Sounds

FIVE SOUNDS I REALLY LIKE

1. My refrigerator running.
2. My fan running at night when it is feels like it is 100 degrees in the house.
3. Running water coming out of my facet.
4. Children laughing as they take their evening shower with heated water.
5. The sound of the vehicle starting – with ease.

 FIVE SOUNDS I REALLY DON'T LIKE

1. The sound of a stiff straw broom sweeping the gravel and leaves outside my bedroom window at 6am.
2. The sound of a 1000 police in training running past my house at 3:30am – shouting, screaming, chanting and yelling – lasts for 30 minutes
3. The vehicles driving past my house at all hours of the day/night with loud speakers attached to them making random announcements. 
4. The sound of the wild pack of dogs that run the streets at night in the neighborhood – every single night – getting in fights and non-stop barking.
5. The sound of the radio my guard plays outside my window at 5am - full blast… and although he has been asked multiple times not to do that anymore – his memory lapses are frequent. 

A Conversation With Zoe Today

Today was a hot day.  It looked like rain for hours but no rain came...just humidity and heat.
Our youngest take a nap after lunch and when they wake up they play on the porch for a few hours - it is usually cooler on the porch and out of the sun.
I was sitting on the steps of the porch today trying to cool off a bit but Zoe kept trying to sit on my lap.  I was sweating and it was so hot so I was not letting her sit on me - this is how our conversation went:
Zoe:  I want to sit right there (she points to to my lap and then tries to sit down)
Lydia:  It is too hot to sit on me
Zoe:  I don't feel hot
Lydia:  Trust me Zoe it is really hot and I am all sweaty
Zoe:  I don't feel hot and I want to sit right there (still pointing to my lap)
Lydia:  It is too hot (pushing Zoe away as she tries to sit on my lap)
Zoe:  (laughing and now more determined) I want to sit on your lap
Lydia:  Sit over here (I point to the open area right next to me)
Zoe:  Nah, I don't like that place. I don't want to sit there
Lydia:  (pushing Zoe off again as she tries to sit on my lap) Why do you need to sit right on top of me?
Zoe:  Because I like you
Lydia:  (heart melted and touched by her words) Ok feel free to sit on me
Zoe:  (laughing and hugging me) I like you a lot

I am telling you - If you knew Zoe and her adorable personality you would have done the same even sweating in the heat of the day!
Side note - She never left my side the rest of the day!  She stayed with me and sat with me in my office when I had a meeting with a pastor and then afterwards we went outside and played Frisbee until dinner.
I love that sweet girl...
SO MUCH