photo kristin tennant monday kids school friend lisa girls friends cornfield maze hardy's reindeer ranch sixth graders explore lisa fourth-graders moms goal make kids catching decided lead putting squabbles devising plan gave child equal turns make decisions fork path wonderful fork road metaphor enters picture kids made choices left let's left let's back turn lisa happily trailed rear chatting hour passed locate stations kids once-boundless energy beginning wane decided give wise parental direction problem clue looked completely lost general sense direction blindly auto-pilot street-smart brain position worried real danger great life lessons began emerge experience metaphors waiting interpreted love metaphors rich broad life lessons embedded nook daily lives notice interpret helping part god's specific holy spirit's holy spirit definition difficult grasp clearest ways sense spirit life occasional ability interpret appears small mundane unimpressive large scope things begin fathom rich moments lessons whiz miss slow open clicks amazing light bulb moments spirit responsible happened corn maze thinking realms life follow blindly people easy slip auto pilot mode consciously control freak flow make decisions give kids autonomy generally orchestrate danger lies waiting extreme slip mode blindly mode lose sense reality orientation matters suddenly find knowing arrived means lose ability jump assistance critical moments difference blind trust blindly metaphor formed question kind follower fully trust blindly blind trust type trust starting blind trust quite tend turn street-smart brains simply play follow leader auto-pilot created real switches knobs spirit whispering yesterday midst confusion corn maze follow alert tools eyes open forget trust remembering created 