A week at the beach helped me check off a few of my 29 Things.

I’m taking a break from 10 or Less Tuesdays this week, simply because I have more than that to say at the moment. Please feel free to share your Ten or Less anyway!! 

This post is inspired by #14 on my 29 Things list. 

I did, in fact, read a novel. Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble. 

I liked the book. (Thanks for the suggestion, Melissa D.! It was the perfect vacation read.) 

But more than I liked the book, I liked the idea of the book. I’m pretty sure my version of the story would have gone differently.  

I started thinking about the things I want theBABY to know. Things about life. Things about me. Things about God. Things like…. 

On Being Our Daughter… 

• theBOY and I have big dreams for her, but are fully committed to supporting her dreams.
• I was around before her, and yes, I do remember life before theBABY.

On Living… 

• Life is about more than the amount of stuff you can accumulate and the number of people who think you’re important.
• Take pleasure in life, but don’t let your pleasures take control of your life. If they do, turn your back on them.

On Others… 

• Always respect authority, but never blindly follow it.
• Some people will wish things for you that, when you’re honest with yourself, you don’t even want. Don’t let it trick you into thinking you do.

On Our Creator… 

• God wants her to choose Him. And I do, too. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him. John 3:36

See you again next week…and I promise to only have 10 words for you!