I'm jumping on the band wagon of Positive Post Tuesday over at BrodyHarper.com.  Today I want to brag on my children.  While they are kids and sometimes make me want to pull my hair out, I don't stop often enough to say how lucky I am.  I am so blessed that I have kids that are healthy, smart, compassionate, fun and who want to be with their Mom & Dad  – even the oldest, Arden.

Abram will tell you that he is my best buddy but to be honest, he is a momma's boy.  He lights up a room when he walks in and I enjoy watching people watch him.  He is like a hamster on crack/non-stop/go-go-go.  He loves soccer and wants to be an LSU football player (he better grow some).  I can't wait to see what God does with this kid.  I do need to say this:  "Mom, I'm sorry."

Aubrey is my girl or so she says.  She looks like my mother and is the most loving child I have ever been around.  She doesn't sleep (like her dad) and cannot sit still and best of all – she is a snuggler.  She is constantly dancing or singing.  Life is a musical to Aubrey.  She loves to draw and color.  With her difficulties at birth and with her struggles that have been remedied with therapy, it has been awesome to watch her catch up with her classmates and doing well in school this year.  I know that her tenderness of heart and character will be used to love people somehow in God's kingdom.

Arden my middle-schooler has become a blast to be around.  She is a clone of her mom in her appearance.  I love hanging out with Arden and talking to her about books and music and movies.  She is a bright kid who is growing to be much more responisble and is learning to be a good friend to her friends.  She is soaking up knowledge right now and its cool to watch her learning to play an instrument and to see her love of books.  She is a thinker and will quickly be smarter than either one of her parents.

I'm a fortunate guy.  I have been challenged lately by Parker Palmer's book Let Your Life Speak.  He hit me with the idea that God has invested in each of us qualities and gifts that are brought out during our lives.  So I have wondered of late, "What am I doing to bring out what God has invested in them?"  "With my words am I calling these things out or covering them up?"  "Am I blessing them or cursing them?"  I hope that I am in the positive space on every question.  They are awesome kids and I am lucky to be their Dad.