Chalk and Cheese 6

Yesterday's JED page update for the twins was this.

Evan was upset because of the thunder.

Jordan: Let me pray for Evan. Dear God, please make the rain go away because Evan is scared of thunder. Then, Evan can be a good boy and not cry. In Jesus' name Amen.

Both parents were stunned into silence.

Indeed we were.

Evan has many fears. The biggest fear of his is the sound of thunder. From the point of infancy, he would jump out of his skin when Packrat or either of his grandfathers' sneezed or cough. It would be followed by a woeful wail. The 'how dare you scare me like that, don't you know it terrifies me?' cry.

He still hates loud noises although he has made an exception for Apache and Chinook helicopters flying by as well as fireworks. Thunder however, remains his arch nemesis.


















This is Evan dealing with a particularly bad thunderstorm during the rainy season.

Very obviously from the prayer above, Jordan has no such fears. She is a tough cookie.

This is not to say that she is fearless. Her fears, strangely enough stem from her imagination. Ask her what she is scared of, she will tell she is scared of monsters and dark caves; neither of which she has ever encountered.

She also sees how people comfort her brother when he is upset and fearful and plays off it.

On a visit to the airport, Evan discovered how intimidating looking policemen were. After that, he declared he didn't like policemen because they were scary. We tried our best to undo that fear by telling him that policemen were there to help him when he needed help. We are very much not of the school of discipline where policemen are called in times of extreme disobedience or naughtiness.

He seemed to have accepted our explanation of that when Jordan declared her imaginary fear for soldiers and he told her a matter-of-factly "But the soldiers are there to help you. They are there to help you. When you are scared, you can run up to them and say "HELP!". This was quoting us verbatim inserting soldier every instance we had said policemen.

Brave words from my timid son.

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