This is one of the great joys of my day: reading to Bernadette at nap/bed-time. Her current favorites are Goodnight Moon by Margarette Wise Brown, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and Teach Me About God by L.J. Sattgast & Jan Elkins.

This last has been a favorite for all three of our children. Specifically, the chapter on the Holy Spirit has been all three of their favorite chapters. Bernadette recites all the fruits of the Spirit by memory and asks for these stories all the time.

Last night, though, we read the first chapter, on salvation. It tells a story about a little lamb who gets lost and then found. There is a picture of Jesus surrounded by five children, and Bernadette loves to name each of them for someone in our family. She is always the one on Jesus`lap.

The last page says the angels in heaven rejoice when one of us repents and joins God`s family. Bernadette always asks me to sing a verse from Angels We Have Heard On High when we come to this page, and usually she mouths along silently while I sing. But last night she sang out for the first time, so I recorded it. To me it is the greatest challenge and joy of parenting--and especially adoption--to learn that we are the glory of God.