tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3313776537011507391..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: David Copperfield for the YoungDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-66625617563899813922012-05-15T11:05:08.500-04:002012-05-15T11:05:08.500-04:00My girls love to say the Hail, Holy Queen. That wa...My girls love to say the Hail, Holy Queen. That was one of those prayers that I was never taught as a child so I had to learn it with them. Hearing the line, "to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears," recited by two little girl voices who really have not known much sorrow is a little jarring. I wonder if these little prayers are introducing them to the concept that life isn't always peaches-n-cream.Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57764956423682786832012-05-15T07:35:53.677-04:002012-05-15T07:35:53.677-04:00The old movie is excellent.
FWIW, when the hard t...The old movie is excellent.<br /><br />FWIW, when the hard times in real life come, they can serve to create resilience. And that's a life skill that cannot be underestimated. <br /><br />For a long while I was crushed that my kids' childhoods had been "spoiled" by suffering. That was wasted grief. I mean, I'm sad about all they've had to go through, but I'm not at all sorry that we've had to turn to God for help, and how we've had to move past the "make it go away" prayers to "Thy will be done". There are very good things that come out of very hard things. Had I been able to protect my children from the very hard stuff (and honestly, I would have if I could have!), they wouldn't be as strong -- in faith, and in life -- as they are today. Which isn't to say they're all *that* strong. But still...Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668252458131596362noreply@blogger.com