The Pain is Real
I have hurt my children… on purpose! And I hope they hurt theirs the same way! It’s true. Not only have I hurt them, worse than that, I have assisted complete strangers in causing them pain on multiple occasions. It wasn’t easy but it was necessary! During the few times it has happened, some of you will be surprised to know that, Tammy stood by and allowed it. She couldn’t participate but she was there. Sometimes she went out of the room crying because her babies were crying but she allowed it. Because she knew it was necessary! Let me tell you about one such occasion. When Jordan was little we had an old solid wood dining table and chairs. The chairs were straight backed, nothing fancy, but heavy. Jordan hadn’t been walking long but he had moved on to advanced climbing. And since we didn’t have a climbing wall with safety harnesses and all, he started climbing the back of one of those heavy chairs. As he neared the top, he began to giggle, realizing that this was his time and