Simple solutions

Tonight as we were putting the kids to bed, I put Callen to bed and Travis tucked in Amara.
Amara told Travis that she was hungry, which isn't surprising because she didn't eat very much of her dinner. Travis told her that there were kids all over the world who are hungry and don't have food like she does.
She paused to think about it and in that sweet complete innocence of childhood said, "Daddy, will you get me a REAL magic wand for my birthday so that I can use magic to give all the hungry kids in the world some food?"
He says, "Well hunny, I really wish I could but its not that simple."
She then says, "I know, we can go to a wishing well, a real one, and throw a penny in it to make a wish so we can get a real magic wand."

Life through the eyes of a 4 year old. It is such a huge blessing to be surrounded by her everyday. Having the belief that the worlds problems could be solved with a magic wand or a wishing well. In her mind, thats how it should work, I think she is given comfort in having a solution to a problem.

I really hope and pray that as she gets older and learns about the realities of the world that she is able to turn to God as a source of comfort. Because sometimes, there isn't a simple solution. And that is the harsh reality.

I've started the very difficult conversation to have with her about the baby. I've started with telling her about when she was inside of me. I told her that she grew and grew and got so big that it was time for her to come out and live with us. Then with Callen, he grew and grew and got so big that it was time for him to come out and live with us. But the baby that is inside my belly right now is really tiny, and isn't growing and getting big like her and Callen did. I'm trying to avoid using the term "sick" because I don't want her to be confused.

She has this amazing thing she does, you'll be talking to her and she is in a serious mode thinking about everything, then all of a sudden, she has an epiphany. She just gets this HUGE smile, looks at me with her giant big brown eyes and says "I know, I have a great idea, you can swallow some medicine that will help the baby grow."

It's really hard to have to be the one to explain that the solution to a problem isn't always simple. Often its complex, and more importantly, you often have to just have faith that things happen for reasons that we don't always understand. Trust in God.