I've mentioned that Jude's BFF A.J.'s mom, Ronda, is the assistant teacher in Jude's Third Grade class. She also teaches them religion - remember it's a Catholic school.
Well, the other day, they had an exercise in class where first they wrote a letter to God, using the primary hand they write with (Jude's your standard righty). They then wrote a letter back from God to them, using their other hand (Jude's left). Sweet, right? The idea being that the left-handed writing frees the creative side of their minds and releases...God, or whatever. Well...
A couple of days later, Ronda ran up to me and handed me the following. She had told the kids that their letters to God would be private, but she just couldn't resist showing it to me because it was so damned sweet. So PLEASE, if you happen to know my child, DON'T tell him that you saw this. I'm figuring that by the time he's figured out that I write this blog, and starts digging through it in horror, he won't care about this any more.
So here's his letter to God...
Couldn't you just DIE! I'm sorry that my child doesn't know how to spell my NAME. Sigh. I think God is incretible too! But is that the sweetest thing you've seen or what? No wait...here's the sweetest thing you've ever seen, his letter back from God (left-handed writing)...
Mama here may recover sometime in the next year or so. How much do I love this odd little boy of mine?!
These papers are going straight into the top drawer of my bedside table.
When I was a kid, both Mama and Daddy had top drawers on their bedside tables, into which they put their treasures. A place for safe keeping. A place for precious items that brought them joy and comfort to look at, and which they wanted to keep close by.
When Daddy died, I looked through his bedside table and found, along with his copy of the AA Big Book signed by Bill W. himself, this picture of Mama...
Yes, Mama...in a bikini. Which I used to think was the sweetest thing ever, but I now think is the second sweetest thing ever.
So there you have it...the sweetest thing ever AND the second sweetest thing ever both in one blog post. What more could you want?
My grandma passed away two weeks ago and we have pictures of her in a bikini too. She liked to pose - just like my Boo Boo La La.
Posted by: mommylisa | 10/14/2011 at 06:08 AM
The sweetest and cutest thing every - rilly!!!!!
Posted by: Lisa | 10/14/2011 at 07:27 AM
Can I just say Turbo's hand writing and Jude look a lot alike. Little boy hand writing is so sweet.
Posted by: VandyJ | 10/14/2011 at 08:22 AM
that was just so sweet it made me all teary-eyed. Sniff. You are so blessed...
Posted by: Lynn Hornsby | 10/14/2011 at 09:03 AM
This child is full of grace!! You are truly blessed to be his mama.
Posted by: Judy | 10/14/2011 at 10:12 AM
That definitely got me all misty. So great that he knows how loved he is.
Posted by: Sarah at 32Flavors | 10/14/2011 at 10:13 AM
Those letters are so sweet!
Posted by: Sprite's Keeper | 10/14/2011 at 05:44 PM
I burst into a frenzy of menopausal tears reading those letters. Seriously - this made me bawl more than the ending to Toy Story 3.
That Jude...he's a sweetheart and a half.
Posted by: Jan | 10/16/2011 at 03:01 PM
Oh yeah, definite tears on that one. What an absolute sweety. Rilly.
Posted by: Keely | 10/16/2011 at 03:43 PM