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My baby girl just turned ten months old and I have to tell you, I am feeling the first birthday party pressure.
There is a lot of pressure to have Pinterest-perfect birthday parties for our kids these days, and it would be a good thing if we all just relaxed a little bit. You know what my favorite birthday party memories were? Decorating with whatever we could find in the cupboard and having relay races with my little group of friends. I think it doesn't have to be big and fancy to be memorable and fun.
When I was registering for my first baby shower, I had one strategy - register for only the things I absolutely need.
No cutesy outfits. No blankets. No stuffed animals. No Sophie The Giraffe or womb-sound alarm clocks or knit hats. Only the necessities.
(Forgive me for using springtime pictures in the summer - this is my boy in April.)
When I was six years old, all the girls in my class had seen the Little Mermaid - except me. My mom had yet to screen that very popular movie, so I really had no idea how to play the Little Mermaid when I visited a new friend’s house. Her basement was the ocean, and she of course, was Ariel, singing her six-year-old lungs out on the “rock” at the top of the stairs. When it was my turn to be Ariel, I did not know the mermaid’s songs. I still have no memory of what I sang instead, but I’m pretty sure the other girl could tell I hadn’t seen the movie.
That visit with a friend I (who I rarely saw again) stands out in my adult memory now - let’s be honest, largely because of the Little Mermaid game that I didn’t really know how to play. How embarrassing! (Except not really, because I didn’t care that much about the Little Mermaid.) But it also stands out because of something my friend said. Don’t ask me how we got on this subject - I think either me or one of my siblings must have asked her if she was saved. And my friend said she was saved, because every night she asked Jesus to come into her heart.
I have been a fan of the adult coloring trend ever since I first heard about it, and whenever I get an opportunity to review a coloring book, I jump at it. I was excited to get God Bless America: A Patriotic Coloring Book because 1) it's summer, and all the patriotic illustrations are fitting with patriotic holidays like the 4th of July, and 2) it's an election year, so what a great time to remember all the things we hold dear in our country!
I am willing to bet that most adults who have the books of the Bible memorized learned them as a kid. Kids are such sponges! It's so much easier to memorize lists of information like that as children.
I think I was probably four or five years old when I learned the books of the Old Testament. I went to VBS at a little mountain church, and there was a teenage girl there with an acoustic guitar and long brown hair who sang the Bible books song every day. I have no idea who she was, but I can still almost see her in my mind. I hope wherever she is, the Lord blesses her for her service at that VBS, because it has served me well to have the books of the Bible memorized, and it all started with that song.
1.5/5 stars.
Before I jump into this, I have to say that I have read books by Jerry Jenkins in the past, and I have enjoyed them. He is most known for co-writing the Left Behind series, and I read another series from him that I enjoyed. He typically knows how to keep a story moving, and I like that. But unfortunately, this book is not representative of his books as a whole, in my opinion. I just have to say that first.
I recently started listening to “What Should I Read Next?”, which is a podcast by Anne Bogel (otherwise known as Modern Mrs. Darcy). I've been enjoying it - it's the perfect podcast for book nerds! She puts out a summer reading guide every year, and this year I picked up a few books on her list to check out. All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda was one of them, and I gave it a try because the story sounded interesting. It’s a secular book, and I find that reviews of secular books need more breaking down than Christian books, so here we go.
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