Raising a child is an experience like no other. We try our best to teach them manners and to learn the difference between right and wrong.
But no parent has made it through child rearing without an embarrassment or two. It’s hard to judge what will come out of a kid’s mouth next.
Yet just when we fear the worst from our children, they surprise us in amazing ways.
The Ranch recently shared a story about one little boy who sees his world in a different way.
Here’s what happened.
A number of years back, my six-year-old son and I had gone shopping at one of those giant discount toy stores with toys piled to the ceiling. We had just come around the corner of an aisle when I saw a young, long-haired bearded man in a wheelchair.
He must have been in some terrible accident because both his legs were missing and his face was badly scarred. Just then my six-year-old saw him, too, and said in a loud voice, “Look at that man, Momma!”
I did the normal mother thing and tried to shush my son, telling him it was not polite to point; but my son gave a hard tug, broke free from my hand and went running down the aisle to the man in the wheelchair. He stood right in front of him and said in a loud voice, “What a cool dude earring, man! Where did you get such a neat earring?”
The young man broke into a grin that lit up his face. He was so taken aback by the compliment that he just glowed with happiness, and the two of them stood there talking awhile about his earring and other “cool stuff.” It made a lifelong impression on me.
For I had seen only a horribly scarred man in a wheelchair, but my six-year-old saw a man with a cool dude earring.
Children have a keen ability that disappears with adulthood.
Although adults struggle to approach a situation without previous judgment, children have the ability to see the world with fresh eyes.
They don’t just see what’s expected. Their world is simply what they make of it.
And this little boy’s world is beautiful, indeed.
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