The boys on skin color...

Last night we were eating dinner and out of the blue David says:

"Mommy, did you know that some people have different color skin?"

They have never seemed to notice skin color before and I was quite surprised they brought it up...

Anyway, the conversation went something like this...

I said, "What do you mean, different skin color?"


David said, "You know, like Tristan and Tyler (some friends from 4K)... they have brown skin."


Paul says, "And you know, like those boys who live behind our fence in the back, they have black skin."


So I looked at Paul and asked, "Well, what color would you say your skin is?"


He looks at his arm for a few seconds and I can tell he is pondering, and he says... "Mine is yellow."


I asked David what color his was, and he looked at his arm and replied, "Mine is dark, but not as dark as Tristan and Tyler." (He is very tan from days spent at the pool).


I then asked what colored mine was... to which David quickly responded as he looked at the freckles on my arm, "Yours is spotted!"

It made me think of this song:

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world,
Red, Yellow, Black and White,
They are precious in His sight,
Jesus loves the little children of the world!

We just need to change the song to include "spotted" so that mommy is loved too!!


Joyfully His and theirs!
Tricia