01/10/12

I love this picture.... have loved it since the day I photographed it last fall.  With us not having cold temperatures around here my winter shots are not here.  I am just relishing the beauty of a different season.  Hope you all are enjoying it, too.

 

Words.

Some are good.

Some are bad.

This past week Wes asked me what a word meant.  He heard it from someone calling one of his friends this word.  This word was not one that I want my child to know about just yet.  I realize it is going to happen.  I know they have been exposed to other words already that we have had to explain, but this one kind of hit me out of nowhere.

I was so thankful he asked me.  I will say that I did not give him the full understanding of the word just yet because I was so taken back that I was not ready to explain it.  If you have ever had your child ask you something out of the blue like that, I think you know what I mean by that statement.

However, I did tell him it was inappropriate and not a word to call someone or say to someone.  

I want so badly to cover my children from being exposed to the wrong things, but I also know that they are in the world and it will come to them eventually.  What I want is for them to always come to us instead of ask their friends and get the wrong information.  I want our kids to know that no matter what we are there for them to help them understand things in this world through a Biblical perspective.  I may not always handle it perfectly, as I do feel I didn't handle this one as well as I could have, but keeping those lines of communication open for them to know we are "safe" is one of the most important things we can give our kids.