Talking Up a Sweat

Motherhood Memorial #2:

Another day in the life of Mommy Miriam...My five-year-old Abigail truly keeps me laughing all the day long.  Her vocabulary and the manner in which she puts words together makes for tear-dropping, on-your-knees laughter. And after a long and hard days work in career mommyhood, these moments of joy are like happy pills. Proverbs 17:22 (Amplified version) says, "A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing..." Perhaps all this joy and laughter keeps me healed and healthy.  Praise the Lord!  So, on a typical weekday evening, I am sitting listening to Abigail give me a somewhat lengthy monologue about... well... everything on her five-year-old mind.  And I ask her questions and give my, "Yes" and "Really," so that she knows I'm giving her my undivided attention. Then she says, "Mommy, wow, I'm so hot, I'm sweating." I reply, "Well, yes Abigail, it was all that talking!" And her response, "Yes, mommy. You must be right!" She surely talked herself into a sweat!!  And I giggled.

There's no judgment here...I am quite a conversationalist myself.  So, to all the talkers of the world... who are quite content with monologuing for hours on end... I meditate James 1:19 to help me become a better listener, so my talkative daughter (and others like her) can have the privilege of my attentive ears and mind. The scripture says: "Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger."

So, if you feel yourself perspiring while conversing at length...perhaps you'll remember James 1:19.

Until the next MM...Warrior-Priest-Queen Miriam