Celebrating the Kids

Have you ever noticed? Kids are EVERYWHERE! If you do not have one living in your home, all you have to do is go to the grocery store, Wal-Mart, the drug store, or just step outside your front door. They are EVERYWHERE!

There are tall ones,

short ones,

and in between ones.

Some are intelligent beyond their years

and others are working hard to keep up.

Some are star football players,

soccer players,

baseball players, golfers,

or basketball players.

Some are white belts,

yellow belts,

green belts,

black belts,

or somewhere in between.

Some can't walk across the room

without tripping on their own feet.

Others can't walk at all.

Some love math

or spelling

or science

or grammar.

Some hate math

or spelling

or science

or grammar.

There are ballerinas,

spelling-bee champs,

actors,

young scientists,

math whizzes,

and wallflowers.

Some talk . . . all the time.

Others never say a word.

There are some who like to

spin

and twirl

and dance

and sing.

There are others who like to

sit perfectly still.

Some like yoyos,

origami,

and computers.

Some like taking pictures.

Others like being in pictures.

Some are loud

and rambunctious.

Others are as quiet

as a mouse.

Some are dramatic

while others are dull.

Some are

the life of the party

while others

blend into the wall.

There are those who

can draw and create

while others have trouble

holding a pencil.

Some can't seem

to get enough sleep.

Others don't seem

to sleep at all.

There are some that

never stop laughing.

Others seldom

crack a smile.

There are those

who will never be able

to read enough books.

There are others

who will never pick up

a book unless forced.

There are others

who are writing books.

They come with

dark

medium

and light skin.

They come with hair that is

red,

brown,

black,

blonde,

and all shades in between.

And then some do not

have hair at all.

Some are healthy

while others are sick.

Some are fighting for life.

Some are losing the fight or

have already lost.

Some have brown eyes,

some have blue,

some have green, and

some have hazel that

just can't seem to make up their mind.

Some are in your life for your lifetime

some are there for a few years,

a few months,

a few weeks,

a few days,

a few hours.

No matter if you have one, two, three, or more, celebrate the uniqueness of the kids in your life. Rejoice that no two are exactly the same because they are all "fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139:14.

May you have JOY today in Celebrating the Kids!

Tami