I've figured out what's so terrible about being two.
TWO
Old enough to know better;
young enough to forget.
Old enough to do it myself;
young enough to mess it up.
Too old to make a tiny mess;
too young to clean it up.
Old enough to know better;
young enough to forget.
I composed this after I came down from the shower to find that my two-year-old (who is old enough to know better!!!) ripped three pages out of a library book. WHY THE LIBRARY BOOK OF ALL BOOKS!?
Love:
English does us a disservice by it's lack of words to describe love. Our two-year-old is trying to figure this word out. I first noticed her search for the meaning of love when she began calling out to people passing us in the grocery store, "I love you, guy!" or "I love you, lady!" Precious. And a little embarrassing. I tried to explain that yes, Jesus taught us to love our neighbors - which means everybody. But no, it's not considered appropriate to yell this at strangers. More recently, she has been exploring the flip side. In church on Sunday, she said (too loudly, and while pointing): "I don't love that guy." Ohhhhh boy.
Feminism:
Women staying home with babies is not sexist; it's survival. I won't elaborate, because my husband is actually a great dad (half the time I wonder if the girls would love life ten times more if Daddy stayed home and Mommy worked), but there are definitely moments where I realize that I stay home for a reason. Feminists need to pipe down before they completely abolish the cushy life the rest of us have made for ourselves!
Teething:
Dear future babies, I will love you more if you never get teeth. I will buy you dentures and gorilla glue and if worst comes to worst, you can live off smoothies, mashed potatoes, and ice cream. Think about it. It doesn't sound like a bad life. Did I mention I will love you more? Trust me, getting teeth is not worth it. For any of us.
Sleep:
The Lord has been teaching me to stop worshiping sleep.
In chapter 1, I got a full uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep for a week (best. lesson. ever.). The review questions for this chapter included:
- Why do you still crave an afternoon nap if you've gotten a full night of sleep?
- Could you use that time more beneficially?
- Why do you still not wake up early enough to spend time with Me, take care of yourself, and greet your husband before the Needy Ones wake up and require all the Needy Things? Wouldn't you be able to meet ALL the needs better if you did?
Okay, okay, okay already.
I made some changes and noticed some good and encouraging results.
Chapter 2 is not going well. My 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep have been removed as far as the East is from the West. So far, I have only partially (not fully) regressed in my habits of sleeping as late as possible in the mornings and as long as possible in the afternoons. I have mostly ignored the review questions as a result of tiredness, stubbornness, and payback for the removal of my precious 8 hours before I was ready!! but one slipped in there this afternoon:
- Do you think energy only comes from sleep? Why don't you ask Me for some?
Okay, okay, okay already.
These are painful and annoying lessons, but I'm kind of excited to learn them and be free of my dependence on sleep - which I truly love so much. And which I still think is so important to a healthy life - physically, emotionally, spiritually, relational-ly, etc. etc. etc. But nothing should be worshiped, save the Lord, so this is a good thing to learn.
TWO
Old enough to know better;
young enough to forget.
Old enough to do it myself;
young enough to mess it up.
Too old to make a tiny mess;
too young to clean it up.
Old enough to know better;
young enough to forget.
I composed this after I came down from the shower to find that my two-year-old (who is old enough to know better!!!) ripped three pages out of a library book. WHY THE LIBRARY BOOK OF ALL BOOKS!?
Love:
English does us a disservice by it's lack of words to describe love. Our two-year-old is trying to figure this word out. I first noticed her search for the meaning of love when she began calling out to people passing us in the grocery store, "I love you, guy!" or "I love you, lady!" Precious. And a little embarrassing. I tried to explain that yes, Jesus taught us to love our neighbors - which means everybody. But no, it's not considered appropriate to yell this at strangers. More recently, she has been exploring the flip side. In church on Sunday, she said (too loudly, and while pointing): "I don't love that guy." Ohhhhh boy.
Feminism:
Women staying home with babies is not sexist; it's survival. I won't elaborate, because my husband is actually a great dad (half the time I wonder if the girls would love life ten times more if Daddy stayed home and Mommy worked), but there are definitely moments where I realize that I stay home for a reason. Feminists need to pipe down before they completely abolish the cushy life the rest of us have made for ourselves!
Teething:
Dear future babies, I will love you more if you never get teeth. I will buy you dentures and gorilla glue and if worst comes to worst, you can live off smoothies, mashed potatoes, and ice cream. Think about it. It doesn't sound like a bad life. Did I mention I will love you more? Trust me, getting teeth is not worth it. For any of us.
Sleep:
The Lord has been teaching me to stop worshiping sleep.
In chapter 1, I got a full uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep for a week (best. lesson. ever.). The review questions for this chapter included:
- Why do you still crave an afternoon nap if you've gotten a full night of sleep?
- Could you use that time more beneficially?
- Why do you still not wake up early enough to spend time with Me, take care of yourself, and greet your husband before the Needy Ones wake up and require all the Needy Things? Wouldn't you be able to meet ALL the needs better if you did?
Okay, okay, okay already.
I made some changes and noticed some good and encouraging results.
Chapter 2 is not going well. My 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep have been removed as far as the East is from the West. So far, I have only partially (not fully) regressed in my habits of sleeping as late as possible in the mornings and as long as possible in the afternoons. I have mostly ignored the review questions as a result of tiredness, stubbornness, and payback for the removal of my precious 8 hours before I was ready!! but one slipped in there this afternoon:
- Do you think energy only comes from sleep? Why don't you ask Me for some?
Okay, okay, okay already.
These are painful and annoying lessons, but I'm kind of excited to learn them and be free of my dependence on sleep - which I truly love so much. And which I still think is so important to a healthy life - physically, emotionally, spiritually, relational-ly, etc. etc. etc. But nothing should be worshiped, save the Lord, so this is a good thing to learn.
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