Tonight at dinner, Kai did something mildly hurtful to Nina. Nate talked about "do unto others as you would have done to you," or "treat others as you want to be treated," if you're not in a biblical frame of mind.
Kai said, "Elias sometimes says hurtful things." (He really does. I've witnessed it) "But really he only said one hurtful thing." (Nothing Elias could do (or Zane or Sam) could ever diminish Kai's love for him.)
I then reminded Kai of Mrs. Gardner's talk last week, when she wore a paper heart on her chest. She asked another pre-K teacher, "Do you like my cookies?" and Mrs. Pounds said, "No, not really." Mrs. Gardner crumpled that heart a little bit. Then Mrs. Gardner said, "Do you like my dress? I made it!" And Mrs. Pounds said, "No, not really." And she crumpled it more. When Mrs. Pounds said sorry, the heart straightened out as much as it could, but it was still a little crumply.
So after I reminded Kai of this metaphor, he said,
"Mom, my heart is REALLY, REALLY SMOOTH!"
It's hard to break this kid's spirit.
sweet Kai...huge heart...
ReplyDelete