The most important things

My heart swelled with joy and excitement at lunchtime today. We changed two routines lately now that Jbird is older and can start participating - 1) mealtime prayers and 2) nighttime family devotions/prayer. At lunch today, I asked if he was ready to pray and he immediately put his little hands together without any assistance from me and smiled. He's getting it... each meal and every night he sits quietly while we talk to God. While we want him to know words and other skills, a love and respect for God is what is most important for us to teach him. It's a small step, but it made this mama's heart swell. A definite moment I will treasure for years to come.