Childhood Truth

My daughter, finger on the pulse of reality, recently said:
"It's not sweet candy, it's chocolate!"

QFT.

Prescious Wisdom

If you haven't heard by now, my son was born and has several issues. They are all things that can be addressed but he will be highly monitored for at least the first several years of his life. My daughter, at 2 1/2, has done an absolutely amazing job of maintaining a normal life while her parents are flipping out, short-fused, and emotionally spent.

About a week after the boy was moved to the children's' hospital in town we took the girl to see her brother. I was in the room with her and had placed her on a chair at crib-side. While she was admiring him, gently feeling arms and hair, smelling him, but being very careful he woke up enough to start fussing.

Without any prompting, my daughter took his hand, moved close to him, and softly said "It OK, I here." Then she gently caressed his cheek with the back of her free hand while I went off to a corner to grab Kleenex.

She's becoming a big sister right before our eyes. It is a role she appears to be relishing and I couldn't be any more excited or floored by her compassion and understanding.

That's my girl! May God continue to spread His love through you.