Hard Lesson Learned

My beautiful daughter, Rebekah has walked through a hard lesson regarding people. To be exact, she is realizing someone she loves very much is not the person she thought she was. That's a difficult spot to be in as an adult, let alone at age 11.

I must say, though, I am very proud of her for the way she has handled most of the situations she's run in to the past 3 weeks with this loved one. She's acted pretty mature for the most part and sought guidance from me when she didn't know what to do. Can I just say, how I love that she comes to me for advice! Some kids think their parents are dumb and don't know anything, but the older she gets, the more she talks to me and I absolutley CHERISH that! I talked to my mom a little bit, but not like she talks to me. It really is quite an honor. :)

I don't want to give details because they really don't matter and I don't want to talk ugly about this person. I am praying for the person that has hurt Rebekah so deeply - we love her and nothing can change that. What has changed though is the level of trust and the dynamic of the relationship. I always tell Rebekah that, "hurting people, hurt people." It breaks my heart to know that Rebekah had to walk through this. I probably could have protected her if I had really tried, but she and I have talked and she knows she had to walk through this or she wouldn't have ever understood why we were protecting her if we had chosen to take that route.

It's hard to watch your kids learn hard lessons - especially when it isn't something they have done wrong. This was a character builder for her and I am believing God will use this experience to help her be a stronger, more compassionate woman of God. She's already pretty incredible in my book, but God has great things for her and I truly believe she had to travel this road to learn to walk a little more like Christ would walk. I am proud of her for her strength on this journey.

I love you, my Rebekah Dawn!