She excitedly announced first to Chris that
she had something to show her. After seeing
it Chris assured her that this was something she needed to show DadDad, so they
joined me in the office for an encore presentation. Crouching low with her feet spread apart,
left shoulder back, head turned toward us, she slowly brought her right hand up
to her face. With her hand in the
classic “vee” position, she very slowly and quite gracefully, I might add,
started from around her left ear and slithered the vee shape across her eyes,
ending with a flip of the wrist, the fingers coming together, and a definitive
point in our direction. All in all it
was a sultry, daring, and somewhat intimidating move.
Of course we asked her where in the world
she ever saw something like that, and her answer was rapid and
matter-of-fact. “Oh, that is my ‘Uncle
Andy Eyes.’ He makes me do this.” Uh-huh.
Uncle Andy. Makes you do
this. I think we need to have little
talk with Uncle Andy. Oh, by the way,
for those of you who don’t know Uncle Andy … He is a good friend of Nathan’s
who works with him at the fire department.
Uncle Andy only has boy children around his house. You know, football, belching, horseplay. Where he learned that move is somewhat of a
mystery, I suppose. Maybe watching too
many John Travolta 70’s movies. Or maybe
it’s Uncle Andy’s wife, Mrs. Katie we need to be talking to. Cailyn did mention that she couldn’t wait to
show her the pencil she got at school.
Why? “Because it has skulls on it
and Mrs. Katie loves skulls.” Ah,
well. I guess I’ll just go with the
flow. I’ve been practicing the move to
use as a special greeting the next time I see Uncle Andy. And as far as the skull-loving Mrs. Katie goes
... I need some time to think about that one.
Psalms 116:6 says, “The Lord protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he
saved me.”
Father, thank you for the friends you have
placed in our kids’ lives. Fill them
with fun and wisdom and joy and love.
You never know the true extent of the effect you have on a kid’s
life. Amen.
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