April 17, 2011
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RWOTD {Devastating}
When I was thinking about the word “devastating”…I realized that it is SUCH a subjective word.
When you are three years old, it is devastating to lose your favorite doll.
When you are an adult, it would take a lot more than losing a special possession to devastate you. Some things that I thought of, for myself, were the loss of a loved one, loss of eye sight, etc. But mostly for me, it would have to do with relationships. Like, if my children and I didn’t have a good relationship, or if I would not make it to heaven…those things would be devastating to me.
Anyway, I decided to interview my children, to get their perspective on what might be devastating to them.
THIS was Derrick’s interview. He was first. Now, Derrick didn’t really want to do the interview, but this is the difference between him and my second son. He still did it with a smile on his face, and even kind of enjoyed it once he got started, I think. He is also the only one of the kids who actually remembered the definition of “devastating” that I had told them JUST before their interviews.
Kendall was second, and he made sure to let me know, with quite a pout on his face, that he was NOT into this at all. This conversation is representative of how most of our conversations go. Him not looking me in the eye, a lot of shoulder shrugging and “I don’t know” and even ignoring my questions at times. Maybe you can analyze for me what I am doing wrong in communication, because I find him to be very hard to communicate with. Anyway, HERE is his interview about what would be “devastating” to him. (Also, I learned that I say the word “huh?” instead of something like “What was that?” when I don’t know what they said. Talk about proper English. NOT!)
Nikki was last and she had just gotten up from her nap and she was probably the most agreeable about doing the interview. But for the first part she doesn’t even talk and when she does, there is also a lot of “I don’t know” going on. Maybe I need to outlaw that phrase in this house!
Anyway, HERE she is, in all her messy haired glory. Looking cute as ever.
Maybe this whole thing will give you your laugh for the day, if nothing else!
Comments (9)
can’t get the videos???
You’re funny, Audrey. I think your kids did great here. I was watching this with my children and Alec said, “I’m glad she’s not my mom.” I know you won’t take that personally, right?!
We couldn’t hear everything because the volume on the computer wouldn’t turn up any higher….but they’re all cute. Devastating….I have to say my life is narrow and easy enough that I haven’t faced a lot of devastating times. Losing my brother was definitely one of them. And maybe having to leave Belize was another one.
I can’t view the videos either…it just showed facebook and said video unavailable? My husband had an interesting conversation with a woman this afternoon. Basically she said suffering is all in the mind….as she sat at an expensive fundraiser event in sunny California. I wonder if she has ever experienced Devastating. My husband said she seems to major in denial and teaching others denial. Not that we want to be burdened by life, but we have someone to take our needs to.
@ABAHM - @srheam - I am sorry about that with the videos. You know what I wonder? If maybe it was only “Friends” of mine on Facebook who could view it. I went into the videos and edited that preference so that anyone could view them. Would you want to try watching again and let me know if that took care of the problem or not? Thanks!
@appalolly - Yes, that took care of it! Good interviews. Big concepts with the kids. Thankfully they will learn to deal with things when they happen as you just continue to pour into them. I don’t remember preparing mine for difficultly but when it came they did fine. When my boys were 8 and 10 we had a firestorm in our town of Laguna Beach. The boys were evacuated from their school in buses with a ring of fire all around. When I asked my 8 year old how he did he got all teary and said it was scary, and the little girl on the bus started crying. I asked him what he did and he said he held her hand and prayed for God to help them and keep them safe, and they both felt better after that. I was very moved. At home when we were packing up and told the boys to pick out what was important to them they basically picked their favorite stuffed animal and ball. They were very calm…it ended up we were fine, but some of their friends did lose their homes.
so cute! i loved derrick’s expressive eyes and eyebrows. and everything about kendall just felt downright…well. like i was at home or something.
and sweet nikki. what a doll. cracked up at her mom the most actually. “…pretty skirt. ooops…” that part. i always enjoy hearing the voices of people i know, like your kids, but haven’t met yet!!!
I love Nicoles cute little shrugs & smiles !!! Hee hee. adorable!!!
Audrey, I would like to assure you from the scriptures that if the Lord has saved you (and I believe He has), then you do not have to worry about the devastating experience of “not making it to heaven”. Romans 8:38-39 is TRUE, NOTHING is able to separate us from the love of God, and so is John 10:28 – His sheep will NEVER perish …that’s what it says!!! So that’s one worry you can put to rest.
God bless you with His wisdom and understanding!
Loved the interviews very cute!