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There are no words to describe the preciousness of this little miracle:

This picture was take from the blog Confessions of a CF Husband. Nate says that the CF stands for Cystic Fibrosis (his wife was born with Cystic Fibrosis and just gave birth to this precious little miracle baby). But, if you read this blog entry first, and then this blog entry, you might have to conclude that CF stands for Christ follower. They have completely and unconditionally trusted God throughout this whole ordeal and continue to place their trust in Him knowing that whatever the outcome, they will accept it. I am inspired, encouraged, and more than anything, sent to my knees in prayer that I might have the kind of faith that this family obviously has displayed. Please visit this site, pray for them and marvel at the wonder of God’s miracles.

My blogging friend, TulipGirl, recently wrote a post about the books she Hopes to Read in 2008.  Someone posed the question to me - what books do I plan to read this year?  Well, with 2 small children, my list is a little different.  But, one of my resolutions this year was to get back to reading to the kids EVERY night before bed and so far, it’s working.  The problem is that my children are 4 (boy) and ALMOST 2 (girl) and so their reading interests are VASTLY different.  So, the dilemma is what books do you read to them that BOTH will enjoy and BOTH will be challenged?  You know what I’ve found to be some of the BEST that fit that category?  DR. SEUSS!

I’ve always loved Dr. Seuss books and I’ve found that my son loves to hear the stories and study the pictures and my daughter loves the “sing song” of the words.  I didn’t want to read to them separately which is what we had been doing.  It’s hard to get her to sit still but we’re getting there and I LOVE reading to them every night.  My son is really into finishing off the last couple of words in “Green Eggs and Ham”.  The rhyming of Dr. Seuss is great for him too because he loves trying to make things rhyme. 

So, for now, here is my top 10 list of books to read this year (OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER):

1.  “OH the Places You’ll Go” - by Dr. Seuss

2.  “Green Eggs and Ham” - by Dr. Seuss

3.  “There’s a Wocket in my Pocket” - by Dr. Seuss

4.  “Guess How much I love you” - by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram

5.  “Time to PEEEEEEEE”  (that’s for my daughter) - by Mo Willems

6.  “Sleep Book”  - by Dr. Seuss

7.  “Mr. Brown Can MOO!  Can YOU?” - by Dr. Seuss

8. “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” - by Dr. Seuss

9.  “Horton Hears a Who” - by Dr. Seuss

10.  “The Sneetches” - by Dr. Seuss

I know - kind of a boring list but I know that some day I’ll be able to get back to pleasure reading for ME.  But, in the meantime, we plan to start with the list above and expand. 

My husband went to a local credit union the other day to close out his account.  He was tired of the poor service he felt he was receiving and tired of paying to bank with them.  He had a savings account that had $30 in it.  When he explained to the teller what he wanted to do, she said he couldn’t close the account because he owed $157 on the credit card that he had with them.  (What were they going to do?  Hold the $30 hostage?)  He said, “Fine.  I’ll write you a check now and pay off the credit card”.  They said, “Sorry!  We don’t process credit card payments - you’ll have to call this number.” 

VERY annoyed, my darling husband left.  He paid off the credit card and went back the next day or a few days later.  The same teller was there and she remembered my husband.  Then he told the teller he was ready to close out his account.  She said, “Can I ask why you want to close the account sir?”