ROTM - What's the most precious thing you ever lost?
[locked from anyone who still believes in Santa Claus or isn't old enough to vote]
Unfortunately, life forces you to lose one of the best qualities you're born with. It happens to everyone. I lost it. Carolee lost it. I think that Lizzie is in the process of losing it, if she hasn't lost it already. It's a type of innocence, and it has nothing to do with the birds and the bees.
I can see it clearly in Sara and Dwee. It's all in the way they see world, to view the world in the eyes of child. For them, life is simple. Things are either black or white, good or bad, but never in between. Cookies and mommies and daddies are good. Green beans and timeouts and naps are bad. A penny is like a million bucks, if you can keep it out of your stomach. Kisses and hugs make the hurt go away, and if that doesn't work, a Mickey Mouse bandaid will. Little boys grow up to be fire fighters and baseball stars. Little girls are princesses who find their Prince Charmings, or in Sara's case, grow up to take over Prince's Charming's kingdom. The only thing they worry about is when you'll be home from work, so they can get their hug and horsey ride. It's with that innocence that they dream dreams bigger than their little bodies and have more heart than people three times their size.
I think it's the most precious thing any of us have ever lost. Kids nowadays have to give it up sooner and sooner. They're all being forced to grow up so fast, but what I can't figure out is why there's such a rush for them to become mature, responsible adults. I saw an ad on TV, the other day, for SAT prep classes geared towards elementary school kids. I mean, yeah, I get it. I want my kids to succeed too, to have an edge over the little boy next door, but I also want them to be kids for as long as they're supposed to be kids. I'm pretty sure it's one of those things that you can't really get back once you've lost it. I know people have tried, usually as a part of some mid-life crisis or something, but a grown man wearing diapers and crawlin' around in his secret nursery isn't pretty. Or cute. It's actually very, very disturbing, but that's a different story.
Anyways, I tried to hold on to that innocence for as long as I could, or at least I thought I was holding on to it. Thinking about it now, I think that once you're aware of it, you've already lost it, or at least most of it. Some kids have no choice, it's something that's forced upon them for one reason or another, but if I can help it, I plan on making sure that doesn't happen to Dwee or Sara. And for Lizzie, well...she's been through a lot. She's still a kid, so maybe it's not too late for her to get some of that back. I know I just said that I don't think you can get it back, but maybe for her, there could be an exception.
Unfortunately, life forces you to lose one of the best qualities you're born with. It happens to everyone. I lost it. Carolee lost it. I think that Lizzie is in the process of losing it, if she hasn't lost it already. It's a type of innocence, and it has nothing to do with the birds and the bees.
I can see it clearly in Sara and Dwee. It's all in the way they see world, to view the world in the eyes of child. For them, life is simple. Things are either black or white, good or bad, but never in between. Cookies and mommies and daddies are good. Green beans and timeouts and naps are bad. A penny is like a million bucks, if you can keep it out of your stomach. Kisses and hugs make the hurt go away, and if that doesn't work, a Mickey Mouse bandaid will. Little boys grow up to be fire fighters and baseball stars. Little girls are princesses who find their Prince Charmings, or in Sara's case, grow up to take over Prince's Charming's kingdom. The only thing they worry about is when you'll be home from work, so they can get their hug and horsey ride. It's with that innocence that they dream dreams bigger than their little bodies and have more heart than people three times their size.
I think it's the most precious thing any of us have ever lost. Kids nowadays have to give it up sooner and sooner. They're all being forced to grow up so fast, but what I can't figure out is why there's such a rush for them to become mature, responsible adults. I saw an ad on TV, the other day, for SAT prep classes geared towards elementary school kids. I mean, yeah, I get it. I want my kids to succeed too, to have an edge over the little boy next door, but I also want them to be kids for as long as they're supposed to be kids. I'm pretty sure it's one of those things that you can't really get back once you've lost it. I know people have tried, usually as a part of some mid-life crisis or something, but a grown man wearing diapers and crawlin' around in his secret nursery isn't pretty. Or cute. It's actually very, very disturbing, but that's a different story.
Anyways, I tried to hold on to that innocence for as long as I could, or at least I thought I was holding on to it. Thinking about it now, I think that once you're aware of it, you've already lost it, or at least most of it. Some kids have no choice, it's something that's forced upon them for one reason or another, but if I can help it, I plan on making sure that doesn't happen to Dwee or Sara. And for Lizzie, well...she's been through a lot. She's still a kid, so maybe it's not too late for her to get some of that back. I know I just said that I don't think you can get it back, but maybe for her, there could be an exception.