liam taking quack quack on a ride in South Carolina |
I just want to spent a few minutes to write about Liam's soft heart.
For a mother their is nothing more touching than seeing and observing her children's tender hearts I believe. To me this is one of the biggest indicator that we were created in the image of God and not mere products of chance. Yes, we are all sinners in need of forgiveness (Romans 3.23) but we are also created in God's image and with the stories like the following that becomes clear to me.
Everyone that knows Liam knows his "quack quack" a stuffed duck that he has had ever since he was about 2 month old. To be exact the one we have now is the third one. The first one was one that my mother gave me as a child and I passed it on. Sadly it got lost and Liam had a night with hardly any sleep and lots and lots of tears....then the second one came which looked just a little different but thankfully was accepted fast.
The second one was lost on our trip to Greece and I kept telling Liam that "quack Quack" liked Greece so much that he decided to stay....he believed me.
We were able to find the exact same one again and thats the one we still have.
This boy loves this duck more than anything and we brought it with us on every vacation. So the duck has seen more than most people do in a lifetime (even made it to micronesia) , made it into almost every picture with Liam and never slept alone.I have made several drives over the years to stores and restaurants where we left it. It has a lot of holes and had a couple of open belly and neck surgeries performed by my mom. It has had hair transplants, first red....than blue and red and was washed countless times. Basically this duck has become a 5th family member long before Luis was born. I can't tell you how many times at bed time we had to go on a duck hunt and looked everywhere for it until we were able to put quack quack where he belongs ...in Liam's arms.
We decided to put quack quack in bed rest as Liam was older and mainly because we were tired of looking for it at bed time. Not only was there quack quack to look for but also Lilli's monkey...but that's a story for another day....
I could write a lot more and it would still not explain how much Liam loves his duck.
Before Luis was born Liam had mentioned that he would give him quack quack as a gift. I was not sure weather i could take this big promise serious or not.
When Liam walked into the hospital room with roses in his hand he had his quack quack in his other hand. he gave me the roses and after greeting Luis for the first time he placed his duck in Luis' little bed. a gesture that brought tears to my eyes. He continued to say that Luis can have it and that he does not need it anymore because he is 4 now....
What a sweet heart right? Where does this Love come from? who put it in his heart? This might sound strange to you but to me this is excample shows the Love of God. It is a small glimpse of him showing me how much he loves me.
People ask me if the kids are jealous but so far I have not seen anything like it. The opposite. The constantly give Luis kisses and want to hold him. Liam draw pictures of our family of 5 and told me several times how much he loves Luis. Most of all he always makes sure that Luis has quack quack close to him.
I love my family of 5.
God is so good
Genesis 1:27
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.