Now as you may remember from previous posts, my darling girl is not very forthcoming with information about her day so it takes all my ingenuity to coax even minor details out of her. I've learnt not to question too intently as that causes instant shutdown. Instead, I feign disinterest and treasure her carelessly dropped clues to piece together the jigsaw of her day.
But this time, I'd obviously caught her at a good moment. I tentatively questioned further.
'So, was this story-telling at a Group Reading Session darling?'
"No, it was with Mrs D" (the headteacher).
She'd also come home singing something about Jesus The King and I don't know this for sure but I have a funny feeling that Mrs D may be in charge of RS.
So I put 2 and 2 together and, making a rather hasty assumption, asked her if this story had anything to do with Jesus.
Bingo.
Now I'm really curious (given that we're not a religious family...in fact, my husband is laughably aetheist). So I rack my memory for New Testament tales and ask what Jesus had done in her story...had he cared for the sick, healed the blind??
Double bingo. I'm on a roll now. So I have to just go for it and ask her what Jesus had done in her story.
"Jesus told the blind people to go the Opticians and get some help for their eyes".
Her father's daughter, through and through.
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Shoulda gone to specsavers!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised they haven't used Jesus in the ads yet - she is an advertising genius!
Yes, Jesus did tell them to go to the opticians, but it was Buddha who said go to Specsavers.
ReplyDeleteMrs D, head of RS.
Bless her indeed. Glad it isn't just me who has to find a very roundabout route to find out exactly what they've been up to all day. x
ReplyDeleteI remember not remembering a single thing of what happened in school all day. What do they say? Ignorance is bless. There you go ;-)
ReplyDeleteS&E Mum - Ha ha ha. Quite so! Certainly think Specsavers will be more impressed with her than the church.
ReplyDeleteDanzie - Hee hee. Buddha knows best.
BinB - It's a nightmare isn't it?! Sometimes I feel like saying to her, I'm the one paying all the money for your expensive schooling! The least you could do is tell me what you do there!! (But I do refrain, so far.....)
Met Mum - :-) I like it! That is reassuring that you say you don't remember your school days. Although with Darling Daughter I thin it's more that she's too tired to recount it all to me. Or plain can't be bothered! Done that, move on!
Have loved reading through your blog - can't believe it has taken me so long to find it. And love your daughters incredible practical and pragmatic answer!!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicola - thanks so much for stopping by and thank you for your lovely comment! I wish I'd written down all the sweet things my children (and all my nephews and nieces) have said in their innocence - so heart-breakingly sweet at the time but too easily forgotten in the mists of time.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that I've discovered your blog, I shall enjoy reading that too x