The Age of Innocence…Poof! It’s Gone!

This morning I was curled up on the couch with the girls reading them The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado. In the story, Little Acorn is afraid of leaving the safe, strong branches of his mother, but she comforts him saying, “It’s good for you to be here with me now. But when your time comes to go into the world, you’ll be fine…Within you is a great oak, Little Acorn. Just be the tree God made you to be.”

At this point, my 7-year-old interrupted and said, “Doesn’t she know Little Acorn could fall to the ground and get eaten by a squirrel?”

Sigh.

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Roxane B. Salonen says

December 13, 2011 at 1:04 am

Cute! Sounds like someone has quite the imagination! :) And mommy better watch out; life is going to continue to get very interesting, I have a feeling. :) That’s okay. It’s supposed to be that way. Hope you are well, Kate!
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I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

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