A new family moved next door to us a few months ago. They have two girls and a baby boy. They have a dog too, and her name is Lilly.
The three year-old girl appears to be very shy, and early on would hide behind her mother, thinking we could not see her. Her name is Elizabeth.
I have noticed that she is a talker in the family as well as a leader, but she does not talk around strangers. I have reached out to her, but allowed her to keep a safe distance from me.
On Friday, she came running over into our yard and up on our driveway. She was in a talking mood, and held in her hand an empty pecan shell.
She excitedly told me that this shell was a coconut shell, but didn't know where it came from. I told her, if it were a coconut then it may have come from Hawaii.
This unknown shell was her way of letting me know that she felt safe around me. She offered to give me her new found shell.
It is so refreshing to see children grow up, learn to give to others, and communicate ideas, feelings and experiences.
I am a blessed man to have small children living next door to me. They are my neighbors. They are church goers, and attend a very good Bible based church in Athens, GA, near where we live.
The three year-old girl appears to be very shy, and early on would hide behind her mother, thinking we could not see her. Her name is Elizabeth.
I have noticed that she is a talker in the family as well as a leader, but she does not talk around strangers. I have reached out to her, but allowed her to keep a safe distance from me.
On Friday, she came running over into our yard and up on our driveway. She was in a talking mood, and held in her hand an empty pecan shell.
She excitedly told me that this shell was a coconut shell, but didn't know where it came from. I told her, if it were a coconut then it may have come from Hawaii.
This unknown shell was her way of letting me know that she felt safe around me. She offered to give me her new found shell.
It is so refreshing to see children grow up, learn to give to others, and communicate ideas, feelings and experiences.
I am a blessed man to have small children living next door to me. They are my neighbors. They are church goers, and attend a very good Bible based church in Athens, GA, near where we live.