“God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away. And then all at once something happens and we see clearly ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand, and only know how dreadfully miserable we are, we think it is always going to be so.”
― Johanna Spyri, quote from Heidi
The little girl’s lips quivered as her mother reluctantly said goodbye. She turned her back and walked with her father to the waiting Jeep. Jumped into the front seat and set off over the stone bridge to begin a 22 hour trip.
The mother turned her back to hide her tears. It was hard to let her little six year old go into a world of uncertainty, handed over to other carers, strangers for her first year of school. The departure was upsetting the whole family which included two other siblings at that time.
Up until now life in the remote village had been joyous.
Never the less she was left with others to figure out a world with in a world. Left in a household with three boys and a house mother that had no clue of caring for a little girl. Her long golden locks were soon a tangled mess and lice infested. Homesickness set in. She learned to steel her emotions.
LENGTHY SEPARATIONS
Perhaps the book Heidi became endearing as it resonated such with my early life. It was a simple life and away from the restraints of adult supervision.
"Just because we are poor doesn’t mean God doesn’t love us.”
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