one of those moments

I had one of those moments last night. You know, one of those moments where you wish you could just stop time and enjoy that one thing for a little longer. Jamie and I always say prayers with Caden before we put him to bed. Well we were all laying in Caden's bed getting ready to say our prayers and he started singing.
Now, he has loved music all of his life. When he was an infant we used to sing to him in the car to quiet him down when he was crying. It was the only thing that helped besides his pacifier. As he's grown he's taken an big interest in instruments. He has a little mandolin and a drum set that he plays regularly. For Caden, it's either an instrument or a ball. Thank God he got his athletic ability from his Daddy because I cannot catch a ball to save my life. Okay mabye it's not that bad, but I'm really not good.  But the music part, that came from my genes! :) Caden always wants to have music playing in the car, and he insists on coming in "big church" on Sundays for worship before he goes to the nursery.
The Lord has really been talking to me lately about the music I listen to and therefore Caden listens to. What goes in, must come out, right? We don't have much of a Christian radio station here, so I mostly listen to country and sometime an alternative station. As we all know, the radio plays some stuff these days that would never have gone on the air when I was growing up. A lot of the songs push agendas that do not line up with my beliefs as a Christain, but in all honestly for the most part I just rationalize it..."It's just as song, no big deal." Well I've come to realize that it is a big deal. I've always know that, but sometimes it's just easier the other way. I do not, however, want my child being influenced by music is telling him things that are opposite of what we are trying to teach him. So my goal was to only listen to Christian music, especially when Caden is in the car with me.
The Lord has a great sense of humor. I know this because right about the time all this was going on in my quiet time, Caden went to see Veggie Tales live in Birmingham. He brought home a Veggie Tales praise cd. That's ALL we've listened to since the beginning of October! It's terrible and wonderful all at the same time. When he first got it, He would just sit and listen. Let me just say that my baby likes some loud music. Lately, he's been asking to hear specific songs and is even singing along to a few.
I love to sing so I encourage him to sing with me. I always have. It's not uncommon to hear the two of us taking turns singing lines of some of his favorite songs. He's smart like that. I can start a line and he'll finish it or sing the next one. That's actually how we taught him to say his prayers. His favorite right now is to say The Lord's Prayer before bed. He actually does a good job of it to and there are some hard words for a two year old in there. No more cute bedtime prayers for my little man.
So last night as we were getting ready to say prayers Caden started singing (with no prompting from me or Jamie). He was singing "sing hallelujah to the Lord". I just stoped, awestruck. We have never sung that song at home. It's one that we sing at church during the eucharist time. I had no idea he knew it. I swear I amost started crying. He was singing in that sweet little boy voice that I know will be gone before I'm ready for it to leave. That was one of those moments that I know I'll remember forever and will never be able to reproduce.

Ok....here goes

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a while. I kept putting it off because I didn't want to start it and then not have time to write new posts, or be a crazy person who writes too much. However, I'm overcoming my irrational fears with a little encouragment from a few friends, and I have decided to go for it. I guess I am now officially a blogger.
So here I am. I'm writing my first post. I'm thinking about my life and which details I should share with the world of blog readers. I want to say something witty, or funny, or encouraging, or empowering, or something...I don't know...something good. I'm not sure that my words will be any of those things, but I hope they will be.
I plan to give you an inside view of my life, thoughts, feelings, etc. You will get to see the real me, even the sides that I'm not proud of sometimes. I try to be Christlike in each moment of every day, but I am an epic failure. (Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy.)
You will get to have a window seat to my successes and my failures, and read about my life - just as it is.