The Kiddo's

We went up to visit my brother and his family this weekend, since I hadn't seen them since January.  The little ones have grown so much!!  Kylie-Jo, just over a year old now, is walking around like a wild child and has quite the attitude.  Konner, who just turned three this weekend, is getting so big!!  That's him curled up next to me-- he was so excited to see me.  And Korey is almost six and is just so smart.  We went to his kindergarten choir concert on Thursday night... so adorable!!!

I love these children so much!!  I have to admit that they often make me double-think my vocation...  but in a good way, I think.  I really would love to have children.  I love children.  And I want to be a mom.  But I think that's healthy.  And frankly, it's a good reminder that I am sacrificing something to become a religious sister.  Most things don't seem much like a sacrifice to me...  at least not yet...  but this definitely is a sacrifice.

Yet, despite how much my desire for children increases...  I still know, in such a definite sense, that my vocation is to the consecrated life.  Thanks be to God.