Maddie's Insight

Harvey often tells the children bedtime stories. Ranging from his scary or hilarious inventive ones to his serious real- life ones. One night he asked the children which ones they preferred.

Savannah exclaimed, "I love your stories Dad, they are funny and creative!"

Madison's response was, "I think I like the real stories dad."

"Why?" Harvey asked her.

"Because, they overwhelm me." She answered.

Intrigued by this answer, Harvey had to ask, "What do you mean they overwhelm you?"

Her reply was one that astounds me and instills so much respect and admiration in me I just had to share.

She thoughtfully answered, "Because I think about the things that they did in their life and it just overwhelms me. It makes me think of Jesus too, and all that he did for us."

And that is just one of the many Maddie insights into life. She is often reflecting, and pondering. I love the gaze she gets when she is thinking about something. She just stares off onto some distance object and I find myself wishing I could be able to read those little thoughts. I am sure I would learn a lot.