Today Noelle, Madeline, and I were in the car and we were taking lunch to Josh. Noelle and I had been talking and then it was quiet for a minute until I hear Noelle's slightly lowered voice. She starts out, in the cutest little voice mind you, "Jesus, could you please give me a little brother? And could you have Zoe come over to my house again cause she had to leave? And can you make all the birds fly away?"
I think I held my breath the whole time she was talking so I wouldn't miss anything she said! It nearly brought me to tears the way she was talking to Jesus...like she knew he was right there listening to her and caring about all the things she was thinking about. Even though I heard what she said I had to ask her about it. When I asked what she was talking to Jesus about she said the first two things and when she said the third about wanting the birds to fly away I asked her why. She said that the birds need to fly away so that the cars don't hit them. I don't think I would have ever thought to pray about that but it was obviously on her mind.
Sigh...those are the moments you live for as a parent I think. The sound of my little daughter talking to Jesus on her own without any prompting is just priceless. These are the moments I want so badly to remember so that when she is 13 and maybe annoyed with her little brother, I can tell her "I remember when we were in the car when you were three and you asked Jesus for a little brother". Sigh...will Noelle really be 13 someday? That made me kind of sad and excited all at the same time. Sad to think of my little girl not being so little but excited to see her grow up to be a young woman and the relationship we have continuing to deepen. Those last few sentences got a few tears out of me. I think I've been working too hard : )
