This weekend was . . . interesting. That is, in the sense that we all survived it. It was one of those weekends that comes around every six to eight weeks where the kids make a collective decision to try to push us as close to the edge of sanity as possible.
Anyhow, in the middle of this there was this beautiful moment. On Saturday morning we were in D.C. and Cody noticed, for the first time, some homeless people.
He wanted to talk about it at dinner and we explained to him that some people don't have all of the blessings that we have in life, and that it's important that we (1) are grateful and (2) work to help those who have been less fortunate. The conversation went about like this:
JVL: We have so many good things--a beautiful home, cars, toys, stuffies--but we don't have these things because we deserve them.
Cody: We don't?
SLL: No, these are all blessings from God, and we should be thankful for them. No one "deserves" to have them all just like no one "deserves" not to have them, and be homeless.
Cody: I want to take all of my money and give it to the people who don't have as much as we do so I can help them have homes.
[Here there is a pause, as Shannon and I marveled at what a truly good heart our little boy has.]
Cordelia: Well I deserve all of the nice things we have.
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AHHHHH! No words!
BAAHAHAHA.
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