Children are God’s gifts to us. It really is such a miracle to see and hold a baby. Especially those first days of life. When they fall asleep in your arms and you watch them laugh while dreaming. How they laugh in their early days will forever be a mystery. I like to think that it is family members that have passed entertaining them in their dreams as angels. Maybe a grandfather making silly faces at them. Or just God smiling at them.

The next closest miracle is watching the bond grown between two siblings. How it’s human nature to learn to love those we call family. The other day our 5 year old daughter told me that her little 5 month old brother is her “sunshine” and she sang “you are my sunshine” to him. It really got the best of me in my heart. Her papa used to call her “sunshine.” So it really was something sweet to hear. It also helped that it was a cloudy day here on Whidbey Island, so anything with the word sun in it brings a smile to my heart.

I’m so happy to be able to enjoy these days of them being little and sharing sibling love with one another.