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.