We were having dinner together when our youngest daughter broke the silence. “I feel left out! she exclaimed. You see, these two (referring to her older sister and brother) have conversations which they don’t let me in or I do not understand,” she added full of concern.
“I do not think it is that they (older siblings) mean to ‘leave you out’ I replied calmly. In addition, they love you dearly. You know, even people from the church love you a lot. You are always getting little gifts from them. Anyway, what do you think we should do?” I asked her. At that moment I had an epiphany.
“Do you want mummy to get another baby?” I tossed out a suggestion. She actually toyed with the idea for a couple seconds. However before she could answer, her elder sister interjected. “This table has 6 seats, we occupy five of them (since we are a family of five) and the last one is for JESUS!” The topic had come to an interesting end. Certainly we were not going to have another child and take up the seat reserved for Jesus on our dinner table. Even our youngest daughter felt, that would be unfair to do. Hence, she is learning of ways to accommodate herself every time she feels like she is left out.