Extraordinary Children

 Wiwi Schrøder - Väktaren, (a guardian)

Thinking and writing about childhood trauma can bring a feeling of hopelessness. Don’t we all have trauma as children? Is it inevitable that we remain bruised, if not broken? I know a child can be healed through love, but what if no one realizes the damage has occurred until it has become a part of that person? That is where people with training and understanding come into the equation, and I trust you will seek them out to help you, if need be. I was given away when I was two months old. My young mother wanted to keep me, but her family didn’t want that to happen. She was so distressed that she planned to kill me and then kill herself. She had a pillow over my face when her sister came in and stopped her. I was given to an aunt who had no children, but wanted to be a mother, and was in a position to give everything to a baby. Any trauma I may have suffered in utero and as an infant was neutralized by years of nurturing. Today I read this beautiful statement from L.R. Knost: “Instead of raising children who turn out okay despite their childhood, let's raise children who turn out extraordinary because of their childhood.” I know many young people who are raising extraordinary children, my son included. I love watching the young parents I know as they raise their babies. It is truly extraordinary!

“Miracles should inspire gratitude, not awe. You should thank God for what you really are. The children of God are holy and the miracle honors their holiness, which can be hidden but never lost.”

—A Course in Miracles T-1.I.31:1-3

“Children: The spiritual thoughts and representatives of Life, Truth, and Love.”

—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 582:28-29