My niece Brittani is on a mission ... (in the picture, she is on the far left, in front of her dad, my brother in law, James. Andrew is in the middle (he's on a mission in British Columbia)Hannah is next, she's 15. Kayleen, my sister is behind her, and Sam 11 is in the front) Anyway, Brittani is serving in the Halifax Canada mission to be specific! She has been on my mind alot today, mostly I think because I have not heard from her in a while and wonder how she is doing. I miss her cute little face and as I have thought about her today I was remembering a very funny conversation her and I had years ago that I would like to share:
One Spring afternoon I stopped by my sisters house to pick her up, she was a few month's shy of 4 years old. She and I were on our way to have some one on one time and she was very excited. I buckled her in the back seat and started down the road. We had only traveled a couple of blocks when I looked in the rear veiw mirror and noticed that she had unbuckled her seatbelt and was kneeling on the seat so she could see out the window. "Brittani," I said, "Please sit down and put your seat belt on, so you are safe." She ignored me ... I asked again ... she ignored me ... I pulled the care over to the curb, stopped and turned around. " Brittani, we are not going anywhere if you choose to ignore me and not keep your seat belt on ... you need to be safe in Aunt Jana's car or we will go home." "I'll be OK" she said sweetly. " Sweetheart, you have to wear a seat belt, what would I do if we had an accident and you were hurt so bad that you died? What would I do? "Oh,Auntie "J", " I would just get resurected and it only takes three days ...that's not very long , is it?" (Oh, well, she did grasp something of the Easter lesson from primary!) I smiled and buckled her up anyway.
Everytime I think of that memory I laugh ... she has always been headstrong and when she gets determined, she peirces her lips together and goes for what ever is on her mind! I hope she has that same determination on her mission! She'll be very successful!
3 comments:
Hey Jana,
I didn't actually hear that story from you befor but I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.
K
Hey Jana! It's jess from the o group. You can click on my name to visit my blog, glad i found u here!
I must be one of the first that you told this story to. I have laughed about it for years. Can't believe the little smarty is on a mission
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