My Child of Peace

 Two years ago the Peace Sign celebrated it's 50th anniversary.  They were everywhere.  Emblazoned on T-shirts, jewelry, heck I even have a pair of hot pink flip flops that have rhinestone peace signs on the toe piece.  My daughter asked me "where did that sign come from?"  I said that for my whole life it had symbolized the 1960's anti-war movement, and that as time wore on it became more than that.  That it had become a sign all over the world for what peace really meant.  I appreciated her asking and actually being interested in the answer.  

     In the time since she asked me I noticed that sign appearing on many of the shirts and pieces of jewelry that she picked out. She has also been gifted with several nicer pieces of peace sign jewelry that she wears proudly.   I got to thinking about that, and realized that in her own way she was living a life of peace by outwardly showing the world that's what she was all about.  Many of her teachers have told me that she is a peacemaker and that she goes out of her way to help  her classmates find solutions to their problems in a kind and quiet way.  

     When she was in 4th grade she was on a Destination Imagination team at her school.  The team mates were both boys and girls, and they picked a difficult problem to solve.  Apparently there were lots of decisions to be made and an equal number of opinions on how to solve it.  According to the adult leader, my daughter, the shy quiet girl, was instrumental in bringing about the peace process and decisions that had to be made.  That made me very proud.  Since that time she has grown into a young lady before my very eyes.  I see her live a life of peace and kindness everyday.  She knows in her heart what peace is all about and she gives it freely to all who know her, person and animal alike.

     In 12 days we will be celebrating the birth of another child of peace, in fact he's  The  Child of Peace.  I encourage all of you to look inside your heart and find the peace of Christmas and the Child who brought it with him.  Live a life of peace not just at Christmas, but all year long.  Merry Christmas!