Who are these kids taking themselves too seriously? :)

I'm nearly 29 years old. I have 3 kids and I think I'm just now realizing how children have a way of changing you. I wear khaki cargo pants now and I roll them up to be capris. And I like it.

I looked in the mirror, the other day, and it was surely me on the outside, but my heart was different. I'm not the nose-pierced girl with an oopsy tattoo anymore. I'm that. But I'm not just that. I'm changed. Chiseled, if you will. Perhaps it's more accurately put that God often uses your children as His tool to change and mold you how to better serve Him and raise your children. I get it now. My children have soften me a little and caused me to be more protective than I ever knew was in me to be. It's an overwhelming gift to be a parent. It really is like having part of your heart walking around, making real decisions...putting their fingers in outlets...riding tricycles...respecting authority. Wow.

Have we changed? Just a little?

Quote:

While Holden was admiring the rainbow on his DVD, he says, "This is the light of God."

Holden: "Do you know what kind of a boy Holden Ruse is?"

Me: "What kind of boy are you?"

Holden: "I'm American. I protect my family. I do what I do....The words that I wanted to say are stuck in my throat...They're really stuck in my throat. I can't reach them."