One of the reasons I agreed to take on this blog was because the way God communicates with me personally leads to me always thinking about this type of thing.
I believe the primary reason we were asked to do something like this in the first place is because of our kiddos, and the amazing work God has done and is doing in them, through Christina and I. Because of that, I thought it would be nice to take a closer look at the nuggets that inspired this whole thing as their birthdays roll around. Today is one of those posts as Luke turned 8 years old today.
A book I read from the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms had a post about birthdays. In the post he focused on how cool a birthday can be when you realize that you are celebrating that you are glad the person was born and has chosen to stick around. I loved that. This is our main focus of communications during these special days and there is zero doubt that we are thankful that Luke was born and given to us to care for and love on and snuggle.
So here are a few things about Luke:
– Luke is by far one of the most genuinely kind and caring individuals on this earth. Even though he probably looks forward to and enjoys birthdays more than anyone, he spends half the time focused on including others and sharing. He will give away the shirt off of his back.
– Luke loves sweets. All kids love sweets, true, but Luke is borderline support group type love of sweets. This leads to him savoring and taking his time with them. At times we will actually have to tell him he only has 2 minutes left to finish them.
– Luke is this awesome mix of absolute bravery and a healthy dose of fear and anxiety in certain situations.
– Luke, when he is not being intentional, gets VERY focused on the rules and “fairness”. As a parent it is great to have someone like this around because in those times you get to see a living example of how Love is choosing to sacrifice your sense of fairness for the good of someone else. Luke has learned to recognize this in himself and choose Love whenever he is alert and aware of the choice. Great stuff.
– Luke has this genuine love of all living creatures. He even recently stopped catching creatures, one of his favorite pastimes, in favor of simply observing them to ensure they don’t come to harm.
– Luke has this super sweet near hysterical goofiness mood that he gets into at times. He nearly hyperventilates from laughter.
– Luke is a one of a kind, amazing example of God’s workmanship and a living example that you don’t have to settle for the stereotypes about kids and parenting the world throws at you. God will work through you to create thriving kiddos if you show up and engage. You will be glad you did… just like Christina and I are. Happy birthday Luke…
