Aaron's Story...

Aaron smiles as he displays the runny, chocolate messiness from his trip to the store for ice cream for behaving well in school.

This morning as we sat down to breakfast, I could see that Aaron was wanting to tell me something. So, I set down the breakfast bowls of cereal, pulled up a chair, and listened as the twenty-minute story (no exaggerations) unfolded...

Aaron: Estefania, the other day Thomas the Tank Engine was in my house talking with God. They were fighting against these bad guys and they put me in a lion's den. Another boy, too.

Diego: Me! Me, Aaron?

Aaron: Yes. But then we escaped from the lion's den because their mouths were closed and we went to find God in the heavens. All the rest of the kids couldn't find him with the angels.

Steph: Why not?

Aaron: Because he was hiding in another heaven really, really far away with Thomas the Tank Engine.

Diego: Candi and I were hiding in our house, right?

Aaron: Yep... Diego hid and ate lots of eggs and cereal.

Diego: Lots. Eggs. Cereal. [Head nod.]

Aaron: So... they found the soldiers of God who won against the soldiers of the governor [let me insert here that we had a big discussion over "soldiers for the Lord" and "soldiers for the government" the other night] because the angels of God are very big... it's true that God is bigger than Jo-el, right?

Steph: Yep... He's bigger than Jo-el. [Big smiles... this question gets asked quite often!]

Diego: [Lots of giggles]

Aaron: So... the soldiers won and the kids found God. And then Thomas the Tank Engine was talking with God and he was angry. And then a big tiger came and I killed it with my pistol. He fell into the lion's den. Oh, and the tiger ate Diego.

Diego: No, Aaron! No, he didn't eat me!

Aaron: Yes, he did. Can I have more cereal, please?

Yeah, for amazing imaginations!!!