God Grows Big Things in Tiny Hearts

It amazes me how big my son's heart already is.  He has always been so conscious of other people's feelings.  If we are at Walmart and he hears a baby crying, he immediately gets worried about them and wants to make sure they are okay.  Often times, I have had to find the crying baby and show him that they are okay.  He has done this on many occasions.  While at Target picking out my mother's day card with my mom a few weeks ago, Brian encountered a little boy and his sister in the card aisle.  The little boy was, let's just say, being less than kind to his little sis.  She was crying as her brother repeatedly smacked her around (like lots of older brothers do) but it really concerned Brian that she was upset.  So he picked out a funny, talking Elmo card (which he ended up choosing for me) and showed it to her until it made her giggle and smile.  He just couldn't stand that she seemed upset.  And now every time he sees that card he says "Little girl is happy now!"

He is also very sensitive to the people he loves.  I've been told more than once that if his best pal and cousin Addison is upset at school, he tries to console her and tell her it's okay.  I know that the times I have been sick or had a "boo boo" he asks me constantly if I am okay and if I'm feeling better.  Those tiny little lips have kissed my boo boo's nearly as much as I've kissed his.

And he hates, I mean HATES, if he thinks that someone is sad.  He wants everyone to be happy.  And if you seem unhappy, he will ask you over and over again if you are happy.  There is no room for sadness in his little world.  He is definitely an optimist, which I am thankful for because I have struggled with being quite the opposite in my life.  But something tells me that this precious attitude that he has will make his life a whole lot easier at times...

And last night as we were sitting on the couch together, he got up and brought my mother's day cards that I had displayed on the counter and said "happy mother's day!"  He wanted me to look at them again.  It was like in his own little way he was showing me he loved me and appreciated me everyday, even though mother's day was already over.  He loves to make people smile and laugh.   God can sure do big things even in the smallest of hearts.  It shows me that God is just getting started in my little boy and I am honored to be the one who gets to go along for the ride.