laughter

One of my biggest prayers for our home is that it would be filled with laughter. Not a little laughter sprinkled here and there, but honest-to-goodness laughter on a regular, daily basis. I want my default "setting" in life to be fun laughter (as opposed to sarcastic, mocking laughter) whenever anything happens and I'm not quite sure how to respond. I want it to be RARE if we're not laughing and having fun with one another.

I have made it my life-long goal and ambition to make our home Jasper and Andrew's most favorite place in the world to be; I really want Jasper to love love love our home and yearn to be here. I want him to laugh more here then he does anywhere else. I want Andrew to count the minutes till he gets to come home b/c he knows that our home is a joyous, safe place. I want Jasper to want to have his friends over here instead of wanting to escape his home and parents whenever he gets the chance.

By God's grace, our home (and our lives) is filled with laughter and joy. We can always improve, but I know for a fact that Jasper's favorite place in the world is his home; he goes bonkers with excitement whenever we come home from anywhere, no matter how short we've been gone. He runs around squealing and bouncing off the walls with excitement, simply because we're home. My favorite place in the world is our home. I'm not entirely sure about Andrew... let me check... well, I just asked him where his favorite place is and he said, "with you.". So basically his favorite place is his home, too. I pray and pray and pray and beg God to let our home be filled with laughter and one of my key verses as a wife and mom is:

"A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries the bones." Proverbs 17:22.

Because of God's great mercy and grace, we have a very joyful home and I pray we continue to fill it with laughter for many days and years to come.