Me: A, stop clearing your throat like that, it’s gross.
Bean Pod 1: Mommy, I can’t. My body tells me it’s time to do it because I feel spit in my mouth, so I do it.
Me: Well, STOP doing it. Tell yourself to stop, and then stop. Like we talked about, remember? Self Control.
Bean Pod 1: Mommy! But God MADE my body, so HE made me this way and HE knows the plan He has for me, even if YOU don’t, so just let me do it, PLEASE! THANK YOU!
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Bean Pod 2: Daddy, I don’t want to grow up, and I just want to be your good son. So that’s why I don’t need a birthday party anymore! We can give it to someone else who needs it.
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Bean Pod 1: “When are we going to go back to Scotland??”
Me: “What do you mean go BACK to Scotland? We’ve never been to Scotland — yet.”
Bean Pod 1: “But we were MADE there, Mommy! A LONG LONG time ago, before we even existed! We’re Nesbitts!”
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Bean Pod 2 was laying on my chest, snuggled up and sucking his thumb. He said to me: “MOMMY! I can hear your heart beating. I love you, Jesus living in mommy’s heart!”
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Bean Pod 2: A, look! Look at the sun!! (it was setting.) It’s a MIRACLE!
Bean Pod 1: No, it isn’t. Its just the sun.
Bean Pod 2: Yes, yes it is! A Miracle. Jesus is here with us.
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Bean Pod 2: AAaaaaand larry boy teaches me about not holding on to my anger.
Bean Pod 1: But sometimes we DO hold on to our anger.
Me: But we shouldn’t. We should always forgive and let God deal with the person.
Bean Pod 1: No, DADDY says that there ARE times we should wait until the person is sorry first.
Me: well, sometimes it helps people to repent if we tell them we can’t be with them until they do. But we still need to not hold anger in our hearts. We still need to be kind towards them and pray for them.
Bean Pod 1: Well, Daddy is from AMERICA so he knows and you don’t!!
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Bean Pod 2 interrupting the guy who was teaching us about the hedgehog at the Natural Science Museum to tell him : “Hi. I work here. I’m a scientist.” The guy looked at him incredulously and laughed. “Oh. Well. Me too.”
….and Bean Pod 2 says: “You’re doing some great work here. With me.”
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