Ava-isms Part 2

  • My home!… Show me what to do!
  • Absolutely!
  • I always knew I wanted a mother
  • I always knew I wanted him (referring to Lincoln)
  • I can’t run…my arms aren’t strong enough
  • I don’t like my band-aid…could you kiss it instead?
  • Do they have a dog or a cat or a baby?
  • Is this grass?  (a sign of a very looooooong winter)
  • Ava: I was just wonderin about my Dad.  Me:  What were you wonderin about?  Ava:  Well…my Dad is in heaven with Jesus…but I can’t get there by myself.  Me:  That’s right Sweetheart.  How do we get to heaven?  Ava:  We need to get Jesus.
  • Tee-hee-hee-hee
  • I want to give him a little ride (said about a lady-bug she had just picked up)
  • But out here in the wild…his chances are slim.  (said about above mentioned lady-bug after she had thrown him in the lake)
  • I would like a pet.  A rabbit.
  • This is not appropriate. (said as I was taking her dripping wet, muddy pants off outside)
  • Your absolutely welcome!
  • I miss God with all my heart…and also my Dad.

He is RISEN…just as He said!

I could spend this entire post talking about my memories from last Easter.  I was an angry, stressed-out woman who had just learned 2 days before that her husband had cancer.  But…this day is so much bigger than my memories and grief…this day is the day that gives me hope, for my Savior LIVES! He is in Heaven waiting for me…loving me…molding me.  And I just want to PRAISE HIS NAME! Plus, this year, Josiah is celebrating like he never has before…at the feet of Jesus…what an incredible thought!

(Casting Crowns does a great rendition of this song…gives me goose bumps every time!)

Glorious Day

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now He’s ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day


Glorious day indeed!  I can’t wait!