Perfect Height

I lose count of how much time I spent on average each day crouched to the height of 4 and 5 year olds. But it's my favorite place to be, because...

That's the height you have to be to truly listen to a child when their voice is hushed with curiosity, fear, confessions, admiration.

It's the height for creating alongside a child playing with Playdoh, challenging them to build their favorite dinosaur with you. Or an elaborate cake. Multilayered. Valentine-heart-style.

It's the height you need to be to build a supportive, trusting relationship with a child.

And it's the height where you can let your own inner child break free to play with the children you're surrounded by.

What's more -- it's the perfect height to laugh with the children. To explore, question, awe, wonder, think, discover with the children.

We lose so, so much when we forget to see from a child's perspective.

~"We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done...so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands." [Psalm 78: 4, 6-7]~