James, after we discussed the weather for the week: snow, freezing temperatures and more snow, said, "We are all....DOOMED!" It was how we were all feeling, but he was the only one with the courage to say it.
William asked me before Christmas if Jesus drank wine. I told him, yes, that He did, and that now we have water for the sacrament. We've been watching short little movies each day for the Light the World program the church has been sponsoring. Each day the video shows something Christ has done, "Christ fed the hungry. Christ blessed the children." And then all of them say, "You can too."
So William with those amazing wheels in his head turning says, "Christ drank wine. You can too." I was dying!!! Then it was, "Christ wore sandals. You can too. "Christ went fishing. You can too." He continued to think of non-service oriented things that Christ probably did and then "You can too." Maybe the church will ask for his input for next year's Christmas-time program. But probably not.
And Peter, as we were watching The Force Awakens told Ryan that he wouldn't kill him (Like Kylo Ren killed his father, Han Solo) "Unless we have some kind of tragic backstory." He was completely straight-faced and sounded 20 instead of 10. Where did he learn to be so funny?! Not from me!
I love my boys. Loved singing songs with them on the way to school today-- all the "fight" songs were playing, "Roar" and "Fight Song" and "Brave". They make me think of the sad results of the election, since Hillary often played those at her events, but also made me hopeful. The boys and Grace had tons of questions about Trump and Putin today and I answered them as honestly and hopefully as I could. The next generation has so much going for them--especially in this family. I hope and pray America's greatest days are ahead of her. And singing those songs with them I do feel a bit braver.
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