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{Five Minute Friday} Story

August 2, 2013 by Kristin Leave a Comment


I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker and many other writers who take five minutes out of their day to just write without worrying about it being just right. Lisa-Jo gives us the prompt, and then we write. It’s been awhile, um, two months, since I’ve participated. I’m happy to be back. 

This week: STORY.

Go … 

He slips into my bed before I’m ready to get up. So we snuggle. I’m usually in and out of sleep. On the best mornings, he falls back asleep too. This morning he nudged me awake and then said, “Momma, let’s talk.” So we talked. About a recent visit to Grandmom’s. About swimming. About our day. He tells stories I already know about the bear pooping while we were watching him swim at the zoo or the big gorilla who peed for a long time.

My girl tells stories too. She’s a little slower waking up in the morning and appreciates the quiet like I do. But when she’s on, she’s on. She makes up stories. She retells stories from movies. She reads stories out loud. She asks me to tell her stories.

My husband likes to tell stories from his childhood. My kids already have their favorites. You can imagine in a family of four extroverts, there are many stories.

I believe God is the author of them all. Just read my blog’s tagline: Seeking God as the author of every story. My entrepreneur husband, my first-grade girl who never forgets, and my have-no-fear preschool boy are my favorite characters in my story. The way God made us a family remains my favorite chapter. Our life is a story that continues to unfold with plenty of adventure and plot twists.

Stop.

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Comments

  1. jodaley says

    August 2, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    This was a sweet post. My family is the favorite part of my story too : )

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  2. KristinHillTaylor says

    August 2, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    Thanks. 🙂 Enjoy your weekend with your family.

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  3. Barbie says

    August 2, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    This is a beautiful post. My family is my greatest story, next to Jesus! Have a blessed weekend.

    Reply
  4. Lisa Kerner says

    August 2, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Super sweet moment… "Momma, let's talk." I kind of love my family too, and I love that He placed us all together. This post was a little love moment 🙂

    Reply
  5. Ashley Ditto says

    August 2, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    Beautiful here! Loved this. Got to my mama heart!!

    Ashley from http://theheartofashley.blogspot.com/

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  6. KristinHillTaylor says

    August 2, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Thanks, Ashley! I'm going to take a look at your blog now … 🙂

    Reply
  7. KristinHillTaylor says

    August 2, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Thanks, Barbie! Enjoy your weekend too!

    Reply
  8. KristinHillTaylor says

    August 2, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    You're kind, Lisa! Thanks for stopping by.

    Reply
  9. Ashley Wells says

    August 2, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    I love this, "The way God made us a family remains my favorite chapter."

    Yes! Yes! Yes!

    I believe that is my favorite chapter of our story too!

    Reply
  10. KristinHillTaylor says

    August 4, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    I'm looking forward to hearing more your story, Ashley! I know God has great things in store for the plot. 🙂

    Reply

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Telling stories is my therapy and I love sharing them with friends on my porch.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our eighth-grade girl who never forgets, our have-no-fear fifth-grade boy, and our joy-filled preschool girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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