Hi Ellie!
You, Miss Chatterbox, are hilarious at times. Why just the other day while we were
out shopping, out of the blue you decided to share some interesting information
with me. Now your Mommy will
probably not be happy that I am revealing it in this blog but the story is just
too funny not to share! After all…
it came from you!
Final Thought: “Secrets” never stay ‘secrets’.
Ellie, I never quite know when or what will trigger a
thought of yours that you feel needs to be revealed, but I do know that they
usually make me giggle. Let me
give you a few examples… A few days ago when you and I were shopping in Target
I pushed the cart that you were sitting in down the gift-wrapping and ribbon
aisle. The conversation that we
were heavily engaged in had to come to an abrupt halt as you had some pertinent
information that you felt needed to be stated immediately.
This is how it went.
Ellie: “Wait
Mimi… I have to tell you something.”
Mimi: “Oh?”
Ellie: “My Mommy
says that I am not suppose to give away her secrets.”
Mimi:
“Hmmmm. That’s interesting. What secret does your Mommy have?”
Ellie: “Well,
she told me that I couldn’t tell.”
(Now Ellie, I know Kimberly pretty much inside out so I knew
she would never share something ‘too deep’ with you. So whatever the secret was, I was pretty confident that it
had to be something silly that she had done.) And I was right.
I’ll continue.
Mimi: “Oh
Ellie, whatever her secret is I bet it is really funny.”
Ellie: “It is
Mimi. See these strings?” This is where you point to all the
rolls of gift ribbons.
Mimi:
“Yeah. What about them?”
Ellie: “Wellllll….
Mommy ran it over with the vacuum cleaner.”
Mimi:
“Ooooooooooooo… that’s not good.”
Ellie:
“Yeah. Actually the vacuum
cleaner sucked up the whole balloon that it was attached to… and the stick it
was tied to too!”
Mimi stifling a giggle: “Did she break the vacuum cleaner?”
Ellie: “I don’t
know. But I do know the stick was
broken. I’m just not supposed
to tell her secret.”
Mimi: “Don’t
worry El. It is safe with me!” :)
Here is another example Ellie (a very short but interesting
choice of words story). And it is
one that I think when you become a teenager you will have wished that I kept it
a secret. It may be embarrassing
down the road some, but right now it is just an endearing quirky Ellie story!
You and I were driving back to your house. At one point you commented that you had
the ‘sniffies’. But instead of
sniffing in (inhaling through the nose) you were exhaling through the nose,
which got your mind to thinking.
Ellie: “Mimi?”
Mimi: “Yes
Ellie. What’s up?”
Ellie: “Why do
we have nose boogers and ear boogers and eye boogers?”
Mimi trying to wrap her head around that one: “Well, ones from a nasal drip, ones
from wax build up and the other one is just yucky gunk.”
Ellie: “So why
do we have it?”
Mimi: “That’s a
really good question. I think we
should You-Tube it. Your Mommy says that’s a good way to
find out answers to tough questions!”
Ellie: “Ok. I was just wondering.”
And I was just wondering too Ellie where in heaven’s name do
you come up with your descriptive words!
And now I will give you one more story that actually taught
me a lesson. The other night when
you slept over we played the Twenty Questions Game while lying in bed. It was my turn and here is how it
unfolded.
Mimi: “Here is
your first clue Ellie. You will
find this thing in the ocean.”
Ellie: “Is it a
fish?”
Mimi: “Not
really, but kind of.”
Mimi: “It has a
really big head.”
Ellie: “Is it
an Angel fish?”
Mimi: “No.”
Mimi: “It has
suction cups.”
Ellie:
“What are those?”
Mimi: “Things
that stick to stuff.”
Ellie: “Wellllllll…
I don’t know.”
Mimi: “Alright,
her is another clue. It has 8
arms.”
Ellie in a somewhat exasperated tone: “Mimi… I have no idea what that
creature could be. So what the %#&& (hell) is it anyway?”
Mimi almost falling out of bed after that comment: “Oh Ellie, you should not say that word
because it is not a nice one. Even
in an ordinary sentence, it is a useless word that should not be used.”
Ellie: “Ok.”
Mimi: “Alright,
let’s continue. I will give you
one more clue. It starts with the
letter O.”
Ellie: “An
octopus?”
Mimi:
“Yes! And you couldn’t get
that from any of my other clues?
Goodnight silly Ellie-bellie.
I love you!”
Ellie giggling: “Night Mimi. I love you too.”
And the reason I am telling you the second story El, is
because I may possibly be the culprit from whom you have heard the
inappropriate word that you so effectively and appropriately used in voicing
your frustration. Would I like to
keep that one a secret???
Yes! Will I??? No! It is usually the elders that teach the
younger ones right from wrong. But
in this case Ellie, you (the younger one) taught me (the elder) to think before
speaking. Words have power
and our choice of words can impact a statement. I shall leave you with a quote from author Jennifer Hubbard;
“Nothing Stays Secret Forever” Nor should it El, nor should it!
I love you Little Miss Tell-All!
Mimi
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