Words Between Mom and Boy, Part 3

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Seven-and-a-half ~

Yes, we all have our job. Yours is to study, mine is to cook and teach you, Daddy’s is to make money.
Huh. I have the hardest job of all.

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Umma, what is the bottom number? The lowest number….the floor?
*Smile* It’ll be a negative number, right? Way below zero. Only God can reach it because He is infinite.
When I get to heaven, I’m going to ask Him to show me how He stretches from the lowest to the highest number.

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*Watching him eat, in amazement*
Where does it all go? It’s a three-mile tunnel in there.
I’m mileless.

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Mom, what is M x X?

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Mom, you know what the bottommost lowest number is?
What?
Negative infinity.

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His prayer in Sunday School
Lord, give us joy as we fall at your feet.
*Mom stunned*

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142 thoughts on “Words Between Mom and Boy, Part 3”

      1. 🙂 as you should be 🙂 it goes along with unconditional love 🙂 – helps build healthy selfconfidence – and i really do love the quotes – smart and sensitive and insightful –

  14. Diana,
    Wonderful pics of you and your son. No greater inseparable bond is there than between mom and son.
    It is the gift that God has given us to weather all the storms in life. So it is with my mom and me. Even my mom’s passing some years ago has put no distance between us.
    Happy Mother’s Day, Diana.
    -Alan

  16. Being a mother still leaves me breathless – seven and a half, seventeen and a half, twenty seven and a half, it never grows old.

  17. Beautiful! Beautiful post and beautiful baby!
    He will always be your baby, even when he eventually towers over you and have to look up to that beautiful smile. 🙂 Trust me on this 😉

  22. How I wish I would have saved my children’s words like you just did. I can’t even pick my favorite…they are all precious.
    You (and T) make me smile from ear to ear! Thank you! xoxoxo

    1. Ah — but I don’t have your magic eye and finger (even one of these would be great, let alone both working in tandem) to snap and preserve all those moments in a living album. Thanks, Mickey. Hope you got to breathe today. 😉

  25. Beautiful post and picture Diana. I love your answer for the bottom number. I love their question and I enjoy them now because who knows how long they will keep asking. Happy Mother day Diana.

    1. Funny you point that out, M – bc he’s the happiest thing on the planet. I’ve looked at him in wonder, very thankful he’s like that. Some of it must be his disposition. Thanks for tapping in.

      D.

    1. Seriously…I’ve been so humbled by his simple, unabashed joy and reverence for the Lord. We don’t even nurture his spirit as we should. As for the rest, yes…it’s so much fun, the stuff that comes out of their mouth. =) Thanks, V.

      Diana

  33. So much insight for a 7 year old. You will enjoy the journey as he grows up under your tutelage. The homeschooling seems to be working !! Lovely picture. Hope you had a great Mother’s Day ! ☺Van

  35. Diana, In the first picture, I saw a mother’s love and protection of what is so dear to her heart! (Love the pictures!) I remember the hardest question my son asked (when he was about your son’s age), “How will we not cry when we get to heaven and not see people we loved here on earth?” (He knew that according to the Bible, there were no tears in heaven.) That was my stunned moment. I love how our kid’s questions can reveal their hearts and challenge ours!

    1. I know what you mean, D. He is one zealous missionary, LOL. Boy, do we have stories.
      And he also said not long ago: “When I go to heaven, I can’t WAIT to see God! *exuberant, excited* He’s the coolest. He can break mountains.” I was taken aback by the joyful anticipation and light on his face. He really couldn’t wait to meet his God. Deeply humbling. Thanks for sharing in these indescribable moments, my friend.

      Diana

  36. Wow what a cute little bundle of joy you’ve got there !! He’s a brilliant boy. So much love to you both ! Hope you had a great time, Happy mothers day ! 🙂

    Much love to you,
    Zee ❤

    1. Mr. Wayfarer was busy unpacking the drums he had just played in worship so I grabbed a Sunday school teacher to snap me and T. I hope you had a great Mother’s Day, Yvonne, and felt the love from your daughter. =)

      D.

  41. That is priceless. It’s a shame they stop being so cute after age 42. I don’t know what happens. They just get too serious, I guess.

      1. Exactly! 40 with 20 years experience. someday, if I keep at it, I’ll get it right. 🙂

  42. Wow! ‘Lord, give us joy as we fall at your feet.” Out of the mouths of babes!

    Wonderful photo of you both – but his joyful smile caught in the last photo really touched me. Joie de vivre!

  46. Nice! Love the pics too. Hmmm, what has Griffin said lately…. After telling me about a dream he had, “Can you believe that nightdream came out of this little brain?!?” He must’ve heard someone talking about daydreaming and made the natural conclusion as what the opposite would be.
    Later he told me about a bad dream he had, or as he called it, “A nightmirror.”

    1. Ha ha ha. Nightmirror, oh dear. Poor thing. Sounds just like T. He goes on and on to describe his dreams in detail – I think he’s just fabricating at some point. =) Kids are so creative without all those hang-ups and inhibitions we grow into.

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