shewhoshighlyfavored - olivia's nightly chit chat

31st January 2012

olivia’s nightly chit chat

i have always taught my girls to talk to God just as they would talk to mom and dad. that’s what prayer is. simple conversation. talk about anything and everything.

talk about your fear of forgetting your lines for the school play, about your frustration with learning math, your desire for a new pet that mom says you’re absolutely not getting because the last critter stunk up your whole room and you didn’t clean his cage enough and he was up all night on that little wheelie thing, going around and around and around and around keeping you up til you had to set him in the hallway so you could sleep and so the rest of us could be annoyed by his going around and around and around and around…… whew, hold on let me take a breath, ok you get my point, i think i am finished with my little rant, anyway„„„ no really, how can such a small animal be such big trouble ? i think a giraffe would be easier to care for. sorry, guess the rant isn’t quite over. sorry hehe.

oh yeah, see THIS, all adorablyness. that’s how they suck you in.

but it’s a massive diabolical trick, i tell you, because instead you really get this:

see what i mean !! enough already !! makes me crazy ! around and around and around and around, it’s a conspiracy, i tell ya! they really need to come with a warning label oiy…. oh yeah, sorry, i’m still ranting, aren’t i ? :/

ok i’m done

where was i going with this story ? my brain is all kerfuzzled now

oh yeah, talking to God a.k.a prayer. so one night i was tucking olivia (age 5) into bed and i told her,

“don’t forget to talk to Jesus”

“i don’t know what to talk to Him about, mommy”

“just talk about your day, share with him. when i shut the door behind me He will be sitting right there in your chair in the corner waiting to hear everything. He can’t wait for this part of the day. it’s the best for Him”

so i gave her freckled cheek a kiss and a lick and as i was shutting the bedroom door behind me i heard her say,

“well Jesus, wait til you hear THIS. You… are… never…going… to…believe what… rebecca…did…in…school…today. she got in soooooooo much trouble. uh huh, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.

you know i honestly thought i heard Jesus chuckle. the hair on the back of my neck stood up. i guess he finds her as comical as i do.

Tagged: Jesus aggravating hamsters annoying small animal pet thingys olivia parenting prayer the things children say