What's Your Story?

My daughter was in the kitchen washing her hands and I said, “You have such cute little fingers.” She smiled. We’ve talked about her cute little fingers before because she has a hard time playing the chords on her guitar and we paint her nails a lot. We don’t paint mine because I don't like the feeling of nail polish on my nails. She was also wearing her glasses this morning because she hadn’t put her contacts in and she looks so smart with her glasses on and it made me think about how she knows who she is. She knows she’s smart, creative, loves photography and playing her guitar. She knows she is a child of God. She likes people who live on the fringe vs. the popular crowd. She likes mission trips to inner city kids and can’t wait to go to Jersey City again to work with the super diverse culture there. She’s only fourteen, so there are plenty of things about herself yet to discover, but I think about myself and realize I didn’t figure out who I was until… well, probably last week sometime. I’ve been reading a book by Donald Miller about creating a great story for your life, like instead of just letting life happen and react to it, you think about the story you want to write and you do something today that will help write that story. And if you have a story that is interesting enough, maybe your kids won’t wander away looking for their own story because they want to be part of your story. If that doesn’t make sense, I’ll be writing more about it after I finish the book because I think it is such an incredible way to think about life. Til next time!