I like how kids can be so pure and innocent. A group of us were just chilling at the Ormes’ home this evening and their 5 year old daughter Eowyn spent most of the time in my lap talking to me and trying to tickle me. I find it very interesting interacting with her. At one point, I was trying to listen to the conversation that everyone else was having, but she told me, “I’m talking to you. Everyone else isn’t talking to you.” Children are very sensitive to whether you are giving them your full attention, it’s accentuated more when I kind of suck at multi-tasking. The highlight of my time with her was when she leaned in close and whispered, “I have Rapunzel panties.” Out of the sheer hilarity of the situation, I just busted out in laughter and then it became a dilemma because everyone was curious as to what just happened. In her innocence, she was just sharing what she’s excited about. It’s no more taboo to talk about her new panties than her new Disney princess backpack or her new silver Toms shoes. Yet, I’ve been socially conditioned that that kind of talk is kind of indecent. On one hand, I didn’t know whether to share with the others what she just told me because I didn’t want to embarrass her and respect her privacy. On the other hand, I did not want to subject her to legalism that makes her fear about being appropriate all the time. In the end, I just shared it to everyone since they were already curious and just so the mom and dad know too. Eowyn didn’t seem fazed at all and later took out her two new 7-packs of panties and showed us what they looked like. I think it worked out well. It was so refreshing to be with a child that was so pure in heart. When I interact with her, I begin to glimpse why Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. I sometimes try to figure out what is going through Eowyn’s head, but I learn not to think about it too much and just play.
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I like how kids can be so pure and innocent. A group of us were just chilling at the Ormes’ home this evening and their 5 year old daughter Eowyn spent most of the time in my lap talking to me and trying to tickle me. I find it very interesting interacting with her. At one point, I was trying to listen to the conversation that everyone else was having, but she told me, “I’m talking to you. Everyone else isn’t talking to you.” Children are very sensitive to whether you are giving them your full attention, it’s accentuated more when I kind of suck at multi-tasking.

The highlight of my time with her was when she leaned in close and whispered, “I have Rapunzel panties.” Out of the sheer hilarity of the situation, I just busted out in laughter and then it became a dilemma because everyone was curious as to what just happened. In her innocence, she was just sharing what she’s excited about. It’s no more taboo to talk about her new panties than her new Disney princess backpack or her new silver Toms shoes. Yet, I’ve been socially conditioned that that kind of talk is kind of indecent. On one hand, I didn’t know whether to share with the others what she just told me because I didn’t want to embarrass her and respect her privacy. On the other hand, I did not want to subject her to legalism that makes her fear about being appropriate all the time.

In the end, I just shared it to everyone since they were already curious and just so the mom and dad know too. Eowyn didn’t seem fazed at all and later took out her two new 7-packs of panties and showed us what they looked like. I think it worked out well. It was so refreshing to be with a child that was so pure in heart. When I interact with her, I begin to glimpse why Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. I sometimes try to figure out what is going through Eowyn’s head, but I learn not to think about it too much and just play.