Miss Eh! Eh!
One thing must be said about little children besides them being accepted as 'little terrors' that they are is that they are utterly open and have no sense of double-talk. They are all innocent and honest beings on this earth until WE adults tell them otherwise.
I had the privilege to encounter a little tyke which I had nicknamed Miss Eh! Eh! (aka Miss Mm! Mm!) because she speaks and makes noises like that and points to communicate her demands. She surprisingly took to my presence rather well and I had no problem carrying her around. That's why playing with my little nephews, nieces, my godson and his siblings came in very handy after all!
While 'enjoying' Miss Eh! Eh! I also managed to relieve her babysitter for a while from the incessant attention she had to give to the child. For a few short moments I took over that duty. However, it was a good experience for me to get in touch with, as it gave a new perspective to how I ought to look at young children and infants. I don't know what Miss Eh! Eh! is going to be 20 or 30 years from now or the kind of person she is going to be. For now, what matters is that I had enjoyed the sense of pure innocence and openness that is usually missing in us adults but now exuding from this infant.
Miss Eh! Eh! came into the world under trying situations and it is to the credit of her mother and the grandmother that she is now a cute and beautiful child, which may very well be the saving grace that family will need in the years ahead. Miss Eh! Eh! can be the sign for many other struggling families to know that God never gives up on HIS children.
"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name." Ephesians 3: 14 (NRSV)
I had the privilege to encounter a little tyke which I had nicknamed Miss Eh! Eh! (aka Miss Mm! Mm!) because she speaks and makes noises like that and points to communicate her demands. She surprisingly took to my presence rather well and I had no problem carrying her around. That's why playing with my little nephews, nieces, my godson and his siblings came in very handy after all!
While 'enjoying' Miss Eh! Eh! I also managed to relieve her babysitter for a while from the incessant attention she had to give to the child. For a few short moments I took over that duty. However, it was a good experience for me to get in touch with, as it gave a new perspective to how I ought to look at young children and infants. I don't know what Miss Eh! Eh! is going to be 20 or 30 years from now or the kind of person she is going to be. For now, what matters is that I had enjoyed the sense of pure innocence and openness that is usually missing in us adults but now exuding from this infant.
Miss Eh! Eh! came into the world under trying situations and it is to the credit of her mother and the grandmother that she is now a cute and beautiful child, which may very well be the saving grace that family will need in the years ahead. Miss Eh! Eh! can be the sign for many other struggling families to know that God never gives up on HIS children.
"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name." Ephesians 3: 14 (NRSV)
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