I haven't forgotten!

    No I didn't loose my blog addy and I didn't forget either! I've had so many blog posts running though my mind, mostly deep thoughts that I'm chewing through and would love to hear some feedback on. I just don't seem to know how to write it down into words. 

    But, a sweet moment happened here yesterday. It may seem kind insignificant to some, but to a mother who really wants here children to be able to see and care for the needs of others, it touched my heart.

    The three oldest kids had dental appointments yesterday. It was Emily's first. She was so excited! She kept saying that she was a "big girl to go to the dentist!". When it came time for her to have her teeth checked she wouldn't open her mouth... She wouldn't look at the dentist. Great... Finally she said "I'm not a big girl anymore....". So the dentist said we'd try another time, and the girl who cleans the teeth came in to try with Emily. Well, I guess she's not as scary, Emily was just find for her! So she got the coveted prize at the end and was soooo proud of her new ring!!  About an hour after we'd been home Larry and I were in the kitchen and we heard great wailing. Turns out that Emily went to go potty, and her ring did too! She was so so very sad. And she flushed it down before daddy could even go rescue it! Well, without prompting or anything Kayla imediately went and got the ring that she had just gotten and handed it over to her sister.... What a gift! I know Kayla loves those rings too, but her heart broke for her sister, and she just did it, not even looking for thanks.  Emily was thankful for the new ring, but still rather traumatied by her loss, so the tears went on a little longer. Well, that just broke her big brother's heart, and he got all choked up for her and just cried with her. He told her how sad he was for her.

Wow... How much these children can teach me. I remind myself that that ring was as important to Emily as something big would be to us. She had worked through a big fear and earned it. It was her first ring too. Yes yes, us adult know it's probably worth all of $.05, but to her, it was priceless. So my reaction was more along the lines of a big hug to her and explaining that she'll get another one someday, but Kayla's was a really nice one too, etc. But I didn't get it. Not like the kids did. They sacrificed for her and grieved with her.

*sigh* I have so much to learn from them. Now, it's true, that part of growing up is learning perspective so we can't make a huge deal out of everything. But when there's loss, we often don't know how to deal with it do we? Somehow we hold our hearts back and don't get very involved. These children jumped in with both feet and truly comforted....empathized....


Well, I didn't mean to write so much, I really need to get supper going here (any ideas??I love supper ideas!) But once I got writing about it all it just all kinda flopped out onto the page!! hahaha!


ps-Emily hasn't taken the "new" ring off since, and Kayla happened upon another ring she'd had and forgotten about, so now they both have rings again! I'd like to think that God blessed her giving heart :)