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I was at the grocery store with my 4-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, when we heard an announcement over the PA saying, "Elizabeth, please report to the bread section." I continued walking through the aisle, but my daughter looked at me and said, "Mommy, we're not obeying God. He wants me in the bread section!"
Ann D.
Beaumont
Lettuce Pray Mommy!
One day I asked my 3-year-old, Joshua, if I was a good mommy. I was expecting a resounding yes, but he surprised me when he said, "Mommy, no." I asked how I could be a better mom and he replied, "Give more happy feelings, pray to God, and make sandwiches with lettuce." I've been doing all three!
Toni U.
San Diego
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