It is inevitable that the daughter of the ward primary chorister (me) and ward primary pianist (Mark) and older sister of the ward primary mascot/cheerleader (Eliza) will pick up the year's 8 primary songs whether she's trying to or not. This year's theme is "I'll Follow Him in Faith," and one of the year's songs was titled just that. I was flattered on Sunday when Sage's nursery music leader told Mark that she can tell which children are exposed to music in the home--and it was clear to her that Sage was. But, as they say, pride goeth before a fall. Today came the fall.
I was washing dishes in the kitchen when I heard Eliza begin screeching in the living room. I rushed to the scene of the crime, having recognized Eliza's "I've been wronged" cry, where I naturally found Sage. I confronted Sage, who is amazingly truthful, even when it comes to incriminating herself.
"What happened, Sage? Why is Eliza sad?"
" Eliza was trying to get the Desitin, so I told her to 'follow me in faith'."
I think I know what next week's family home evening lesson will be about.
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It's a good thing Sage is the (extended) family watchdog, so no one gets away with serious errors like trying to get the Desitin. Or calling her daddy Mark.
funny story about that song--I thought it was "I'll follow him in vain" until I got into senior primary! oops.
Ha! --Mom
don't worry, whenever i come over to the williams, i walk in and the first thing the family watchdog says to me is: "don't eat all of our popcorn, becca." as if i even like popcorn... :) good thing she keeps us straight
Way to go teaching your girl scripture stories! She will have a firm base of people she knows about who talked with God, and will understand the details of the stories later. So many kids only know about superheros, movie & computer game characters, and nothing about the real heros.
I applaud you!
Thanks, Miriam. This is a good way to look at the situation. They are real heroes. It's important for us to show interest and respect for the amazing stories in the scriptures, so we can help our kids understand that they are real and meaningful, as well as interesting. Now how to eliminate the blasphemy...?
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