Little Eyes

Cole watching me eat breakfast

I love to watch Cole as he acquires new skills. Michael and I were just thrilled a few weeks ago when he really started to look at us in our eyes like he knew who we were. Then he started to follow me with his eyes as I would walk across the room. This week he has started to watch things I do, no longer for just fleeting seconds, but it seems he is now studying my everyday activities. When he is not in my arms, he observes life from his activity mat, his bouncer and stroller. From time to time I will look over and see him studying my every move while I go about my daily routine. This of course thrills my heart when I catch him doing this. But it also reminds me of the great responsibility I have for the rest of my life. Those 2 little eyes are going to be watching me from now, at age 12, as an adult, and really until I leave this earth. The things I say to others’ the things I say at the supper table, how I serve my neighbor, and what I serve at dinner--He will see all of it--God help me to be the example his little eyes need to see in order to learn about you and become the man that you would have him to be.

become the man that you would have him to be.