December 12, 2025 R⚖️M
(photo by:Starsky and Hutch Crime Fighting Set)
Under 5 years old was this female child. In front of their home, on the front lawn, by themselves, they were having a great time playing undercover cop.
This child was enjoying playing with their toy gun. She would see the bad guys in front of her, then BAM, shoot them, so they may disappear.
Ducking, hiding, jumping, and even running away from them, just to do the finale on blasting them away. Goodbye evil. Hahaha!
This toy gun protected, gave a good cop feel to it, being a cop, saving the world from the bad people.
It was also a beautiful sunny day too with great weather. You were able to hear the cars, nature, animals , people and all. Playing outside on the front lawn was safe and felt peaceful.
Then, Out of the blue, someone snatched the toy gun unexpectedly away. It was dad. He did it. He took away the happy moment of pretend play, and it sure did traumatize and affect her in a negative way. She has grown, yet it’s an experience that she never has forgotten. Sometimes she has tears, feeling hurt and asks herself, at times, why it still hurts inside, and why it was such a huge impact on her.
When she was 5 years old she was heartbroken, crying and felt like it was the end of the world. She questioned why she was being punished for being happy playing outside?
Dad was angry that her daughter was playing with a toy gun. Disappointedly he said in an angry tone,” No girls play with guns. Only boys do”. She’ll see him walk away with the toy gun distancing himself away from this crushed child sobbing in agony from this loss and tragedy
That would be the last time she would see that toy gun, and for a very long time since then, she would never find one quite like it. Believe me she tried. That searching phase stopped about 5 years ago. Once she has time again, she’ll probably try again,
As a grown up, she knows It was just a toy, but it was a part of her, that kept her happy, and if she could, she’ll own one, just to feel whole again and heal that little girl’s spirit.
We could only imagine how some opposites would think and say about this situation or story. They may say things like It was just a toy, that you’re grown, let it Go, or “it shouldn’t bother you anymore, because it happened a long time ago, Why dwell on something that’ll affect your day, or whatever excuse was given.
How about for the people that seem ok, hiding their issues that shaped them, just to seem strong, but only do those ways because they just know how to hide it better than others, only to realize many have a hard time letting go? Must be a normal thing
They could be right too, but if they were right by thinking that way, then how come we have so many adults that turn out to become harmful to themselves and to others, where maybe, an event whether small or huge, could have triggered a person, to shape oneself from the decisions chosen, when they were young, to end up doing good or bad in life, or become evil or stay good.
One also has to realize, what one person thinks is good or evil, may differ to another person.
Now that’s something to think about🧑💻