“Dear Mommy…”
What mom doesn’t love to find a little note tucked under her pillow, or between the bed sheets, to find in a quiet moment? Especially from a tender-hearted little boy, who has serious thoughts on his mind? It is enough to melt my heart! ?
But, when I opened the note, my heart felt sad by what I read: “I saw something bad.”
I knew what he meant. He’d used this code language with me before. Something bad meant something impure that he’d seen — something that had made his heart and conscience uncomfortable. ?
Instantly, my momma-bear instincts kicked in, and I began to imagine sordid details of exposure to the enemy that we have so earnestly tried to protect our boys from. Porn.
When I talked to my son, I found it that it was not online images that he had stumbled upon (after all, we regulate that quite strictly). On occasion, he has written me little notes of things that he’s seen inadvertently while watching something legitimate on the internet with grandparents — those sidebar traps. This time, when I asked him, he seemed more reluctant than usual to tell me. I tried to pry it out of him, which didn’t work, nor did trying to guess. Brick wall.
Ad“Okay, Lord. You’re going to have to tell me how to handle this one,” I breathed.
Finally, it came out.
This article first appeared in SDA Homeschool Fanilies, and was authored by me.
http://www.sdahomeschools.org/little-notes-am-i-my-brothers-keeper/
