Bittersweet: A Sad Day and a Happy Day

The other day Emma and I were in the car talking away as usual. I don't exactly remember what we were talking about, but I remember that she did or said something very grown up. I said to her, "Oh Emma, it's just so bittersweet to watch you grow." She then asked me what bittersweet means. I told her in this case it meant that it is sad for Mommy that her little girl would no longer be a baby, but I was very happy to watch her grow. I told her bittersweet means you can be sad AND happy at the same time! She paused for a few seconds and then responded with, "Mommy, that's just like when Jesus died on the cross! It was a sad day AND a happy day!!!"  She has remembered the story we read at bedtime in her Jesus book (as she calls it), and made a connection! While her three year old heart has not learned the depths of what happened on that day, she does realize that it was happy and sad. I can't wait for her to learn more about what made that day, and three days later, such a happy day!!!

Mark 10:14
  When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them " Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 


Proverbs 22:6  
Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Deuteronomy 11:19 
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.