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See as children see In an effort to expose our children to different cultures, we would occasionally invite international missionaries to stay with us while they were visiting our church. On one such occasion, we housed two elementary-aged boys from the African Children’s Choir from Kenya. Our younger son, Scott, was small for his age and often teased because of it. Imagine his thrill when James, one of our guests, stood eye-to-eye with him. Scott’s baby blue eyes looked into James’ black eyes and they both smiled the same toothless grin. They ran up to me to display the pleasure of their new discovery. Scott gleefully exploded with, “Look Mom! We are eight years old, the same height, the same shoes, and we even wear the same size. We must be twins!” This was rather ironic since they could not have looked more different. Scott’s fair-skinned freckled face with strawberry blonde hair versus James’ tightly curled black hair and black skin were much more opposites than twins. I learned that day that we all need to see others through a child’s eyes—embracing the similarities rather than dwelling on the differences. Marie Ogram |
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