Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/docia-shares-a-story-expressing-your-feelings/5012494/
Most of us at one time or another have had the urge - and the need - to clean out the "stuff" we have accumulated . . . things that may have sentimental value, but no longer serve a purpose.I was deep in such files and boxes when I came across five year old Natalie's drawings, vintage 1983. I had kept them because they so vividly told a story about Natalie's feelings when her mother took her to the beauty parlor to cut her long and beloved hair. Natalie cried, and wanted her hair put back . . . but short it was, and short it would remain.
Natalie wasn't a little girl who expressed herself much with words, but in her drawings she came across loud and clear:
Natalie's mother - a working mom - thought short hair would make it easier to get Natalie ready for school; so when Marsha, Natalie's teacher, showed her the drawings, she was amazed at how important long hair had been to Natalie.
It is so easy to unintentionally and unwittingly do things to and for young children without stopping first to consider their feelings. Natalie's drawings are a reminder that in personal decisions - such as ...