ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[autumnprairie]

Thanks for the hugs.

Children have such an innate understanding of life and their innocence allows them to see the world without prejudice. Through K, I have learned so much about life and understanding. I can only hope that he maintains his innocence and always sees the world without prejudice.

I'm going to share this because I feel it's important for all. It's important because this little boy is part of our future. This little boy is leading the way to acceptance of those who are different.

Imagine a child who has no idea who his biological father is...knows that his biological mother is not truly a mother and came to that conclusion on his own. He selected us as his parents and asked permission to call us Mom and Dad when he was 4. This same boy has always had a fascination with all things lovely and all pretty colors. Color is just color to him and he loves pinks and purples alongside reds and blues and greens. Music and dance are passions of his. This boy told his teachers that he is in fact a girl. And now he is having conversations with a higher being that are 100% plausible and make perfect sense...no childish mumbo jumbo. He is way beyond his 7 years in life experience.

I'm really blessed to have this child in my life. I'm confused at times as to why I am the one chosen to help him grow into someone who isn't bound by our societal restrictions. All I know for certain is that I love this little boy with everything that I am and that as much as I want to protect him from the world, I know that my job is to help him be exactly who he is...whoever that may be.

That is amazing, I love to hear things such as this. My grand daughter sees faeries and fearie rings. her Mom wants to saw what society always says there is no such thing. I believe that children in their innocence see A LOT more than adults

 

[redtailgal]

Let him know that he is not alone in all that.

My biological father left before I was born. I finally looked him up when I was 21 and found out he lived within five miles from me. I also found out I was better off without him. He was/is a real piece of work, lol. That was the first and last time that I saw him. I left without looking back, and still have no regrets for doing so.

Meeting him and finding out that I was half Cherokee did explain alot of things about me though, so I am glad that I found him.

I wont even get started on my mother.

And, I also talk to a higher being just like He is my best friend in the world.

Hey, why be "normal" when you can be FUN?

Sadly, prejudice will come. We have alot of it here in the South, I'm too dark so I get the "halfbreed" comment alot, not to mention the whole "little woman" routine that is so popular around here. Prejudice hurts for awhile, and take away some innocence, but in the long run we all get stronger from other people's stupidity.

as far as color goes.......my uncle is a member of the H___"s Angels. He wears pink. No one talks junk about him, lol.

Give that child a hug and tell him that some weird southern belle thinks he is cool.

 

[autumnprairie]

Let him know that he is not alone in all that.

And, I also talk to a higher being just like He is my best friend in the world.

Hey, why be "normal" when you can be FUN?

Give that child a hug and tell him that some weird southern belle thinks he is cool.

X2

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

We have one here that wears a 1940's fur stole, a grandma hat complete with plastic fruit and will tell you he's going to be an alien dinosaur humologist and that he is going to be a she when he grows up. Also that if princesses are real then dragons have to be real too.

 

[elevan]

Thank you all!

He told me this morning that a boy on the bus last night told him he was gay because he likes pink. He asked me what it meant. I told him that gay means happy and that the boy was using the word wrong and trying to be mean and to always tell the bus driver / teacher / principal when someone says something like that to him and he's not sure what it means but thinks it's bad. I see no reason to explain the other meaning of the word to a 7 year old.

Talking to a higher being came completely out of the blue. Apparently God has been visiting K just before lunch at school...but only on nice days and they talk about the weather and why it storms (K is afraid of T-storms). HE doesn't visit K on rainy days because HE is busy making the rain. HE hugs everyone in the class before HE leaves but no one hugs HIM back. My grandfather was a minister...I talk to HIM in prayer...but HE has never talked back to me...K amazes me with the clarity of the conversations that he is saying that he has had with HIM.

I know I can't protect him from the nastiness that is in this world but at times I want to put him in a bubble.

 

[redtailgal]

lol, when I was a child people used to tell me that thunder was God riding His Harley. Strangely, it soothed me, though now I have a different perspective on God. I still think its funny though.

I think you did the right thing about the whole "gay" thing. I feel bad for the other kid, what a brat.

 

[elevan]

Kids repeat what they hear...especially if they hear their parents say it. It is our responsibility as parents to teach our kids tolerance and respect.

We've told K that thunder is the angels bowling...but I have been informed by K that is incorrect...thunder comes from God clapping his hands. I stand corrected.

 

[redtailgal]

lol, at least someone can keep you straight.

 

[elevan]

 

[elevan]

I am so doing this!

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