sweet, sweet girl....

mpb and i were in the car the other day just listening to our Easter music from church.  she knows all of the songs and requests specific ones - mainly "praise God" and "holy holy".  no, these aren't the names of the songs, but some of the main words in them, so that's what she calls them!

anyway - she quit singing and got quiet for a little while.  all of a sudden she said, "mommy, when i go up to Heaven, i don't want the clouds to get in my eyes..."

i assured her that Jesus would take care of that and that the clouds wouldn't get in her eyes.  she then got worried about the stars and moon.  how precious.  that is just innocence.

{note - today she told me that she wasn't worried about the clouds, moon, or stars because "my Jesus is going to take care of all that stuff"}

the same day that she asked about all of that, she sat in the back seat drawing on her magna doodle.  i looked and said, "oh mary peyton!  what a good mat-man!".  she said, "mommy, this isn't mat-man!  it's my pap-paw barnette who lives in Heaven!  when i go up through the clouds i'm going to get to hug and kiss him and Jesus!  did you know he is up there with Jesus?"

i teared up and grabbed my phone to take a picture.

her pap-paw barnette would be smitten with her.  she would be even more rotten than she already is.  but i would give anything for him to be able to know her.  to see her sitting on his knee with him reading her a book.  for us to have pictures and memories.

but that was not a part of God's plan.  so instead tommy and i are starting to show her pictures.  i want her to recognize him when she sees him - not wonder who the man in the picture is.  i want her to know how precious she would be to him and how much he would love (and spoil!) her if he was here.

anyway - here's mpb and her picture of her pap-paw.  i love this one.