When something’s amiss with one of your kids, life comes to a screeching halt in a mother’s heart. A long weekend and some time off usually brings the good stuff to the surface–even if the good stuff is hard stuff.  The older boys are no longer thinking only on legos and trains…they are considering the world around them. They are processing what relationships are all about, inside the family and out. They are developing personal habits for how to respond to stress, fear, anxiety, and anger. They are starting to have thoughts that their own mother may not know about. I can see it on their faces, and in the questions they ask. They are boys becoming men. It occurred to me this past weekend, that I may be missing it…by assuming too much. I assume they know that Jesus loves them. I assume they know it’s okay to fail. […]