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 Tears and Laughter
by Sarah Stirman
So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required, Simeon was there. He took the child in his arms and praised God, saying, "Lord, now I can die in peace! As you promised me, I have seen the Savior you have given to all people. He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!"Notice the phrases "the greatest joy ... a sword will pierce your very soul." Such is the world of motherhood. Children uncover the softest spots in a mother's heart and touches those spots with an indescribable delight. At the same time, those softest spots can be pierced with agonizing pain. Sarah Stirman reminds us of both in these two recent posts from her blog, "The Cleft of the Rock. Be warned ... be touched ... most of all, be blessed. Britney as Mom If you've been under a rock for the last 4 months, or maybe just been doing something more important like alphabetizing your spices, you may not be aware that Britney Spears is pregnant. No, Britney's pregnancy isn't exactly at the top of my "news to know" list, but I'm going somewhere with this. She has an interview out soon in "Elle" magazine. Excerpts from the article are posted on "Yahoo!News." Britney plans to have a cesarean because, "I don't want to go through the pain. My mom said giving birth was the most excruciating thing she's ever gone through in her life." I could address that on so many levels (like perhaps that means that only grown-ups should be giving birth) but I would just love to chat with ol' Brit for a few minutes:
Sweetie, the pain of childbirth is just a paper cut and a warm-up for the thousands of ways those precious angels hurt your heart. And I'm not even to the teenage years. Riley the Comedian
Riley and I stayed home from church when he had a sore throat one Sunday night. Ashley was at Bible Bowl and Troy went to praise team practice. Trying to get a glimpse into his ever-growing spiritual self, I questioned him about ways he may want to be involved in a church body: "Riley, how do you want to be involved in church when you get a little older? Would you like to be a singer, like Daddy, or ..." (pause as I realize maybe he doesn't want to follow in his father's musical footsteps, and trying to figure what church work is better suited to his personality). Then there was the time that Riley was fixing his hair in my bathroom as we all scurried to get ready for church. On one trip into the bathroom I glanced at my watch and exclaimed, "Oh my gosh!" Riley continued to do his hair while gazing into the mirror, in a very Arthur Fonzarelli manner, and replied, "I'm not 'oh my gosh!' I'm 'ooh-la-la'!" Confidence is no problem. Humility, on the other hand .... Being a mom brings both tears and laughter. May this be one of those "ooh-la-la" weeks for you and not one with pains of the soul.
Title: "Tears and Laughter" Author: Sarah Stirman Publication Date: September 14, 2005 |
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Sarah (Riley) Stirman graduated from Abilene Christian University with a degree in Elementary/ Special Education. A freelance writer, she currently lives in Abilene, Texas with her husband, Troy, their 2 children: Ashley, and Riley, as well as Duchess the chocolate lab and Stickers the hedgehog.
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