Saying it Like it is...

You can usually count on Nathan to say it like it is, uncensored and raw. The other day, one of his friends was over whose parents have been 'partners' for 10 or so years. It seems to be much more common here than in Augusta that people by pass the commitment of marriage and just live together or 'partner'. (Dennis had a long chat with one of the secretaries about the sanctity of marriage as she was telling him about her new partner who was definitely the 'one' but didn't need to marry just to be committed. A few months later, she admitted to Dennis that 'the one' had left for another woman.....)

Anyway, the little friend was talking about his dad while we were eating dinner when Nathan interrupted him with, "How can he be your dad when your parents aren't married?"We explained that whether this boy's parents were married or not, the guy was still his dad. Nathan couldn't get his head around this and kept pushing to understand - "I just don't get it... they're not married?... Why aren't they married?" I think we changed the subject somehow so as to not have to explain all this over dinner in front of the friend. Nathan meant no embarrassment for the friend, he just wanted to understand. Problem is, he thinks out loud on a rather regular basis which doesn't always give people warm fuzzies. We chose the name 'Nathan' for him because it was our prayer that he would be a man of truth, brave and willing to tell it like it is just as the prophet Nathan spoke God's hard truth to King David. Nathan, like many kids, says it like he thinks it. With some maturity let's trust that he will learn to boldly speak the truth in love.