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I ask my 3-year-old, \u201cWhat are your favorite things?\u201d I see wheels turning, and finally she says, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d (Translation:\u201dI do know, but I don\u2019t quite have the words in my 3-year-old sense of self\u2026\u201d) So I start instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d I say, \u201cDaddy is one of my favorite things. And you and baby brother. And books, and coffee. And going on vacation. And playing outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd wine!\u201d she pipes up. \u201cYou like wine!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ah, she gets it now. (mother of the year, folks. right here.) \u201cYes,\u201d I say. \u201cI do like wine. So NOW, what are your favorite things?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCartoons,\u201d she says, beginning her own litany. \u201cPlaying dress-up. Looking out the window and thinking about stuff (me too! <\/em>i interject here). Church. Worship and Wonder. Riding on Polar Bear (translation: on Daddy\u2019s back). Going to Auntie O\u2019s Zoo. Pancakes. Parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

And her list goes on. I\u2019m not gonna lie, it made my pastor\/mother\u2019s heart happy that church made the top 5!<\/p>\n

But it made me even happier that she had a list at all.\u00a0She didn\u2019t have to think twice about what brings her joy, what gives her life, and where she feels safe and loved. She has a taste for good things, alright.\u00a0In fact,\u00a0her tiny palate seems pretty refined to me. Did we teach her that?? I\u2019d like to think so. Then again, maybe we are just born with a rhythm of grace, a hunger for good stuff, and a simple, joyful\u00a0song in our hearts. Maybe all we need is for someone, on occasion, to sing it with us, and point us toward the good life that is ours to claim.<\/p>\n

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