Thought #1
This morning in the car on the way to school Precious told me she wants to go to Paris. Apparently Barbie went to Paris in one of her movies. I informed her that I will probably never go to Paris because I don't like to fly, so Sissy said she would go with her. They planned their trip to Paris when they are "grown-ups" and even thought to make sure Dad stayed at home with me so I wouldn't be lonely. I pray that some day they actually do get to go to Paris together. I want them to know that they can do whatever they want to do. Even spend a crazy amount of money to go to a place where I hear everyone is rude :)
Thought #2
I love taking my girls out to dinner. I especially love taking each of them out separately, just the two of us. I love the conversations we have, the things they share with me and getting to concentrate completely on them, no distractions. Saturday night Dad went to a football game with a friend, so I got to take the girls out to eat.
Don't ask me how this came up, but Precious told me that she feels funny when boys look at her. When I asked her why, she said that she just wants them to like her. She is 7, not 13, not even 10, SEVEN! I was totally unprepared and didn't have any idea how to respond. I simply said that all that really matters is that God loves us and our family loves us. Any suggestions on what an appropriate response would have been. I love that she feels comfortable enough with me to share and I hope she will continue to come to me for advice when she gets older. If we had not gone to eat she probably never would have mentioned that. I plan to keep taking my girls out to dinner because who knows where the conversation will lead.
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