Crush. Shatter.

A few weeks ago, I took Jared to buy some new shoes. He loves going to Payless and picking out shoes. Yes, they usually have some sort of Star Wars character on them, but this time he didn't pick flashy ones. In fact, they are pretty simple and that made the price absolutely perfect! When we got in the car to go home, I said, "Do you like your shoes?" and he said, "I love them! They are my special learning shoes. They make me learn very well!". That made me smile, and then come up with a challenge. By the time we pulled into the driveway, he could spell multiple words, including his last name and "cool" - his favorite word for the day. What a great outting that was!

Two days later, as I was helping him get ready for school he said, "I don't want to go to school. The boys and girls laugh at me. They make fun of me because I get words backwards." {crush} {shatter} Did you hear the sound of my breaking heart? I sat down and asked him what he meant. He said that his words don't come out right and his brain doesn't work. Sometimes he even hits his head so his brain will start working better and he won't get things backwards. {crush} {shatter}

Jared has never not wanted to go to a place that other kids would be. He loves soccer practices, church, school, play dates, parties... all because he gets to be around other boys and girls. This was the first time he truly didn't want to go to school. And the reason? {crush} {shatter} My poor child is living his day-to-day auditory processing disorder battle.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4: 16-18 (NIV)