DRAMA

I think the last thing Calli needs is a jacket! Which is why my mom was hesitant to get her the Woodlands Elite letter jacket that I suggested for Christmas. They are just like a High School letter jacket and Calli was THRILLED when she opened it. And wore it every day since....until this past week. It went MIA for a few days and I've never seen Calli so diligent and persistant in trying to find it and getting more upset by the day. I usually get really aggravated when either of my kids lose something. They have a really bad habit of leaving things wherever they are when they no longer need it's services. I always tell them the old saying "Everything has a place and there's a place for everything". They hear my lecture many times...."If you put your "insert object name here" in it's spot, when you needed it again, you could look in its spot to find it." But this time I was not aggravated because I was as baffled as she was. And lately she has gotten so much better at keeping up with her things. This jacket was her prized possession and she puts it on the same barstool every day, wears it every day, keeps up with it at school, church, practices...not once has she said "Oh I forgot my jacket". So last week it went missing. I was in charge of it at Ft Worth on the last day when she took it off for  a short time to wear her National Champion jacket so my heart skipped a few beats thinking it was my fault and maybe I left it at the competition. Then I remembered a conversation at home Monday night about the jacket and looking at it so I knew it had made it home. Anyways, she was very distraught and honestly so was I. She told Wes that it was the best present she had EVER gotten. On Saturday night she wrote me this note, snuck it into my room to put it on my vanity and I found it Sunday morning as I was getting ready for church.

     
           Dear Loving Mommy,

           I love you so much! and I really wanted to make you proud of me with keeping

          up with my stuff and I already failed. I feel like a total failure!!! But I also wanted you
          to know that I tried my best and I don't think I misplaced it. I love you and I am sorry
          for letting you down. But I am praying the Lord will help us find it.
                     I love you,

                    Calli Grace

I know...this makes me sound like CPS should come take custody. I promise I was not THAT hard on her. I told her I'm as confused as she is because I SWEAR it was on that barstool and she didn't wear it to school on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Anyways, Sunday night as I tucked her in she said "Did I leave it at your office? What day did we go up there?" Hmmmm...we went up there Wednesday night and I had not been in my office Thursday or Friday. Maybe it was but I was skeptical. But I opened to the door of my office Monday morning and look what I found

I texted her at 8:30 AM but my obedient child follows the rules and didn't turn her phone on until 2:35 when she got out of school. She replied "AWESOME  AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" and then immediately called me with her voice about 10 decibals above normal. All is once again righ with the world.