Toughen Up, Harmony!

As Harmony grows up, I've seen her get rejected or ignored by other kids when she calls them to play. My maternal instinct is to bubble wrap her from the pain of rejection. But my other instinct tells me she needs this to toughen up and face the real world out there.

I realize that the day will come when boys will ignore her or break her heart. The day will come when girls will think she's not good enough to be their friend. The day will come when even her relatives and close friends will be apathetic to her plight, will ignore her, or be unsupportive of her.

So as much as my maternal instinct tells me to bubble wrap her all the time, I think she needs this healthy dose of pain and reality. So that someday, she will know that her identity is NOT found in what others think of her. Her identity is found in her Christ.