December 11

At church this morning, we did as we've done for a few weeks now and watched a video explaining the lighting of the day's Advent candle. Since the video featured just scripture printed on the screen, Brady --who can't read-- had no idea what was going on. And then Isaac stepped in.

My heart swelled as I watched the Bigger Brother dutifully read his Little Brother the words as they appeared on the screen. He missed a few here and there, but gave Brady enough to understand.

He didn't do it because someone told him to; goodness knows, it would've been just as easy for Adam or I to lean over and do the translation. He did it because he's been blessed with both maturity beyond his eight years and a kind heart. And for those things, I'm thankful.