Even though it’s not funny, your skeleton story made me laugh. Glad your daughter outgrew her skeleton phobia. We never know for sure what our little ones are thinking! 🙂 I didn’t realize until years later that my oldest daughter truly was frightened of Ronald McDonald. And now that I look back, he was kinda creepy.

Yes, thankfully Henry quickly forgot about that book and we moved on successfully to another one, and many more since then. 🙂 Reading with kids is so fun to me. I’m grateful that my daughters enjoyed it when they were young too and now they do it with their own kids.

Thank you for your grace, Trudy. Yes, thankfully we can trust God to work in their little (and big) hearts as God works in ours. There are so many things out there that can cause us to be fearful, but at least we never have to face them all alone.

That picture is kinda scary, I admit. 😉 Maybe I can pull it out again 5 years or so from now. lol.

I love your reminder that we can learn about our people if we just watch how they respond to situations and other things. I’m sure Henry will enjoy reading with you again, and you see his smile many times as you share your love of books with him. 🙂

so true. and don’t we make thing hard for ourselves too let alone scaring a beloved grandchild. I think that picture would have scared me too!!

Thanks, Michele. And even as kids are different, even the same kid will be different at different ages. I need to remember that and allow them to grow and change without my expectations of what they will like and won’t like. (My husband is still locked into angel food cake as his “favorite” dessert with his mom, even though it’s no longer his favorite. lol.)