Comfort

Our kids need comfort.  They need to know sitting for a little league picture doesn’t have to result in a bullet lodged in their head.  They need to know that a parent  isn’t going to come into a classroom with a gun and frighten everyone.  They need to know that nurses holding signs outside of a hospital doesn’t mean that if they get sick, there won’t be anyone inside to care for them.  Our kids need comfort.  Our kids need us.  They need us to stop.  They need us to not run around so much that they have to wonder if we will be there to protect them when they need us the most.  Yes we may have to work to provide “stuff”, even basic “stuff” like a roof over their heads and electricity.  But let us not forget the most important part—basic comfort.  There’s nothing like the security of a parent or guardian who provides the comfort of a home.  A real home.  One free of chaos.  There’s nothing like knowing at the end of a day, you know there will be a meal to eat, stories to share, people who listen, a lap to lean on, a time together.  Now that’s comfort.  If you never had it yourself, you may say…I don’t know how.  Well guess what?  Now’s the perfect time to start giving what you wish you had been given.  For giving comfort to your own kids may be the best lesson in learning how to give love.  And believe me, you will get love in return.  You will get comfort too.