The Perfect Saturday

        I just have to brag about this past Saturday. It was a prefect one for the books (blog). It had a lot of moments that I won't forget and those moments are priceless, when it comes to family and children. I had 3 moments on Saturday that just made me smile and feel the joy inside of me. Isn't that what we are suppose to feel this Christmas season? Joy? I also got some rest between the moments and that made it even better for me. Just letting you know that a prefect Saturday for me is consistent with children, my own children, whether it is nephews and nieces or just friends' children or writing my "children" overseas.
        My morning moment was the time I got to spend with my nephews and nieces. It was so much fun to be around them! We made gingerbread cookies and iced them. We also played some soccer. Maybe like 4 mins of soccer and the nephews won but it isn't about who won it was about the time playing with them. They also pretended to be a reindeer and I got pictures that they will never live down as they get older. Not really, I wouldn't be that mean of an aunt. :) It is just amazing how joyful I was to be around them and the things that I saw while I was around them and afterwards. They are going up so fast and I can't believe it!
          Being an aunt is hard enough because I've watched all my nephews and nieces grow up before my eyes. Just think about being a mom and all of those moments you actually get to see everyday, good and bad, but yet they grow up fast too, maybe even faster. Being in the childcare business, I can understand why parents want to send their babies to preschool. I mean I know that probably have a reason like they have to work but it is just so sad at times.
            After spending some time with the nephews and nieces, I got to take a 3 hour nap, which was nice. After my nap, I had my Saturday night moments. I went to Saturday night church service and wouldn't you believe the message was about Hope and Compassion International was there and spoke for a little while. I did something after the service that I have been thinking about doing for a few months now. I sponsored another little girl from Guatemala with the same birthday as me. That step is only a little step in a big dream for me. I love Compassion International and what it does for children in poverty. I agree, wholeheartedly, with their Christian education background. They always say that education is always the way to get children out of poverty so that is 2nd goal, while our first goal is to show them Christ while doing that.
              So I have kind of started my own international family of children and thinking about sponsoring one more when my 1st child graduates out of the program. Then as I was signing up for my child, I heard one of my friends' children scream "mommy" as she went running towards her mom and then gave her mom a hug coming out from Sunday school. I do have to say that that was the cutest thing I have seen in awhile. I mean I didn't know it was the little girl at first who was screaming but the whole church could hear her and to me it was cute. It was just a picture of true love between a parent and a child and it made me smile really big as I was walking out.
             I don't know why I have gotten so wrapped up in these children moments. It's not like I can have any of my own yet but then again I have been wanted some of my own for a long time. Just haven't found the "one" yet. Yet I'm still learning little things here and there that I can and will use for my children. It does really help me by working in the childcare field. People might look down on you because you don't have your own children yet so of course you have no idea what you are talking about but then at the same time you can learn from parents if they are really to give advice randomly.