Are you listening?

It's slightly ironic that Lily and the K-2 choir at Temple would end up singing a song with this title since I swear it's the refrain in my house every other second... "Um, girls, is anyone listening to me?" "Can you hear me?" "Am I talking to myself??"

Recently the award-winning children's musicians, Peter and Ellen Allard, came to Temple to run a workshop with the Sunday school kids and perform in a family concert. And although they were great, the Shir Joy choir stole the show. Well, specifically, Lily and her cousin Camilla stole the show (in my book)... they're the super cute ones, second in from the end in both the first and second rows.



On a related note, Lily has become exceedingly spiritual of late. Well, if I actually think about, this has been building for the last few years; joining the Temple last summer certainly has fed her feelings.

Lily and I were in the car a yesterday, and she asked me if I believed in God. I decided to be honest with her, and I said I wasn't sure. How could I know, afterall, if God really existed...?

"Oh it's easy Mom. Really easy!" Lily replied. "I mean, who else could have created the first seeds...the ones that grew to be the first trees, the first flowers, the first grasses? Who else could have created water? Or air? Or Sunsets?"

"By the way, Mom," she continued, "I kind of feel sorry for Adam and Eve. They never got to experience childhood."

"You do believe in Adam and Eve, don't you Mom?"

Sigh. If it's this hard to keep up with a six year old's questions, I'm DOOMED (and should probably start now preparing for the "where do babies come from" question)!