Hearing Something on the Bluegrass music channel (The Prince's pick)
My friend Michelle had her baby today.
Surprisingly it did not make me too sad.
The Prince on the other hand is another story.
I showed him the pictures and he was quiet for a long while.
Then he softly asked me “Mom, has our chance to have another baby passed?”
I told him that I didn’t know.
“Doesn’t God think we would be good to a baby?”
I paused to think about what to say but then told him that God has a plan for each of us and sometimes even when we really want something badly God knows a reason why we shouldn’t have it. We just have to be patient and wait to see what God has in store for us.
He broke my already broken heart.
That is until he said “Maybe, it’s a good thing we don’t have a baby. If we had a baby, you guys wouldn’t be able to pay as much attention to ME! I really LOVE being the center of attention!!”
Center of attention~I thought that was MOI!! I told him he was probably right, that babies do take up a lot of time but if we did have another baby we would still make special time just for him.
Then he said “I don’t think I want a baby. I would like a little brother that is close to my age but a baby wouldn’t be close to my age. Besides, babies are noisy and cry and eat a lot. I would have to be quiet all the time and I wouldn’t be able to leave my toys out everywhere because the baby might choke on them. I have friends at school who complain about how much their little brothers bug them all the time. I just don't need all that STRESS!!”
Stress...LOL!! He's 8 and worried about stress! We talked for a few minutes about the way a baby changes everything.
He went back to playing with his toys and I heard him quietly say to himself “It sure would be nice to have a baby though.”
From his lips to God's ears.
