The Worry? Box

At Saturday Sports today I talked to the kids about worrying. I made a "Worry Box" and planned to have them write down things they were worried about and put their little papers in the box, and then I told them that putting their worries in the box signified that they were letting go of those worries. I realized afterwards that it wasn't quite age-appropriate for some of the younger kids who had no clue what I was saying but hey, I got to tell them that Jesus says we don't have to worry about anything. Some of the older kids took it seriously and wrote about being afraid of not seeing their family members again or of mom and dad fighting and other sad stuff. Some kids did not take it seriously, and I wanted to share those responses because they are hysterical. Besides the ones that just had kids' name tags stuck on them, there was...let's see...

"Wory aboat toast."

"I like pizza."

"Ember doing it on my other cat right now."

and my personal favorite,

"Unicorn."

Just "unicorn".

Then there was the one that started out serious,
"I'm worry my mom is mad and my dad."

...only to end on a surprising note:

"I'm worry if when 2012 come then the world might end."

I actually believe this child was serious, though. My 13 year old sister told me she was also scared of the ancient Mayan faux-prediction.

The last one I want to share had me laughing at first...

"I'm worried getting hit by a car again."

Until I realized that the kid who wrote it was probably the same kid whose mom told me he literally got hit by a car while riding his bike several months ago. I then proceeded to feel slightly bad for laughing. He was not hurt, though, so it's all good!