Some thoughts...
I love the wisdom of 5-year-olds...
I went to church tonight to bring my mom something she forgot for the library. I was about to leave, and one of the girls I teach, Emily, comes up to me.
"I'm not very happy."
me- Why not?
emmy-I miss somebody
me-Who do you miss?
emmy-My grandpa
me-Aww. Where is he? (I knew the answer, I was just asking because I wasn't sure if she wanted to share it with me.)
emmy-He was here, but he got really sick, and now he's in heaven. I really miss him.
me-Oh. I know you miss him. That's hard.
emmy-I'm really sad. I miss him alot. I want to see him.
me-I know you do.
emmy-I was outside laying in the grass, I look up in the sky and I can see his face. I tell everybody else I'm looking at birds, but I wanted to tell you what's real.
me-Yeah I do that sometimes. My brother is in heaven too, and I really miss him.
emmy-Wanna go outside and lay in the grass and see him?
me-Ok
we go outside
emmy-(laying down)I see my grandpa's face. Do you see your brother's face?
me-Yeah, I really do.
Now, it was getting dark, but there were no stars. You could still see the sky.....there was no clouds. Just pure imagination. But I did see my brother's face in the cloudless sky.
The whole thing made me want to cry. It was like the best conversation I've had in a long time. I absoulutely love children and their way of thinking. They can teach you so much, and they don't even know they are doing it. It's amazing.
I went to church tonight to bring my mom something she forgot for the library. I was about to leave, and one of the girls I teach, Emily, comes up to me.
"I'm not very happy."
me- Why not?
emmy-I miss somebody
me-Who do you miss?
emmy-My grandpa
me-Aww. Where is he? (I knew the answer, I was just asking because I wasn't sure if she wanted to share it with me.)
emmy-He was here, but he got really sick, and now he's in heaven. I really miss him.
me-Oh. I know you miss him. That's hard.
emmy-I'm really sad. I miss him alot. I want to see him.
me-I know you do.
emmy-I was outside laying in the grass, I look up in the sky and I can see his face. I tell everybody else I'm looking at birds, but I wanted to tell you what's real.
me-Yeah I do that sometimes. My brother is in heaven too, and I really miss him.
emmy-Wanna go outside and lay in the grass and see him?
me-Ok
we go outside
emmy-(laying down)I see my grandpa's face. Do you see your brother's face?
me-Yeah, I really do.
Now, it was getting dark, but there were no stars. You could still see the sky.....there was no clouds. Just pure imagination. But I did see my brother's face in the cloudless sky.
The whole thing made me want to cry. It was like the best conversation I've had in a long time. I absoulutely love children and their way of thinking. They can teach you so much, and they don't even know they are doing it. It's amazing.