Prayers in a restaurant...

My grandmother sent this to me today! I found it very touching...

Last week, I took my children to a restaurant.

My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace.

As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice for all! Amen!"

Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why, I never!"

Hearing this, my son burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?"

As I held him and assured him that he had done a terrific job, and God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table.

He winked at my son and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer."
"Really?" my son asked. "Cross my heart," the man replied.

Then, in a theatrical whisper, he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes."

Naturally, I bought my kids ice cream at the end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment, and then did something I will remember the rest of my life. He picked up his sundae and, without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes; and my soul is good already."


Sometimes, we all need some ice cream.

I hope God sends you some Ice Cream today!


Speaking of Ice Cream...we made our first batch of ice cream with our goats milk (and homegrown eggs)! YUM! It is vanilla with mini chocolate chips. I'll post pics later...

I had also taken 4 quarts of milk to a friend of mine who wanted to make cheese. He brought me back some and it was delish. We are really enjoying our milk goat. Unfortunately for the babies they aren't...today started their weaning and they are an unhappy little lot. I'm letting the sheep mama's do theirs naturally if they can manage it on their own. We'll see. The babies are just huge. They already have to practically lay down to nurse. LOL...it's quite comical to watch.

Bike riding at LSU...

Amazingly both kids got up and got straight to work on their school stuff. We were completely done by noon...that is an accomplishment! They wanted to go bike riding and so they knew they'd better get done. With Steve off every Monday, we try to do something together and while he loves to go bowl...the rest of us like other stuff besides just that!

We took our bikes down to LSU. We were going to do a little letterboxing while we were there, but the rain clouds rolled in a little too quickly so we had to pass on that. I think that we biked 5 miles though! I'll have to go back and drive it to see. The kids were awesome and only fussed once. I thought for sure they would really complain. It wasn't too hot out though, especially with the wind coming off the lake. The campus has a lot of huge, old live oak trees which made for shady lanes, so we weren't in the sun too much. We brought bread to feed the ducks and I wished I'd have taken a few pics of them...they had some wonderfully colored ones. We're going to look them up tomorrow.

Steve was a nervous wreck though being so close to the road at times...most people stay to the inside of the lane when people come by, but one car with two girls riding in it came around a corner half in the bike lane! I yelled at them and they had the nerve to yell back like I was in the wrong...dummies! There are bike lanes and sidewalks just about all over campus which is really nice.

We headed to the 'Dairy Store' on campus...they make really yummy ice cream there from the dairy cows that the ag studies farm has. That was the highlight of the ride! Then we had to hurry back. The storm was rolling in quite quickly. We felt sprinkles as we biked quickly back, got the bikes loaded into the back of the truck and the rain literally started coming down once we got in! Soccer practice was of course cancelled once we got near home and saw the lightening...that's okay because we were all needing a little rest anyways.

Good Grief! Remind me next time to get my butt off the seat before Steve snaps a pic of me on it! LOL...nothing like having your saddle bags and bum cheeks rolling off the sides of the seat! LOL! But I do love my little Schwinn although today the right gear changer got stuck...I have to run it to the bike shop and have them look at it.

"Mom....

You know what? Ice cream and lemonade do not go together! It tastes weird!" J says to me with his face scrunched up and then tongue sticking out! I just laughed imagining it. You know you've probably done it too. Ate that last bite of sweet ice cream, then grabbed the cold glass of lemonade to wash it down, only to realize that it probably wasn't the best idea! LOL!