Little Roman?

Doors are not enough for an ingenious mind.

I put my nephew, Roman, to bed a little while ago. A practice that I quite enjoy, particularly the antics of climbing out of bed just to see how far down the hall he can get. I played the game myself, many years ago.

Roman and I are buddies. I make up games just to get him to fall on the floor laughing. Though he's becoming increasingly harder to entertain, he has one of those ingenious minds.

• I used to be able to make him laugh by saying a word... like "floppy." Believe it or not, he and I laughed for an entire afternoon because of that word.

• Then there was the day that I did basketball drills for an hour. Very good for fitness.

• Another great game was named "Urch" where I would pick Roman up and run as fast as I could and suddenly turn around saying "Urch!"

• Then it developed into a version of hide and go seek... where if I could run fast enough to hide myself I would sneak up and surprise him when he ran past my hiding spot.

• After that, I'd run away and he'd follow me, so it turned into a game where I basically ran back and forth.

• NOW I'll hide and he'll forget that I'm hiding...

It's time to make up a new game.

Love's Unfolding Story

For many years I have struggled with the idea of making decisions. It's possible that I have made several decisions in my life, but the idea of decision making is still something that is hard to grasp.

When you are in the midst of a situation where a decision must be made, how do you know if you're making the correct one? What happens if you make the wrong decision?

These and many questions swirl through my thoughts as the pages of my life tell the story of someone I'm still getting to know. Each decision I make reveals a little more of who I am. Looking back on decisions challenges me to be better than I thought I could be.

Decisions seem to loom before me, and each one becomes harder and harder to make as I strive to discover who it is that God created me to be. I am confident in one thing, that the Father created me out of love and he created me for fulfilled joy in Him. I can only pray fervently that the Holy Spirit will grant me his peace through the many decisions of my life.