What would you erase from your world?

A birthday gift given to one one of my daughters was a Doodling Journal.  It's the perfect gift for her; she would draw & paint all day if I let her.  We flipped though the blank pages, each one has an inspirational quote, or subject to encourage creative writing & doodling.

One page asks the question, "What would you erase from your world?" At first I was taken by surprise, the crazy, overprotective mom took over, do I want my child to think she could do such a thing? Why would she want to erase anything from her sweet little 8 year old life? Would I be disturbed if she draws pictures of her kid sister, {gasp}....me???  I know it's just a little book, things {and people} aren't going to start magically disappearing into thin air as if they had never existed.  For some reason this really bothered me. 

She picked up her pen, and began to draw.  I fought the urge to peek over her shoulder. It didn't take long before she called me over to see her work. 

I breathed a sigh of relief, even smiled. 

The Dentist - poor girl has had quite a few fillings, not such a great experience for her. 
Jeans - She likes to wear dresses everyday.
Waiting - not for anything in particular, she explained, just waiting.  Waiting for birthdays, the bus, driving in the car {how many more minutes?} waiting for supper to finish cooking and for daddy to come home from work. 

Thinking harder, there are things I wish I could erase from her world. Violence. Sickness. Heartbreak.  I've experienced all of the above, would I want to shelter her from these? Injuries. Pain. Loss. Does she need these to make her stronger?  Just to make her realize that everyday is truly a gift? A day that would otherwise be deemed ordinary, a day without an ounce of sickness, an image of violence, a single tear in her world.   Am I thinking too much into this? Probably.  OK, yes I am.  

What do you think? What would you erase from your world?