There Is a Girl Who Wants to Fly

There is a girl who wants to fly

On the playground, she swings so high
all she can see is blue
She closes her eyes and the earth vanishes
only clouds and stars remain

In her bedroom, she looks out the window
as gray thunderheads roll above the trees
She jumps through the frame
to chase the thunder and lightning across the sky

Proof God Has a Sense of Humor

“A joyful heart is good medicine…” Proverbs 17:22a

Giraffes. (No, it wasn’t a committee; God come up with them on His own.)

Bed hair. Or, as we call it at our house, chicken feathers.

The tired jollies (or TJs). When one is so tired that everything strikes you as funny.

Bodily noises. Just ask any grade school boy.

Small dogs that think they are big dogs.

Lungs, diaphragms, vocal cords and smile muscles. We couldn’t laugh without them.

My dog who gives up her bed for the cats.

My little morning people who have a night owl for a mom.

Hiccups and sneezes.

Laugh lines.

Little kids who make cross-eyes.

A dog chasing his tail and maybe even catching it.

A chipmunk with full cheeks.

The fact that milk can come out your nose when you laugh hard.

A baby laughing at Daddy’s funny faces. Or a baby’s laugh anytime.

Turbo-crawling. If your child did it, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

People who are tone-deaf usually sing with the most abandon and enjoy enormous lung capacity.

The whale-spout reflex when a baby boy has his diaper changed.

Lion cubs that try to tackle their regal father.

My children.

“[The Lord] will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.”   Job 8:21