Faith Cora has selected “Chair Leaf” as the name for her new baby brother arriving in February. She chose it all by herself and is solidly settled on it; so now Day and I, but not mommy—because she just shakes her head at us—refer to the still-hidden and growing little guy as Chair Leaf.

 

I’d love to know how she came up with the name. It’d be fascinating to eavesdrop on the thoughts she processed and weeded through in order to select Chair Leaf. It makes me wonder if she likes the way the words sound or if she visualizes the objects and likes how they look. I asked her about it yesterday and she said that Mommy and Day couldn’t agree on a name for her brother so she chose one. That’s actually the cleaned up version because what she really said (and I have it on video) was that they were in a restaurant and Day said “Billy Earl” and Mommy spit at him.

 

We love inserting big new words into her “lexicon” and she readily tells people that she’s a “widdle wing-wist” (little linguist). She and I were having brunch in iHOP the other day and, after finishing her pancakes and bacon, she entertained herself by getting down under our table. A very nice lady, seated all of two feet away from us, asked Faith if she were a puppy dog or kitty cat. Faith looked up at her and said, “I’m a wing-wist”. Moments like that make me very proud to be her Mama Jan.

 

So in spite of not being able to eavesdrop on her thinking, and not really knowing how she processes her thoughts, I sure do love and enjoy spending time with her.

 

It makes me wonder how much more the Lord, who knows everything there is to know about me, enjoys spending time with me and blesses me when we’re together.

 

O Lord, you have examined my heart

and know everything about me.

 

You know when I sit down or stand up.

You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.

 

You see me when I travel

and when I rest at home.

You know everything I do.

 

You know what I am going to say

even before I say it, Lord.

 

You go before me and follow me.

You place your hand of blessing on my head.

 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too great for me to understand!

 

Psalm 139:1-6