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longhorn:
You found out there was no Santa Clause.  I don't remember wanting to jump off a high rise, or burn down my neighbors house ( although I almost did when I was 5 yrs old ) but I do recall my childhood friend Dale Tyler telling me it was my parents who put the toys under the tree and ate the cookies me and my sisters left him.  Come to think of it...mabey I do have built-in anger towards my friend Dale.  Please pray that I can somehow forgive him.

Longhorn

Deborah-Leigh:

You speak volumes Longhorn!

The loss of naiveté is a painful experience only God can heal.

Certainly, the one who removes our naiveté can feel like the rapist of our most pure and innocent emotions. It hurts. It really hurts! How sad....beyond words, even if you know the "rapist" has done you a favor!.......... :'(

Magdalene cried for her Lord. Thomas doubted He'd risen from the dead. Both needed Him back in their lives. I think I know what they went through.

I know this is a board for "fun" posts, a jovial levity. Jesus did say, Blessed are they who believe without seeing. He got that right alongside everything else He said. He didn’t say it was not going to hurt! Of any ONE, there is comfort to know HE knows how much it hurts.  He is the comfort we need most.

 I catch a brief, very fleeting glimpse of chagrin for my own suffering! Now that’s funny! That’s like real Christmas! Full circle!...only very fragile...there’s the chagrin again....

Thank you for your post!

Blessings dearest brother

Deb

arion:
I wasn't sad....I was mad.  I was mad at my parents for lying to me and it stuck with me for quite a while.  Gave me a lot of food for thought on how I was going to handle things with my kids for sure.

daywalker:

--- Quote from: Arion on December 03, 2010, 08:43:44 AM ---I wasn't sad....I was mad.  I was mad at my parents for lying to me and it stuck with me for quite a while.  Gave me a lot of food for thought on how I was going to handle things with my kids for sure.

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AMEN!! See that's exactly how I felt. My wife and I were having a conversation not too long ago about this and I told her when we have kids I don't want to tell them about Santa Claus and one of my main arguments was that it will create a potential 'distrust' when they learn we made it up... But she feels I'd be "robbing them of fun"... But I don't see why family time can't be fun without hocus pocus nonsense...  :D

Shawn Fainn:
I wasn't too disappointed when I found out..

Too focused on playing with my GI Joes and Transformers..

Then the next year my parents split and everything went to hell.. Sigh. Those were the days..

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