Posts Tagged change

Loss

Loss

Loss is loss.  Any type of loss can be devastating.  I recall that on a return trip to the United States from Zambia in1996, my then ten-year-old son lost a small stuffed toy dog on our layover in Amsterdam.  I was surprised at how deeply he grieved.  I helped him to process his loss by having him draw a picture of his toy dog while we were on the second leg of our trip and I had him to dictate to me what to write under his picture.  While on the plane, his father purchased a small teddy bear dressed […]

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Interruptions

Interruptions

I recall the day in 1986 when I told my twelve-year-old daughter and my ten-year-old son that I was pregnant.  I will never forget the expression on their adolescent faces.  Both of them looked absolutely stunned.  My son eventually managed a smile and said “Cool!”  My daughter, however, began to cry—no, she wept.  As she wept, she wailed, “But I like things the way they are!  I don’t want them to change!”  Thank God that her heart was soon converted and she eagerly welcomed her new baby brother into our household. As I recall the day that I shared the […]

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