It was an innocent thing, I don't think she knew what she was saying.
But when Amma Bell, the nine year old neighbor, said it, she meant it.
Maia spotted the chalk, the two pieces broken, and pointed them out for us all too see!
"Maia is very good at seeing broken things," Amma Bell said, yes she said with pointedness.
And so did the 4 year old brother, "maia sees broken things..."
What they didn't know is that I already knew that, because she often spots another child's hurt and gives them love.
"I wonder what she'll become," said mommy in response to this story i told.
...who knows. Perhaps, a nurse, a doctor, a counselor... a mom. Or perhaps none of these at all.
But what remains true, regardless, is that she loves others well, and beyond this even, "she sees broken things well."
2 comments:
Really great story, Matt. Reminds me of the homosexual playwrite Oscar Wilde's telling remark: “How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?” The brokenness that fancies itself on the mend is even more destructive than that which honestly recognizes itself.
The theological question to ask would be: How can a broken child see broken things well?
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.” - Lewis (Token/Sole Recognizable Orthodox Christian Writer)
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