Bekah Love

I am a hopelessly biased "auntie"... I think my niecelings and nephlings are just the cutest people to have walked the face of the earth in recent history (I know someone is going to throw that statement back at me when I have my own children, but for now, I am still hopelessly biased). There is nothing quite like having a child love you, trust you, and want to spend time with you. Sunday I had the loveliest experience of having my little nieceling, Bekah, who is a year and a half old, call me by my NAME!! That's right, folks, she was running around church yesterday saying, "Ashley, Ashley!" So incredibly cute! That totally made my day and will quite assuredly be a highlight of the week. :-)


The other highlight Sunday was being able to hold Bekah's little brother, Jared, for the first time. If you look up "precious" in the dictionary I'm sure you'll see his picture. It always gives me an incredible sense of awe to hold a new baby. God has made each one different and unique and has placed in that tiny body a personality that is just bursting to come out as the baby grows. When I hold that bundle of sweetness in my arms I think of the holy trust that God has given to the parents and to all who will influence the life of that child. As much fun as children are, and as cute as they can be, their training is nothing to be taken lightly.


May the Lord find me faithful to be a good example to my niecelings, nephlings, students, and (mayhaps one day) my own children. "Lo, children are an inheritance of the Lord...."

Fourth of July Fun!




Bekah Love!

Book time with Bekah at the Dobbertins... she crawled up by me and we started a book together! :-)