#6 – I have incredible kids: Abigail
Main Entry: delight
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make happy; experience happiness
Synonyms: allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot*, jubilate, knock dead, knock out*, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow
Abigail Isabella is my 3 year old. She has become an extremely independent toddler. Of course, I love Abigail of the Bible. The name “Abigail” means, “Father’s Delight.” Abigail as she has grown has turned in to a real daddy’s girl! She certainly brings me lots of joy.
As a father, one of my greatest joys is “bedtime!” Every night that I am home, I put the kids to bed… usually a BIG routine. It includes teeth-brushing, reading, singing (not sure why anyone would endure my singing, but it puts the kids to sleep – knocks them out I think!), and praying. My kids love me to put them to bed and it brings me such joy. As a father, it is a key time for affirmation, affection, impartation, correction, and direction. It is a great time for me to locate the spiritual pulse of my children. In April, during my normal routine I had the awesome pleasure of leading my second daughter, Mollie, to Jesus. We cried together, prayed together, and celebrated together! It was amazing!
As for Abigail she is a great sleeper and goes to bed well. I love it when Abigail and I sing “Lord, Prepare Me” together. It’s a hoot!
I love my kids and during my leave, I have learned I have some awesome children!
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I love this one! I’m all about names and if we have a girl, I’m naming her Irene (Peace – Greek) Abigail (Joy of the Father or Father’s Delight as you said and I love – Hebrew). And Ariona is Greek and means very holy one and her middle name is Danielle (Judged by God – Hebrew). If it’s a boy, well, he’s getting named after his daddy, Isaac.
Anyway, I was happy to see the way you didn’t just say you have great kids and lump them all together! Each one gets a space and each one gets a little something said about them specifically. That’s SO cool!
We all miss you and look forward to your return, but I think this leave you have taken is AMAZING!
Thanks so much April. I think I will look back on it and treasure it as one of my best months ever!