Hands-On Love

I used to wonder how children in a large family ever got enough time and attention and TLC and love.

 As my own family grows, I'm learning that I needn't have worried about that.

 In fact, I had things a little backwards.

 Children in a large family have even more people to love and adore them, to give them all the time and attention and cuddles and hands-on love that they need.

Maybe it's children in small families that we should worry about!  ;-)  

(Lest anyone be offended, please rest assured that I'm only teasing.  I fully believe that children can thrive in small families and in large; families are not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.  God constructs so many different shapes and sizes and varieties of families!)

David is such a hands-on kind of boy that it's no wonder that he's the one to most often ask to hold Moriah...and that he's the one who comes over to her multiple times a day and gives her kisses (always seven kisses, because that's how old he is)...and that he's the one to make up a funny little act with her.

It started when he saw her one day in the guitar-playing position that she automatically winds up in sometimes - her left arm outstretched and her right arm bent as if to strum the strings.  He started making her arm move in a guitar-playing motion, and then he added the "I'm a rock star, and I love God" words, and it grew from there. 

In case you can't understand the lyrics of David's song, here they are.  ;-)

I'm a rock star, and I love God,

And I think it's time to praise God.

Yeah!  Yeah!

Now it's time to pray.

I thank You, God, for this day.

Thank You, God!  Thank You, God!

I thank You, God, for this day.

Sweet boy.  

Sweet girl.

Such sweetness is honey to my soul.  :)