Comments on: Virgin Islands Stories: The Tooth

By: stjohnjulie

stjohnjulie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:07:31 +0000

Thank you for sharing that story! I knew I had to comment after I read it, and wouldn’t you know, the first poster is my son’s Dad. I must admit, I had to chuckle because this story sounds like something our son would say if we had squished his belief in magic before he was ready for it. Although he questions the reality of the Tooth Fairy, Santa, etc. I tell him that often times you must believe in something to make it a reality. A recent example of the magic children and belief can hold…. Our young pet chicken was traumatized by getting his foot stuck in a crack sometime during the night. When I went to free him from his night time coop he was lifeless. I scooped him up to see that he was still breathing, but unresponsive. I placed him in a box and checked his breathing throughout the next day. There was no change by the next morning. My son asked me, “Do you think he going to be ok?” My reply was, “No, I don’t think he is going to make it.” He looked me straight in the eye, and with great conviction, he said, “Mom, don’t think like that. You have to stay positive.” This was so out of character for him, and it hit me right in my soul. For the next couple of days I sat with the chicken on my lap and spoke to him, encouraged him. Two days later the chicken started to open his eyes. Two days later he was taking his first walk in the yard after the accident. I truly believe that had my son not said those words to me, our pet chicken would have perished. Belief is a strong and magical thing.

By: RickG

RickG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:22:03 +0000

Oh, so funny! To this day, my youngest daughter is afraid of Easter Rock after a 2006 Easter vacation when I told her the legend. Stories have power.

Cheers, RickG

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By: luigi costello

luigi costello — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:32:41 +0000

A future Nobel prize winner in the making. Letting kids just be kids is part of being a kid. Santa to this day just amazes me, for nothing else but the look of awe on all those little faces. They have plenty of time to grow up, do we really want them to become just like us even sooner?? A little Magic and Mystery go a very long way in the mind of a child, least we can do is feed their reverence for believing in something that we dismiss as child like. I for one go to bed very early every Christmas Eve!