Observances of a Father

Many times when my girls are eating dinner, they will sit in my lap to eat. Sometimes they just sit there and play. Being still under a year old, there is much they still cannot do, physically. The funny thing is, most of those limitations they do not realize.

For instance, as one is sitting in my lap, she will look down and see a toy on the couch. She lunges for it - headfirst. Without my intervention, she face-plants on the arm of the couch, or gets a rug-burn on the forehead. But she is yet to get a rug-burn and has not crashed-n-burned yet. For that reason, she still has no idea that 'she cannot lunge for what she desires'. EVERY time she goes for something, she gets it (assuming I haven't made the mistake of leaving the TV remote out...).

Why do I not live this way? I don't go for things because in my own ability, I know I cannot obtain them. I'd see more miracles in my life if I'd just go for the things that are impossible. My little girls live in the miraculous. Nothing is possible for them. Yet... they don't seem to lack for much.

At some point, maturing has really debilitated the Church.