that will somehow build character. I'm all about the character building. : ) I've learned an insane amount of ugly truth about myself this week. I'm glad that crap is coming up so that I am tested to see what I'm like under pressure. I think I'm going to make it kind of a game, this whole being like Jesus thing. I enjoy competition with myself so this could work.

All in a sunday....

Seven year old, Noah, walks into the K5-1st class with his hand covering his mouth. Through his fingers I can see the discoloration around his mouth. After asking him if he wanted to play with play-doh he realized that playdoh playing requires two hands. He lowers his hand from his mouth and I see purple- a perfect purple circle around his little mouth. My sister inquires if he drank something purple and he says no. Noah told us how he was sucking on a cup and it got stuck on his face. It takes experience in life to know that you simply breath out to get the cup off instead of continuing to suck. By the time he got the cup off, he had a nice circle bruise around is lips. I'm sure he begged his mother not to make him go to church, but I'm so glad he came. That little purple face has made me smile for weeks.

"This is a rhino" he said, holding up an animal cracker. "Yup" I lied as clearly he was holding up a cat. This proceeded for the next 5 crackers. A dog. No, actually a donkey. A bear. No, a camel. Yes, they are small cookies but a bear does not have a big hump on it's back. A rhino does not have pointy ears and a tail. A dog does not look like a horse. Oh well, why crush his pride so young? : ))