Puzzles and Sleep

Yesterday on our way home from school Samantha was asking lots of questions. Somehow or another the subject of sleep came into the conversation. Suddenly Samantha asked me, "Mommy, why don't God and Jesus ever sleep?" I was so surprised at her inquisition that it took me a moment or two to respond. Finally after putting some thought into it, I came to what I thought was a good answer. I told her that if God and Jesus slept there would be no one to watch over us. I am assuming she was satisfied with that answer because there were no more questions after that. Plus, I don't know what I would have said had she not been satisfied!

Then tonight, Elizabeth was sitting on the floor playing with Samantha's book of jigsaw puzzles. She took one of the puzzles apart and started trying to put the pieces back on the page as if she was going to put the puzzle back together again! I thought, "Wow, that is pretty impressive for a one year old!"

As I sat watching Elizabeth attempting to put the puzzle together, I thought about how amazed I am every day with the things our children say or the things that they do. Then I thought about how amazing it is that I am a mother even though I was told I could never conceive naturally and here I am with not one but TWO children! I look at the girls daily and thank God for them. I pray that they will both one day be blessed enough to experience motherhood. Now I will be honest, I would be lying if I said I didn't have thoughts about how nice it would be to sleep in once in awhile on a Saturday morning or do whatever I want, but then I think about all the laughs, memories, and fun that I would be missing out on and I know I would have a HUGE void in my life because Samantha and Elizabeth are such a BIG part of it. I guess what I am trying to say is I consider myself extremely blessed!