A Little Glimpse

Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying up her children's minds.  It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day.

If you could keep awake (but of course you can't) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her.  It is quite like tidying up drawers.  You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly storing that out of sight.  When you wake in the morning, the naughtiness and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on.

      -Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (excerpt from chapter 1)

I love the sentiment expressed here.  I imagine most parents wish they could get a good look at all of the things going on in their children's minds.  But the nice thing is that there are times when kids do give us a peek, whether they mean to or not.  Here are a couple of things I've found in the house that I think have given me a little glimpse inside Cat's mind.

FHE outlines.  There are multiple copies of each page,
with each page receiving its own folder.

After writing these, Cat told me that she thinks she might like to go
into "the quoting business."  And I think she would be pretty good at it!

I don't have a picture of it, but in Cat's room she's made a big collage of scriptures and church quotes too.  When I get worried about her, I need to remind myself of these little things that demonstrate her natural inclination toward righteousness.

If only I could tuck that other stuff away somehow...

Until I figure that out I'll do what I can to feed the good.