April 25 – “Pink Pox”

Cailyn let loose with another story yesterday.  I overheard her telling it to Chris as they lay in bed for a quick nap time.  Here it goes:

Once upon a time there was a watermelon walking home.  When he got home he looked in the mirror and he … he freaked out.  He had chicken pox.  They were all over him and they were blue … no they were pink.  But sometimes you can have blue ones.  And that’s all of my story.  Now it’s your turn.

I thought you might want a look into the mind of this particular 4 year old.  See, she was with her Nani.  Nani is – how shall I say this? – a watermelon person.  She loves watermelon.  She can cut a watermelon in half and scoop it out with a spoon and eat it right then.  And if you can get her away long enough to cut it into portions for everyone, she is likely to sample the center of each piece, just to make sure everyone is getting the proper taste experience.  Hence, the walking watermelon in this special story for Nani.  The mirror part is easy to explain as well.  We have one of those stand-alone full length mirrors by the door in our bedroom.  When you are in our bed you are facing the mirror, so Cailyn had a prime view of it.  Now as for the chicken pox, I assume she was remembering a rash her Mom had around her neck.  From the sounds of things the two of them talked about it, and a comparison was made with the mysterious chicken pox.  Now, Cailyn has never really seen chicken pox, she has no idea what color they really might be.  She and I have had the favorite color discussion, and she knows my favorite color is blue.  I can only guess that perhaps Nani has indicated an affinity for that hue as well.  Pink, however, is a different story.  That one belongs to Cailyn.  She loves all things pink.  She also is a kind person at heart, and wouldn’t want to hurt the feelings of a potential blue-lover, so she hastily added the possibility of a strain of chicken pox that results in blueness.  Now, as for the freaking out statement, maybe we have to ask her Mommy about that one.  I’m sure she has never seen anyone do anything out of the ordinary around here that could be in any way construed as “freaking out.”  We are just a couple of nice, quiet, little grandparents doing our best to spoil our grandkids.

Psalms 86:16 says, “Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant and save the son of your maidservant.”

Father, be with the families of the victims of the West tragedy as they are memorialized today.  Amen.