Pan Out

Welcome to my Keepin' It Real post, hosted by Brenda at The Family Revised. Here at Restoring the Years, we're raising daughters. Lovely daughters. Our world is filled with books, togetherness, love, tenderness and music...

We're always careful to mind our social graces.

And we're sure to close our lips while we chew.

We're always grateful for whatever we get.

We are never idle.

And we care well for our animals.

But never so well as to worship them as did the Ancient Egyptians.

From infancy, we need never be reminded to be sober and reverent of God's Word during its reading.

Sibling relationships are nurtured and always in perfect harmony.



Little hands are eager to be mentored and to practice their stitches.

And Mother is always equally eager and blessed to train up her little women in art of handcrafting.

And is always patient and joyful.

Before we say goodbye, let's play a round of a little game I call, "Pan Out."

Here, Fifi is unaware that I have caught her in a pious, prayerful moment. What a spiritual 12 year old she is!

Though, when we Pan Out, we find she's actually exasperated over her Math.
Here we see Cuddlebug happily playing the piano in what could be a music conservatory.

But when we Pan Out, we discover she's actually playing piano in a sweat shop of sorts, as the yards and yards of fabric waiting beside the sewing machine in the background suggest.

And finally, here's Dumpling studiously answering her questions for her Bible Study Fellowship class.

But when we Pan Out, we see the area littered with accidents waiting to happen, and the noise and shushing that go with them. Although, I must honestly interject that this picture does not adequately capture the panic that results from waiting to do 4 of 6 days worth of study in the last 2 hours before class.

The moral of the story is: be careful as you blog-jog through this wonderful world of cyberspace! Things aren't always as you perceive them to be.