Little Sib's Weekend

I was fortunate enough to participate in Little Sibs Weekend at my school this weekend. I am the youngest of 4 kids, but thankfully, my friend Jenn had her two little sisters, Kayla 17, and Erin 6 come for the weekend. Kayla fit right in with college life, she had been there a few times before to visit, and will be going off to college next year. I was surprised to find how un-fit college life is for children. 

I'm not sure about anyone else, but this weekend was extremely tiring for a few of my friends. Jenn was trying to give her parents a little break, especially since it was Valentines Day, and took the girls off her hands at least for one night. It was Erin's first night from home. All weekend while I was watching Erin interact I couldn't even keep track off all the things that are beautiful about little children.

Innocent, they have no idea when they are doing something in harms way, or even the wrong thing. For the most part, they do what they are told. As we grow up it becomes harder and harder to do what are parents tell us is the right thing, we're always fighting against the norm. Children don't know the difference.

I thought about this all weekend and found this article about children's innocence eroding away over time. This made me think of all the things Erin was exposed to  that go on in college that probably eroded a few shreads of her innocence away. While her sister was upset about losing $20, and throwing around words she normally doesn't have to filter out of her vocabulary while she's at school Erin just giggled, and showed her innocence by her line, "Jenn, I know how to spell and I know what the F word stands for".