Her Children Felt Secure

I know a family, with three little children, who moved very frequently, yet the mother, wisely, helped her children feel at home and secure no matter where they were.

As soon as they moved to a new town, the mother and children went for a walk. If it were day, they noted that the same sun shone on them, watched for signs of the same season they had left behind, and looked for mountains and rivers which also reminded them of familiar things.

If they arrived at night, they walked together under the stars, pointing out the same moon and the same friendly constellations. This custom reinforced the children’s feeling that “God’s in his heaven—All’s right with the world” (Robert Browning, “Pippa Passes,” pt. 1). Caroline Eyring Miner, Salt Lake City, Utah