family

Listening to: A Day Late -Anberlin
Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-25 

 Oh...the conversations we have at the dinner table at my grandparents' house. Not blog appropriate in the least! But...entertaining. Every Friday night for the last several years we all go over to my granparents' house for dinner. And I love it! I love sitting on the counter while Meme cooks. I love listening to Lisa and Danae howl (because "laugh" doesn't even begin to cover it) uncontrollably. I love that no matter what it is my grandpa hears me say his response is always, "What? You have a boyfriend?" And as much as I HATE admitting this...I love that Brian always has something to say. It makes life interesting.

 Yesterday, on the way home I was thinking about how life is changing and I'm growing up...about how I can't wait to lug my own family over to Meme and Papa's for dinner on Friday nights. I get excited when I think about how Lisa, Danae and I are going to have our own families and bring them back to the place where our lives started and our hearts were nourished. I can just see us all grown up sitting around the table and listening to our own kids howl uncontrollably or see them sit on the same counter where we sat while someone cooks dinner. (Meme, I hope for your sake that we have enough decency not to make you cook for the rest of your life ;)

 So in short I love my family...my loud, obnoxious, passionate, creative, loving, unique family. We get on each other's nerves and hurt each other's feelings. But I don't think any group of people love each other more than we do. I can't wait for the things God has in store for my family...for the people He'll add to it and the love we'll give them. Being a part of this crazy family of mine is an experience indeed...They've taught me how to love. And how not to do some things too. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. Because of them I know how to love and be loved. And I can't wait to pass on that legacy to my own someday soon.