Sunday morning, Jia and I were having our usual clothing feud before church. I’m actually fairly accommodating, but I do require that the clothing is appropriate for the weather. Fall has finally arrived, and Jia had chosen a precious little Summer skort. (In fact, it’s a hand-me-down from her sister, and I’ve been trying to get her to wear it for two years! She’s hated it the entire time. Sunday morning, she fell in love with it!) I tried to go the route of some pink leggings underneath with a lightweight jacket to offer some sort of compromise. No dice! Not only did she want to wear this cute little skirt with bare legs, she also wanted to wear her tall black boots, basically go-go boots with a mini-skirt. I laid down the law, gave her a couple of choices, then went to get ready myself.
A few minutes later, my little princess came walking into my bedroom with tears spilling out of her beautiful almond-shaped eyes. I got on my knees and hugged her, then asked her if she wanted to talk. Her response, “I just want to go live in Heaven so that I can wear whatever I want to wear.”
As Grant would say, “I got nothing!”
October 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Cute! I want to go to Heaven too, Jia, but I’m going to just keep shopping for whatever I love to wear while I’m stuck here on earth!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
We all loved this story! So funny. And funnier as it was happening to you and not me. : ) Believe me, with 3 daughters, I’ve already had (and am still somewhat having) my Sunday morning clothes issues. Glad to get to read about you and yours!
As far as the French goes ~ we are trying our hardest and hope that God will enable our ears to hear and our mouths to speak when the time comes. It’s harder than I thought it would be, but I am not without hope. : )
October 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Ok Kitty, Don’t know if you remember me, but when I knew yall you had just started the adoption process, who knew it would come to this, what a blessing hahaha! I love it and she is beautiful!!
October 25th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Oh, Angie, I do remember you! How wonderful to hear from you! Jia’s been home for four years now! Can you believe how time flies? She is such a precious gift!!!
Hope all is well with you!