Smiles from this Week

One of my third graders told our small group to be nice to me “because my heart is broken” and then she explained about the adoption not completing.

Of course this prompted questions from the group (of third and fourth grade girls) such as:

“why can’t you get pregnant?”

me: we can’t, it’s medically impossible.

“can’t you get shots or something? ”

“why is it impossible?”

me: that’s a long story.

“if you get pregnant now, would you get to keep the baby?”

“don’t ask her so many questions! - she might cry”

me: yes, we would get to keep the baby. Let’s get back to our memory verses….


ALM this is for you:

Today at work I was walking to a meeting with one of my favorite coworkers (insert image of a slightly younger Granny here; actually this lovely woman is a mother of 12 and grandmother to many) and I asked her if she had her new phone.

She patted her chest and replied “yes. In the bust we trust.”