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The Story of My Life...

I am Erin. This is me. I spent a lot of my growing up years traveling the great USA. My dad was in the military but surprisingly, the majority of our moving was AFTER he got out and was in search of a job. We lived in big cities and small towns. My favorite state we lived in was Wisconsin. I loved my friends, my school, and even my state. Best part was the cheese! After I moved out of my parent's house, I moved to Washington where I would eventually meet my husband and have our first child. We've recently bought a house and are finding ourselves nestled in like we've lived here all our life! These days I spend my time cooking delicious food, chasing after my sweet baby boy, and having lazy days with the husband. I also do a lot of cleaning. Making my own cleaning products makes my world go around! To some, my life might be boring, but right now I'm definitely ok with boring!

I have great plans and a passion growing inside of me to make my life count, to have a purpose, and to impact our world for the greater. I think about how great it would be to impact my extended family for God's Kingdom. I want to show the world around me God's great big Love. I feel a lot of times that the Christian world gets so hung up on a lot of things that don't matter, I wish we'd all get hung up on God's Love and showing it tangibly to the world around us. This is my heart and this is the story of my life...

Asher and Jax Fly into the Sky

Asher and Jax

Fly into the Sky

Asher is a little boy full of imagination and curiosity. He stands three feet tall but has never viewed himself as small. He has fuzzy auburn hair with big blue eyes that are full of life. He has a Daddy who loves to lift Asher up high and a Mommy who loves to hug Asher tight.

Today, Mommy and Asher are going outside to enjoy the summer day. Mommy thinks it's a great day to sit out in the sun and enjoy the warmth, while drinking iced water and reading a book. She gathers some fun toys for Asher to play with, including his favorite sock monkey, Jax. Mommy gets Asher all situated with his cup of iced water and makes sure that he is safe in the backyard, then she sits down in her chair and opens her book. Before long, Asher notices that she's completely engrossed in the book.

Asher plays a little with the different toys his Mommy set out for him. They are fun to lay with, but it doesn't take long before Asher gets bored with the toys. He grabs Jax and finds a good place in the grass to lay down and look up at the clouds. Before long, Asher is enjoying himself while watching how quickly the clouds are moving.

“What do you see?” Jax asks.

“I see the clouds moving.” Asher replies.

“No, I mean, what shapes or animals do you see in the clouds?”

“Oh, I have not even been looking at the clouds in that way. Right there, I would say that I see a monkey.” Asher responds.

“I see a lizard over there.” Jax points off into the distance.

They continue this game for quite some time before Asher suddenly says, “I wonder what a cloud feels like.”

They started pondering what the cloud might feel like. Would it be soft and fluffy, like a cotton ball? Or would it be wet, since the clouds are where the rain comes from? They had many questions. It didn't take long before they started discussing what it would be like to fly up to the clouds to feel them. That's when Jax came up with the idea of a magic carpet ride.

“A magic carpet? Where do we get one of those?” Asher wondered.

“Well, there's a small carpet in the bathroom. We will grab that carpet and wave our hands over it saying, 'Abracadabra!'” Jax said, enthusiastically.

“And that will work?” Asher asked, skeptically.

“Why would it not?”

“Well, let us give it a try then.” Asher said, still unsure.

They tip toed into the house, down the hall, and straight into the bathroom. Both Asher and Jax, waved their arms frantically, yelling “Abracadabra!”

Instantly, the carpet came to life. It flew around the room, did a few loops and then presented itself to Asher as if it were a butler instead of a carpet.

“Wow! I did not think you would come to life, much less fly.” Asher said, in complete amazement.

The carpet responded by flying in circles around Asher. He just giggled. Suddenly the carpet bumped into Asher in a way that made Asher fall into the carpet. It flew Asher around, this scared Asher since he had never been flying before. As it started to fly out of the bathroom, Asher panicked.

“We have to get Jax!” He shouted frantically.

The carpet turned around and went back for Jax. It bumped into Jax in a way that made Jax fly up into the air. Thankfully, the carpet caught Jax before he hit the ground. It then flew out of the bathroom and out the front door.

“Take us up into the clouds.” Jax ordered the carpet.

They flew higher and higher until they were above the clouds. To everyone's amazement the clouds were soft and a little sticky like cotton candy. To Asher's delight, they even tasted like cotton candy. The clouds also had trampolines in them. The carpet noticed the trampolines and dumped it's passengers onto a big cloud. Asher and Jax were scared when they were falling, but when they realized that the clouds were bouncy, they became excited at the opportunity to jump. They jumped really high and even had competitions with each other on how high they could jump. Next, they challenged each other to see how far they could jump. They jumped from cloud to cloud, quickly and effortlessly. The carpet got in on the competitions and even though it could fly fast, it could not jump faster than Asher. Asher was the cloud jumping king!

With all the fun they were having, Asher started to worry about not being near Mommy. He worried that she might notice that he was gone and get scared that something happened to him. So he told Jax and the carpet that he wanted to go home. The carpet happily took Asher and Jax home.

As they neared the house, Asher noticed that Mommy was not in the back yard anymore. The carpet landed in the front yard. As soon as it landed, the carpet and Jax went lifeless. Mommy came out the front door.

“There you are, Asher! I was wondering where you went off to.” Mommy said, relieved that she found her little monkey.

“Momma!” Asher said, gleefully. He ran into her arms and gave her the biggest hug.

“How would you like a little popsicle? How does banana flavored sound?” Mommy asked.

“Yummm!” Asher responded.

“I wonder why the bathroom rug is outside?” Mommy wondered as she picked it up to take it back into the house.

It seemed that all was right in the world. Daddy would be home at any moment to share in Asher's popsicle experience. Asher loved his Daddy. His favorite time of the day was when Daddy came home. Whenever Daddy came home, it meant that he would hug Asher tight and then play a lot of fun games with him. Asher definitely looked forward to playing a lot of fun games with Daddy.

So he sat by a window, overlooking the driveway and waited patiently. What a great day it was going to be!