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Book of Rees, Chapter 5, verse 2: ...And the Lord saith unto the child, "Sigh."

Though I don't claim to know the mind of God, I think that he asked us to be parents in this life so that we could understand his position a little better. This morning I made banana bread for breakfast. We had a couple of bananas that were past their prime, so the frugal little housewife in me decided this would be a good end for their use. Davin loves bananas. I have seen that boy engulf three whole bananas at a time. As a special touch, I included nuts in the bread and on top in a streusal topping; nuts are also a no-fail-make-the-toddler-happy food. Breakfast is Davin's meal; he often eats more than I do, which makes me feel like it is okay if he doesn't eat as much the rest of the day. The bread baked perfectly and I called the boys in for breakfast. Instead of shoveling the banana bread into his mouth, Davin refused to even try it. (I think that Davin woke up on the wrong side of the bed today; it has been that kind of a day.) He has had (and loved) banana bread before, but for some reason it he would have nothing to do with it. Usually we have a deal with him; if he tries it and spits it out, then we don't make him eat it, but this time he wouldn't even put it in his mouth. We begged, bribed, and threatened, but to no avail. At one point, I snuck a piece into his mouth. Finally, after tasting a bite, he realized it was edible and proceeded to eat more, even commenting "tastes good!" I'm sure that this happens to Heavenly Father all of the time. He makes this great effort to prepare things in our lives that he knows will make us happy, and we know will make us happy, and yet for some reason we refuse to partake of that thing. Finally, we give in and then we kick ourselves for not taking advantage of it sooner.
(I would like to credit Mandy Carroll for her great "storyboard" layout idea.)

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Anonymous said…
If Davin won't have the banana bread, you can always overnight it to me :)
August 26, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Rebecca said…
mmmm...banana bread....
August 27, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Anonymous said…
You have such a great way with words! (and if I remember correctly, such a great way with baked goods as well! :)
August 27, 2007 at 2:08 PM
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