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I try to be Christ-like. I try to do the right things. I try to say the right words. I try to think the right thoughts.
I try to smile at people as they pass. I try to support the appropriate causes. I try to love my neighbors even when they don’t love me back. I try to be kind and supportive to those in need.
Every day, I try to be like Christ.
Every day, I fail. I laugh at the wrong joke. I pass judgment on someone else’s life. I turn a blind eye to life’s injustice.
Dawn was breaking with the sun not quite peaking through the window yet. I feel a light tap on the side of the bed and peel my eyes open to see Squirts’ fully-opened eyes and huge grin.
“Come on Daddy! Get Mommy! It’s time to get up! It’s time to GET UUPPPP!!”
Only Christmas morning could bring that much enthusiasm at this hour of the day. The excitement of the unknown. The long-awaited anticipation of Santa’s visit finally realized. The weeks of preparation coming to fruition. It’s almost too much to bear!
But here’s the rub: it’s not Christmas morning. It’s the morning after Christmas. In addition to the big smile, Squirts has in his hand his favorite gift from the morning before. It appears that Squirts is still on some sort of Christmas high. He’s clearly still feeling the Christmas love. For Squirts, the excitement of Christmas day has spilled over into the day after.
Squirts likes to talk. He gets that from his mommy! Many of our friends and family have been participants in one of his chatty exchanges. I say “exchange,” but in truth the conversations are usually fairly one-sided. He talks. You listen. He gets that from his mommy too! (Just kidding! Really! Just kidding!)
I love to look up or walk into a room and see him holding court with another adult. The grown-up usually stands slightly bent at the waist, nodding vaguely, with eyebrows arched and a barely open mouth circled in surprise. If a thought bubble popped up over the adult’s head it would probably say, “Wow, this kid can talk!” or “When do I get to say something?” or “What happened to this kid’s mom and dad anyway?”
