Kiddo has a cousin that is just two months older than her. I think it is hard to imagine two more different girls. Yet, I still believe they were good friends in heaven, there is a reason two such beautiful and delightful girls were born into the family so close to each other, and I look forward to opportunities for them (and thus our families) to be together (hence the job application I made my husband fill out for my brother's future place of employment).
Last Sunday my neice became a Sunbeam, and it appears to have been a great experience for everyone. I'm really glad about that. My daughter should have also become a Sunbeam last Sunday. She should have learned, like her cousin, she was a child of God (now I need to see if she knows that...), got a cute hat, and been welcomed into the world of primary. Instead she attended nursery again. And will for the forseeable future, because there is nothing in our branch that supports the gospel learning of three year olds, except me and my husband. There is a great system for one and two year olds, and a decent system for six years and up. But nothing for Kiddo. It kind of makes me sad...
But I have been assured that "it will be okay."
The Spirit often whispers to me that things will be okay. I always believe. But I never quite know what it means until I can look back on a situation, because I have long since learned that "okay" by God's definition is rarely the same as "okay" that I naively map out. The okay for Kiddo's time is still unfolding.
