Babysitter Manna

After my post "Photography Manna," the other day I decided to create a new Manna category. It's my way of publicly expressing the extra ways that God provides for me and my family.

Yesterday, my mother called up telling us she wanted us to go out. At least that's the way my wife communicated it to me. Basically, she wanted to babysit my son, so she offered to send us out on a date. Parents, this is a new revelation for me. This seems like a much better arrangement than the usual babysitting contract. Why should I have to pay them? They should have to pay me to babysit my darling child, right?

Valerie (my wife) and I have gotten serious about paying down some of our debt over the next year in preparation for seminary. It was a blessing to be able to go out on a date that was already paid for. Thanks, Mom, and thank you God!

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Grandma and grandpa with Liam on his first night home (we adopted him about four months ago).
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Comments

[deb]

I have four children. The only way my husband and I survived when they were little was to go on dates. I suppose that's not entirely true. I'm sure we would have survived. But, date nights helped us remain sane while surviving :-)

[Andy Rash]

Nice to see you're busy and thriving, and congrats on the baby!

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