Getting Back Candy

When I was very young and living in Puerto Rico I fell in love with a Japanese anime series called Candy Candy. It was the story of an orphan girl and her adventures around the world. Candy Candy had a lasting impact in my life because this girl faced so many hardships but through all the bullies, pain, set backs, difficult people, and death, all the while she stayed positive.

When I moved to USA, back in 1982, I was devastated because I could not see the end of this series. Yes, I have to admit I did cry about it, and in the back of my mind Candy remained as a cloud of something unfinished needing an end. In time I placed it in a hidden place where it remained until now.

Recently, 29 years later and due to the advance world of technology, I was given the incredible opportunity of watching the complete series (115 chapters) via YouTube. Imagine my surprise! AND yes, I don’t care if people think it silly and immature. I have been watching this series now for the last three weeks and I am as hooked today, as I was when I was young. Every character and story line is stealing my heart and I am revisiting those same emotions I did years ago.

I have to thank technology for giving me another chance to revisit my past and have closure with a program that really touched my emotions when I was a child… but what does this have to do with faith? Maybe nothing to you, but to me is just another way of God showing me that even those silly and immature feelings are important to Him and He knows how to give me back part of my childhood I though lost.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. (NASB) Matthew 6:33

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