Our four year old grandson and his mother still live with us at home, and as many such families these days, the parents are divorced and the child goes back and forth between parents. His question for his mother was “why do I have to go back today?”, which he repeated over and over to his mom, who did not have a suitable answer for him. I of course felt sad, thinking to myself that its a shame that a child has to feel such feelings, and as he gets older he’ll at least have some control and not have to ask that question….but…..I’m older and I ask the same question daily. Why do things, why does life, have to be different from the way I want it to be? Of course the answer doesn’t have to do with age, or money, or power, or wisdom. The answer is acceptance, God’s will,…. faith. It’s a simple realization that “I can’t have what I want until I want what I have.”
Oh, Bill! I have the same situation in our home — our daughter & her 2 children (who loved having you show them all your animals, and letting them help feed them) live with us, and they ask that very question every all the time! It’s a shame when parents split and the children are put in an ever-revolving door of visitations. My prayer is that we, as grandparents, can give them some kind of stability, and expose them to God’s Great Llove and the wonder of his Nature! Your Crystal Creek Ranch certainly offers all who visit the opportunity to experience that Wonder!
God Bless you and those who help you keep it going!