no fighting!
July 20, 2008
tonight I had the opportunity to hang with a couple kids after teaching. the lesson had been about “phlipping your fear” (phillipians.., get it?) and they were continuing the discussion that we were working on regarding fear, and how asking God, well he can take your fear & phlip it. they were both telling me that the times they are most afraid is when their parents fight. I’ve had 3 doozeys with my husband, and I was stupid enough to think my kids didn’t hear. I was assured by these two, that kids hear everything. The 5th grade girl was quite eloquent. she said it didn’t matter what was being said, it was just the sound or the tone coming through the wall. It made her so afraid her stomach hurt. you could see just the thought of it made the 3rd grade boy just zone out for a moment, as if he were remembering something very bad. I will strive to watch my tone, and pray that those around these two are silent also. there is such beauty in these kids. all of them. I am so blessed & lucky. I LOVE this job.
