He Thinks

I've been taken aback lately by Ryan. He's growing so fast and is absorbing so much of the world at such an exponential rate. I can't tell you the number of times our dialogue begins with "What do we need ________ for?" Or the things from his past that he can recall with such clarity and detail.



This picture, for example, sparked a very interesting discussion about the necessity of bones (and sizes of bones and people bones vs. dinosaur bones and why we need strong bones and which animals have bones and why don't worms have bones and do worms drink milk? and that's why they don't have bones- which, actually, makes a pretty hefty argument for why one small child shall drink milk so that he or she does not grow weak and limpy like a worm). There are dozens of conversations like these daily. This boy, he thinks...and thinks...and thinks.

These eyes. They just take it alllll in and I can't help but gasp at the responsibility to be the filter. I've got to let less in while I still can.

Lord, I need your help.