Audrey

Last week I was looking back at posts from when I first started this blog.  I was so grateful in that moment for the things I have written which have long since faded from my memory.  Sometimes I feel like some of my sisters and I are the last of the blogging world.  Instagram isn't enough for me.  I need a place to write my thoughts and this is the easiest journal I've ever kept.  Someday soon I hope to print these pages in a book.  I know for Audrey it would be the most loved book in our house.  Her favorite thing is to sit in my lap as I write and then she begs for me to read previous posts.

Last night I was thinking about how much Audrey has grown. She is so tall and so independent.  Her incessant loud singing warms my heart except for when it's vocal warm ups that go on and on and on, the blessings of having a mother who is a voice teacher I guess.  

She loves to make people laugh, including herself.  I've noticed over the last week that she'll say something and then if she thinks she was especially clever or funny she'll repeat it to herself in a low murmuring tone and then giggle to herself.  I find myself smiling every time I overhear her doing it. 

She has a voracious appetite for learning by reading.  She has read all of the children's scripture readers at least ten times each.  She's getting closer to baptism age and because of that she's had a lot of questions...as she should.  I love answering her questions and teaching her but sometimes I fear that I'm not good enough.  I pray often that Heavenly Father will qualify me for my role as her mother. 

As I talked with my sisters and listened to this last general conference I received the answers I felt I needed to answer her questions.  As a result we've begun an adventure of seeking truth which has been just as good for me as it has been for her.  We've been reading the Book of Mormon together daily. When we finish reading and discussing our chapter for the day we draw pictures of what it was about in the margins and over the verses in colored pencils.  She has grown to love our study time together. I hope in the end her questions are answered.  I hope that she feels the spirit often as we read and especially as she asks if what she read is true. 

I love that she challenges me everyday and I'm learning right along with her.