Talking to God

As I was tucking Tani into bed tonight, I asked him to try to not come into our bed in the middle of the night. Most nights he tries (and often succeeds) in coming into our bed - he says he's lonely in his room. Tonight I suggested that if he was lonely he could talk to God. But God doesn't answer back he said - I don't hear God answer me. I said to him that we don't listen to God with our ears but with our heart and with our soul. Then Tani said Moses could hear God. To this I responded that we don't know if Moses listened to God with his ears or with his soul - when people talk to us we listen with our ears but not necessarily so with God. I told him I think we hear God with our soul - that we can feel God. Tani seemed to like this answer. We'll see if he shows up in our room tonight...

Family Movie Night

Last Sunday evening at my parents house we watched "My Neighbor Totoro". Melissa, Tani and I occasionally do "Family Movie Night" at home and Tani looks forward to this. On Monday night after we had returned from Atlanta he was asking who was in our family - it turns out so he could decide who to invite to "Family Movie Night". He has a good memory. He recalled the events leading up to the movie on Sunday: "We started movie night late on Sunday because there was company from 4-6 pm and then Grandpa Arthur was late (he hadn't realized we were waiting for him to start the movie). To the left is a picture of Tani at the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport playground.