November 16

Today while I chatted with a friend at the elementary school, Isaac and Brady took the opportunity to play in the rain. They splished and splashed and giggled and bounced and collected an impressive amount of water in their overturned umbrellas. By the time we left, they were thoroughly waterlogged from heads to toes.

I won't fall into the trap of saying that the primary purpose of this life is to be happy --because I don't think for half a second that that's true-- but it was such fun to see them having such a delightful time together. Since all of our moments can't be --and, honestly, shouldn't be, if we really want to rely on God-- happy, it's such a blessing to be able to fill our cups during the ones that make us smile.

And in this case, the "cup filling" just happened to be literal.