Anna's 7 Month Post

Happy 7 Months Old, Anna!

I figure I need to write this down quick before I forget. You are almost mobile! You roll EVERYWHERE! I've caught under things, on top of things ... and just now saw you go from laying down to sitting up. You also just started to get up on hands and knees and start rocking. I love it! You will be crawling soon enough. Maybe next month! I keep wondering when your top teeth are going to come through. I've seen them trying to pop through for what seems like weeks. I can even see the white through your gums, but they haven't cut yet. Oh, well. I expect there will be one tear filled night soon and then it will be over. :) What a big girl. Daddy keeps telling you to slow down. You love to copy us ... you have already said "Dada" but of course you don't know what you are saying. Your brother pays more and more attention to you each month. I think he finds that you are growing more interesting ... although it comes with him screaming at you for taking his toys.

I am so proud of you. But I wonder what you will think of me when you are an adult. I struggle so much with my own mother (your memere) ... will you and I be like this in 20+ years? Will there be redemption in our story? I hope so. Sins are passed down from generation to generation, but is graced also passed down? Even now as I write this is a major conflict in America. Yet another young, unarmed black man has been killed by a police officer. This story is old. Our country has long since treated black men and women with contempt. Yes, we don't have slavery. And yes, we don't have segregation, but our troubles and sins are far from over. We carry on the same fear, the same prejudice, the same avoidance. Generation after generation continues to hurt a major people group in our nation. Ah ... but I regress. I will tell you about all that one day. It will be part of your upbringing and schooling. But I do wonder if each generation can find more redemption than the previous generation. Lord, place yourself firmly in our midst. Allow difficult change and repentance grow in my little family. We need you so much! Please be in little Anna's heart and help her to see her need of you even as she sees just how much her momma is full of sin and needs you to.

I love you darling girl!
Your Momma