Saturday, February 18, 2006

As for Me and My Self...

This is Molly. Molly is Shaun's adopted little sister, Evan and Madalyn's aunt, but their senior by a mere 3-5 years. Shaun's parents are in town visiting and his mother just told me a great story about Molly. I love it.

I love it, I love it, I love it...

It occurred the other night when Peggy walked into Molly's room to see what clothes she'd set out for church the next morning, and found jeans and a lot of purple and sparkling accessories to match lying on her bed. The conversation between them follows:

"Don't you think that's a little casual to wear to church?"

"But jeans are cool, and I want to look cool for Spencer."

(Molly is 6. Spencer is like 9 or 12.)

"Well, the reason we dress up on Sunday is to honor God."

"Well- you can dress for God, but I'm dressing for Spencer."

Or as Peggy summarized the telling of it, "You can dress for God, but as for me and my self, we're dressing for Spencer."