Child-Like Faith

No one can resist a cute kid. Or at least I can't. 

Meet Finley.

My 3'2, 36 pound, 4 year old, only girl cousin. She is an only child and was born and raised in Minnesota. Finley is a ball of energy, constantly joyful, giggles all the time, and is full of life. 

Her favorite pastimes are swinging, twirling around in her tutu, snowball fights with Dad, swimming, coloring, and asking way too many questions.






Finley's a deep 4 year old, lemme tell ya. She is a curious one and is constantly amazed at how things work. She is the type of kid who will ask you something and before you know it, it has turned into this frustrating argument between the two of you.

Partly because you have been talking about it for the past hour....

















And partly because you actually don't know the answer to her question and she is calling you out on it because you are trying to make it seem like you do. Gotta love those kids.

Even though Finley is only 4 and I have lived 16 more years than her, sometimes I think she knows more about life than I do. There is an ease with which she believes things, she gives simple answers to complicated questions, and isn't afraid to fall down because she knows that she can pick herself back up and try again. 

I always learn something new whenever I am with Finley. She reminds me that you don't have to be a little kid to have a child-like faith, which is something I admire and hope to have. For some of us it's hard to revert back to when we were kids and didn't have a care in the world. There was nap time, endless Goldfish, and the extent to getting in trouble was time out.

Just because we are older doesn't mean we are any wiser. Leave it to a 4 year old to make you feel like you still don't have life completely figured out yet.