not just for children

the boys and i
ran into my friend, sally,
at the bagel shoppe
this week

and every time i see her,
i have to tell her
how much her
work means to us.

one of the things she’s written,
‘the children’s storybook bible,’
is really a must
for any bookshelf -
don’t be misled by the
word ‘children’ in the title.

so at dinner time during the week
(aka. cory’s not home for
family dinner @ 4:30pm
on weekdays)
i read to the children.

we rotate thru bibles:
it took us a year and four months
to complete
catherine vos’ ‘child’s story bible’
(if i had four books on
a desert island,
c. vos would make the cut)

so we took 6 months off and
read sally’s bible twice
and ‘the big picture bible’
(which took about 1 day)
and now we’ve
started catherine vos
from the beginning again.

with just one parent + four squirrely
end-o’-the-day and we’re-hungry
children,
the read-@-dinner plan
brings quiet +
peace +
a common story thread
thru the fam.

thanks, s;
and i can’t wait to read,
‘how to get married’

ps – you must read,
‘little one, we knew you’d come’
but start off with a tissue
in hand.
you’ll need it.

ps – when we finally finished the
vos bible in march,
we took a family trip to
pinkberry (our first time)
in celebration.

so they were expecting that
each time we finished a bible
we were going to get ice cream.

so they were superpleased
that we read thru three
bibles this summer.

we love ice cream the bible.