Let's talk about love

Most hold the notion that as adults, the parents are to teach the children. But reality is, sometimes our children, in all their purity and innocence, can teach us.

Mornings for us at home can be rough. Not always, but the older I get, the more I am realizing I am not a morning person. I am not a night person either, but it is easy for me to go to bed. It is not always easy to get out of bed. And this holds true for my two children. This morning we all slept in a bit (minus my husband who had an early, early morning client). After I was ready and had my son ready, I then went to get my daughter up. In an effort to conserve our money and be wiser with our spending, I have had the goal to not eat breakfast out. We have a variety of foods to chose from at home that meet the definition of a suitable breakfast. This morning though, Chick-fil-A won out, hash browns for all!

So we drove to school the way we always do. Both kids making noises in the backseat. As we pulled up to the drive thru, Abigail proclaimed we needed to get breakfast for a little boy who had been in her previous class.

Her and this little boy started school at the same time, and are only about a week apart in age. For the most part they have been two peas in a pod. But then things changed and my love was getting hurt more than a few times by him. So at the beginning of the summer, in an effort to prevent the situation we  moved my daughter up to the next class and she only sees this little boy if everyone in the school is in pep rally, so only twice a day.

And so this morning she really caught me off guard, she wanted to buy him breakfast, and she was specific on what she wanted to get him. I messaged his mom (she is one of the teachers at the school), and she said sure! I did not want to get her son something he cannot have.

So we get to school and I set up breakfast for the two in my office (they are in different areas in the morning for breakfast). The little boy arrived and the two sat cutely in my office and enjoyed some chicken, hash browns and orange juice. It was so precious, so cute. He has hurt her before, but she wanted to share with him. They sat beside each other and laughed and had a good ol' time.

Honestly, I am not sure I could show that much love. I know when someone hurts me, feeding them is the last thing I want to do. But I should.

Matthew 5:39New King James Version (NKJV)
³⁹ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

If someone hurts you, do not hurt them back. Be kind, be gracious, or in the case of my daughter, buy them breakfast.