Claire has been fussy the last couple of days. Lara smashed her finger in the door pretty severely today. I went to work at my parents' today, and the girls had to come with me.
A couple of nights ago, we had a really enjoyable dinner with friends. We decided to break our Daniel fast for this one meal for a variety of reasons, mostly just not wanting to be "set apart." Also, I picked the restaurant, and it seemed weird that I would then not eat there? But I still brought my own salad dressing, and loaded up on salad, in addition to a little bit of pizza.
I enjoy talking to/telling people about the Daniel Fast, as I hope that maybe some people would be encouraged to do it. My whole attitude about my life, my friends, my church, and my health has really taken a turn for the better. This has just been such a huge blessing to me to do this. I have been re-energized in my faith, Bible reading re-activated, and have experienced a renewed relationship with God. And, not to mention, it helped me lose the extra weight...I have now reached my weight goal, after 1.5 years of trying to lose weight. I really just don't want to ever stop doing this, but it really is a pain trying to be creative at dinner time. We eat on a purely vegan, sugar-free, artificial-free, additive-free, water-to-drink only, diet. And, I'm sorry, but I just can't do tofu.
Pray for us on our trip tomorrow, and Lara has requested prayers for her finger. ;) BTW, here is a cute thing Lara did yesterday:
I put the girls in bed, looking forward to a little alone time this evening. I turned the baby monitor on downstairs, and felt irritated at hearing Lara talking. I was hoping they would go right to sleep. But upon listening closer, I realized that Lara was praying. A sweet, tired, well-thought out prayer, closing with, "Jesus, I love you." Can we stay like this forever?
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