As the family cleared the table last night, Dimples began drawing a picture similar to one her therapist had drawn. She talked about the ways her heart was broken. Then she drew many small hearts spilling out of the broken heart. Her therapist had explained that when a child’s heart is broken, her mommy and daddy can try to fill it up with loves, but the loves keep falling out and the child never feels that she has enough. Once a child’s heart is healed, the loves can fill her whole heart.
Dimples continued to spontaneously work, pausing to ask for help with spelling, and then writing some more. When she was done, she decided to color the heart and then tucked it in a folder to share with her therapist.
Dimples gave me permission to write about the work she did last night and share a photo of her wonderful drawing. You can click on the photo to see it better. The title alone brings tears to my eyes.
Hoping and Believing,
~Lisa
WOW! She's amazing!
My heart hurts for her. I am in awe of her ability to share this, and thank you for doing so. I can't put into words what it means to me, for so many reasons.
Praise God for your therapist's wisdom!!!!!!
This is amazing. Thank you Brave Dimples for sharing this.
What an inspirational little girl you have. Wise beyond her own words. She is in my thoughts and prayers often.
What an amazing little girl. Please let her know that we really appreciate her sharing this. It's certainly not easy, but she seems to be on the road to healing. Best of luck to all of you working through this.
What a blessing that she has a safe place to heal.
speechless.
what a story building in her life!
I cried, and I've already heard the story.
-Mimi
Not only is Dimples brave, she is insightful, creative, so very smart. She is amazing.
That is precious! It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing and for Dimples' strength to be able to share her story and her pain.
this brought tears to my eyes. what a beautiful little girl, and what a beautiful family she has been adopted into. you guys are amazing.
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