I heard this song on the radio today and it made me cry...for only about the 100th time that I've heard it. Country music has a reputation for being about "I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison" (the "perfect country song") but there is the occasional song of substance, or at least something sweet, such as this one. I can't remember how the whole thing goes but the chorus is like this:

Let them be little
Cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise
Give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle
Let them sleep in the middle
And let them be little.

In other news, Daniel has learned how to say "yes" and "no" in Spanish and English. He does a lot better with no, as you can imagine. Everything is "no," especially when Jesus asks him if he likes dinner. I guess it's his own little way of sticking it to The Man.

Remember how I asked everyone to pray for my little brother and reconnecting with him? My relationship with my dad and stepmother has been tenuous at best for the last few years over somethings that were said about me (commented about in the entry that I later deleted). Anyway, the other night my stepmother called...out of nowhere! But she asked for forgiveness and said she realized that things weren't what she thought they were when they said what they said those years back. So I am going to try and reconnect with them. It will be slow going as you can't just jump right in as if nothing's happened, because it has, and it hurt. I think it probably hurt both sides, as we are all human beings. I thought and prayed about it and these are the conclusions I came to: 1) I would not want my dad or stepmother to go to their graves and me have unresolved issues. I would carry that with me for the rest of my life and I don't want that. 2) If they come to me, ask for forgiveness, want to see me and my family and I say yes and later there is another falling out, then I can deal with that and its consequences. I'm a big girl. But if I say no and have nothing more to do w/ them, and they were sincere, I will have to answer for that one day. I'd rather be on the side of grace, since Christ did (and does) that for me. 3) It's not up to me to judge motives here. What is up to me is how I react to what's presented. 4) I was studying the outline of our pastor's sermon the other day (on unity) and there were verses in there that had to be from the Lord that kind of confirmed what I had been thinking:

"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you many have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you...Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace."
Still, any prayers would be appreciated, as we have tentative plans to get together in late June after Fathers' Day.

On a different note, for those who care, our livingroom floor got vacuumed today for the first time in like 2 weeks.