| When our son Kyle, was born my wife and I | | | | his screen had froze. ?But Kara said..." |
| felt we were naturals at this parenting | | | | "Oh, you have Kara in your class," I replied |
| thing. Then our daughter Kara came into our | | | | sympathetically. |
| lives and taught us how little we actually | | | | |
| knew. | | | | Kara later explained that the teacher asked |
| | | | if anyone had any prayer requests. No one |
| Kara has always seen the world from a unique | | | | spoke up so Kara just came up with something |
| perspective. Since I was present at her | | | | to pray about. She told everyone that Kyle |
| birth I can verify that she is in fact ours | | | | had broken his arm her parents had spent all |
| and not switched at birth as some sort of | | | | day at the hospital with him getting the bone |
| cosmic joke. | | | | set and a cast put on. I have no idea where |
| | | | she came up with this story. No one in our |
| From her point of view, if you have a problem | | | | family had ever broken an arm. The dazed |
| with something she is doing, you have a | | | | Sunday school teacher just staggered off in |
| problem, and your just going to have to get | | | | shock. |
| over it. | | | | |
| | | | While both of my children were in grade |
| Her first teacher at school just happened to | | | | school, I got a call that my child had been |
| be a former school mate of mine. Connie had | | | | fighting at school and I needed to come take |
| been teaching kindergarten for many years and | | | | them to the doctor. Evidently some stitches |
| seemed to be a perfect fit for the job. At | | | | may be required to close a head wound. |
| our first parent teacher conference, she | | | | Naturally I assumed it was my son. But no, |
| coined a phrase that has stuck with me | | | | it was my little girl. I started to get |
| through the years. ?Kara, is given to | | | | irritated that some boy had abused my |
| fiction.? This has to be the nicest possible | | | | innocent little darling when Kara spoke up, |
| way to call someone a liar I have ever heard. | | | | ?Don?t get mad at him dad, I started it!? |
| Connie quit teaching that year. Just a | | | | |
| coincidence I?m sure. | | | | I was introducing her to a friend of mine one |
| | | | day. Just to be funny he said, ?So you?re |
| After Sunday school one morning Kara?s Sunday | | | | the booger-eatin? moron.? Kara immediately |
| school teacher came up to my wife and I and | | | | turned around and hit me, ?Dad, you told |
| said he was surprised we were both there. | | | | him!? Her reaction of course made it obvious |
| When we asked why, he said, ?Well what with | | | | his lucky guess was on the money. |
| Kyle having broken his arm and everything...? | | | | |
| ?Kyle, broke his arm?? my wife asked | | | | If your child causes you to wonder if you'll |
| surprised, ?When? How?? Just then my son | | | | live through raising them, be comforted in |
| Kyle, came running up to us, both arms | | | | the knowledge that they will someday have |
| obviously fine. The poor man looked as if | | | | children and you will be avenged. |