Friday, November 15, 2024

War of love

 


I was sitting in the kitchen talking with Aunt T when Lochlan sat down next to me and started reading. A book. Out loud. All. By. Himself. He read "meatballs", "peaches", and a number of other more difficult words with absolutely no difficulty. He was smiling and clearly loving the places in the book which brought him joy. The book is about picnics, and he truly loves picnics. My eyes filled with tears... Lochlan is READING!!! He's not just reading, but he's understanding and enjoying what he's reading. There are some things that I have not dared to hope, and I am surprised by joy. 




 

Kelton emails me almost every day, mostly love notes. We talk about his day, his faith, the love in his heart and we always end our emails discussing who loves the other more. Yesterday he wrote: "Mama, I love you more. You just need to accept that. This is the War of Love." 



Life is a crazy war of love. Worth every fight every day. 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's exciting! I look forward to reading with Lochlan, and maybe taking him to the library.

Anonymous said...

A Miracle of Joy this morning. LOVE

Brandee Aguilar said...

Such amazing boys. I’m blessed to know you all

Anonymous said...

Each of your dear little men are such treasures and so incredibly loving and amazing! Joy unspeakable to have them in your life (and mine-although not enough). What a beautiful blessing from God to have Lochlan reading and understanding and taking such joy in doing so! Thank you for sharing the joy. Sharing joy multiplies it!💗🙏

Anonymous said...

Cool!❤️Brought tears to my eyes!

Anonymous said...

Give them hugs from me❤️

Anonymous said...

I am not surprised that Locklan is reading. I told you he would!