She finished up her coloring her rainbow as she suddenly began.
"You know my mommy was sad..." "Really?" I answered hesitantly. "Yeah." she stated, not taking her eyes off her wonderful rainbow with a beautiful pony grazing on the bright green grass. My heart sank as this little girl (couldn't be more than 5) described to me a fight her parents had in the past. I had known of some of the family's problems but when this little girl described her view, which was very quaint and brief, I realized that it was a bigger issue than I thought. Throughout the night the girl and I became good friends. I was honored to see what she was learning in ballet class, which consisted of a few taps of the toe to the left and then to the right. I was able to play pretend with her. She of course was the beautiful princess with a pink dress and a pink feathery crown. We had quite a night together. However,when she left my heart felt like a heavy sponge. I understood that all this girl wanted was to be a princess and play pretend and enter into her world of ponies and rainbows,but (not by choice) she has to live among the hatred and the lies of this world. My heart and arms reach out to this girl, and to all the other children that think hate and divorce a normal thing.
I often think about what a blessed life I have, I have a great family that loves God, a house, food, clothes, etc, and I almost feel bad for being blessed. However, I realize that I am very wrong in thinking that. I have come to the realization that if everyone had horrible family experiences and trauma, there would be no one to tell of something better. There would be none to stand and say, " what you are going through is not normal!" More and more this world desensitizes themselves to so many horrible things such as divorce. They define it as a "part of life", when in fact it is absolutely a tragic event. I feel that because God has blessed me so, I have a responsibility to speak out against what the world calls "normal". I can say," no, that is not normal and it is horrible, but turn your eyes to Jesus." I am happy....... honored that I can say this with confidence.
I love my little friend. She is truly that beautiful princess with a feathery crown.
