It's a Sunday night. Well, it's THE Sunday night before I leave for my writer's conference in North Carolina! There is more info to come on that later, but you should know that my last couple of months have been nothing but LAAAAATE nights, preparing book proposals, one sheets, articles, and more. You could say that I'm exhausted, but I've been more exhausted before, so it's no stranger. And, the exhaustion is blinded by this crazy, giddy drive and anticipation of the conference! I've tried to attend She Speaks for several years now, and something has always come in the way. NOT THIS YEAR! I leave early Thursday morning and I. CAN'T. WAIT!
I've been 'mommy-stressed', of course; trying to prepare three kids and a husband to be away from their momma & wife is not an easy task! Chloe (almost 11) leaves for church camp tomorrow morning, so there's been packing and prepping for that as well.
This evening, the kids decided we needed to play a family round of what we call 'Wall Ball'. So outside we go to spend the last evening together before a week of crazy, sporadic separation. Avary (4) has a tendency to acquire injury during Wall Ball, so she and I sat on the sidelines and cheered. She bounced up on my lap, and I'm sure I had been rubbing her legs, back, hair, as I normally always do. Several minutes later, she said, "Momma, feel my legs; aren't they soft?"... "Yes, Avary, they are".... "I know they are, momma; Chloe shaved them in the shower last night"....
SAY WHUUUUUUT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm pretty certain that I threw Avary off of my lap; rubbing up and down her legs, realizing that, yes, THEYARE SMOOTH!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I think much of my life flashed before my eyes in that moment. My dreams, my fears, my failures, visions of my children as babies... there they all came in an instant... and then the hyperventilation.
"CHLOE! Did you shave your sister's legs?????" To which Chloe responded, "No," to which I responded, "Chloe, DID YOU SHAVE YOUR SISTER'S LEGS???" Chloe denied the accusations, and Avary stood there, innocently shaking her head 'yes', all the while smiling happily. So, Avary finally said, "Come here, mom, I'll show you..." It was then that Chloe frantically says, "MOM, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" I put my hand out as to say 'just wait', and followed Avary to the bathroom. She proceeds to show me the DISPOSABLE RAZOR that Chloe used to shave her legs with!
AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I am in serious agony at that point. Like, SERIOUS. My baby girl... FOUR YEARS OLD... has had her legs shaven!!!!!! Breathe, Crystal... b-r-e-a-t-h-e.
Now, I should say that it wasn't until less than a year ago, that Chloe was even allowed to start shaving with an ELECTRIC razor. And literally, one week ago, I agreed to let her have a go at the disposable razor. I should also say that my girls do not regularly shower together, nor does Chloe regularly help with Avary's baths. However, last night I unexpectedly needed to head to the hospital to pray with a lady who'd just had an emergency c-section to deliver her baby at 26 weeks gestation. Having experience with this, and also being in the ministry, I felt compelled to offer prayer and encouragement immediately. So I asked Chloe if she felt like she could take on the responsibility of giving Avary a bath. She asked if they could just take a shower together. "Why not", I thought. And THAT is when it all went down.
I will admit, that my head was spinning. I wanted to lose it. But God told me to pray. PRAY. I will also admit that I just wanted to deal with the situation, and THEN pray! I went to instruct Chloe to go to her room so that her daddy and I could discuss punishment, and she begins to scream and bawl that Avary "forced her to do it". Yes, those four year olds are ruthless. GAH!
As I walked into the living room, dazed and confused, I could see that Derrick knew that I was just in a cloud of fury and hurt and... I'm not really sure what else... so he sent me to my room to pray, and he took the first round with Chloe. Let me tell ya, God knew what he was doing when he asked me to stop and pray, 'cuz, I'm just not real sure how I was going to handle this! (see, I even said, 'cuz)
Keeping the interrogation details confidential for Chloe's sake, I will say that we had a good discussion about the crime, the punishment, and also about God's grace and mercy! (that one was for both of us!) But since I know that inquiring minds want to know, Chloe lied about the offense because she was afraid that we would keep her from going to church camp tomorrow. HAAAAAAAAAA! Oooooooooh honeyyyyyyy.... you are GOING to church camp.... EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!
(You know, as much as I wanted to come unglued on that child, the outcome was so much greater when I stopped and allowed God to take control. I'll admit that I don't always succeed at that. There have been plenty of times that I've let my tone of voice get out of control, or fly off the handle with some crazy punishment before rationalizing. I, for one, am thankful for God's grace as well!)
"The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you." 2 Corinthians 13:14 (MSG)
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