Of fish fingers, planetary orbits and original sin

Here are just some of the questions Cam asked yesterday from supper to bath time (approximately 40 minutes):

Why are we having fish fingers?

Why do we die?
Why do we get very old?
Why do we sin?
Why did Adam and Eve eat the fruit?
Why did the snake trick them?
Why is it cold on Pluto?
When are you going to die?
Why is Pluto far away from the sun?
Why do you love me?
What didn’t Jesus make?
Why do we get sad?
Why aren’t baked beans nice?

Here are some of the questions I asked yesterday:

Why do people say they are willing to accommodate a visually impaired child, but then leave him standing confused amidst a dozen synchronously dancing toddlers because no one has shown him the routine?

Why do I make the mistake of trusting that people understand Cam’s disability?
How do I not succumb to blinding (ha ha) fury when things like this happen?
How will we teach Cam about the beautiful, painful, powerful paradox that God is taking glory from all this?

‘The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.’ – Deuteronomy 29:29