New Pair of Shoes

My youngest daughter, Jacqueline, frequently idolizes her big sister, Racquel.  If Rocky’s favorite color is green, Jackie’s favorite color becomes green.  She often denies that she is copying her big sister.  It’s just coincidence that they favor all the same things.

And, this adoration–I think this is natural and good–better this way than anger and fighting.  (There is still some of that, too, but not so bad).

Recently my wife had the girls out and they were looking at shoes.  I wasn’t there–so I cannot say for certain what happened–but apparently they both liked the same pair (style) of shoes.  Inside of my brain I imagine that Racquel liked the shoes and, therefore, Jackie did, too.

Unfortunately, the shoes were not available in Jackie’s size, but they were available in Rocky’s size.  To avoid a meltdown, no shoes were purchased that day.

But, we found ourselves in the store again a week later…and we bought the shoes for Rocky.  Jacqueline, to say the least, wasn’t pleased.

She didn’t notice the next day that her sister was wearing those shoes when everyone boarded the bus for school in the morning.  But, on the return ride home, she saw them.  Jackie told her older sister, “You’re wearing those shoes.”.  She then sat down in her seat on the bus and wrote a note to her mom:

The note was delivered after school.  Several hours later I got my first peek at it when I got home from work.

I’ve written about it before–it’s a topic that I frequently think about–little people have big emotions and big memories!

Bad feelings were quickly forgotten and a day or two later Jacqueline was happy for her sister.  I admire the ease with which my youngest daughter ran the gamut of emotions and learned from it.  She cursed the Pisa, but she didn’t curse the shoes or her sister.  I have once again learned about life from my children.

If only we could come to terms and make peace so easily as adults!!