Watching our Kids

This was our second weekend back in person and my heart realizes how much I missed my kids.

This morning I saw one of our local police officers bring his kids in. I have no idea what he sees in his day at work. We may not be a big city, but his work is not care free. Yet his little girl stood back for a few minutes and then said “ Bye Daddy, I love you”.

I have a really soft spot for kids of first responders. My dad was a police officer. He kept the bad from us. Watching Claire not ready to let go of Daddy brought me back.

But it is more than that. All of our kids, all of our families have been through so much during this pandemic. Today during Word4 Kidz we prayed for the immediate (note to God, this means today) end of COVID. But we also prayed for Mommy and Daddy that they don’t get old and die. We have never had prayers from our kids that are fearful of losing Mommy and Daddy. It shows the depth of the pandemic and what it has done for our kids.

Today I was so grateful to be with our kids. To share to not you worry about Mommy or Daddy. To be able to share how much God loves them. To share that each and everyone of them was created by God, yup that is a good Day.