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Lovely Morning Drives

Our morning drives from home to school  have really been interactive. Baby gal does not keep quiet  until we drop her at school. On her seat, she will either be singing, talking to herself or most times engaging us in conversations. It is interesting to note that while we used to wonder how she will handle the early mornings and the traffic, its good to note that we share lovely morning drives daily.

This morning , I wished I owned an aeroplane because since we moved house, Samara has noticed things in the outdoors more like aeroplanes and birds. Everyday in traffic,she points out at any plane that passes and when there is none she asks where they are and really desires to see one. She also notices the birds in the air, the flowers, the billboards, the colours. As we near her school, her daddy says a prayer for her and when I attempt she says "Mummy not you, its daddy", and I do not mind at all that He speaks into her life every morning as she goes about her day.

Every morning, I appreciate the fact that she reminds us of God's creation. We are normally so busy looking out for birds and planes that we do not really notice the traffic when it is there. So when she was on midterm last week, my beloved and I were driving and we almost pointed out to each other the planes..ha ha then we remembered Samara is not in the car. Amazing how it takes a child  to remind us of God's love for us daily

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