April 21, 2008
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Missing Little Miss
Little Miss is what I am calling the little girl my next-door-neighbor and best friend, Heidi, has been doing child care for all year. She is a charming child, one that captured my heart from the moment I met her. I don’t know what it was about her that so drew me to her, but I just loved heading over to Heidi’s house for a cup of morning coffee and a chance to see what Little Miss was up to. Sometimes they would come over to my house. Little Miss especially loved playing with my dogs, and all of Isaac’s toys. On days when Heidi needed to take time off for a doctor’s appointment, or to take one of her kids to the orthodontist or other similar activity, I was sometimes called upon to be the “back-up” babysitter. I so looked forward to those opportunities to spend some one-on-one time with sweet Little Miss. I would put everything else on my agenda on the back burner just to play and have fun with her.
Friday was Little Miss’s last day with Heidi. Her Mama is anticipating the birth of Little Miss’s brother any day now, and work was just getting to be too difficult. (Mama is a teacher at a local parochial school.) Soon after baby brother is born, the family will be moving out of the community. Mama has decided to become a full-time, stay-at-home mom to Little Miss and her new brother, so the family is moving to be closer to Daddy’s job. Friday morning Little Miss and Heidi came over for one last visit. A few tears escaped after they left, because I don’t know when or if I will see Little Miss again.
Some pictures to remember her by:
Little Miss and me on the swing in my front yard. Swinging on this swing was one of her favorite things to do with me.
Playing with my big dog, Gabby. Gabby is a patient old dog. She never minded when Little Miss used her as a pillow!
Here she is with one of my little dogs, Bowser. She had the cutest way of saying his name! Her little lips would pucker up and stick way out when she got to the “ow” part of “b-OW-ser”
Here she is planting the seeds I bought. Pumpkin and sunflower seeds. So much fun to watch them grow!
My very favorite picture of Little Miss. I took this one morning when we were having “coffee” together.
Oh precious Little Miss, I will miss you!
Comments (6)
She is darling. I see why you’re taken with her.
I love that last picture, as well. She is darling. Hopefully you’ll have a chance to stay in touch with her family someway.
awww, what a sweetie-pie. i know you will miss her. hopefully you will find a way to keep in touch. we used to babysit a little boy about the same age when i was a teenager. we all loved him so much and then his family moved away and we never saw them again. i wished many times we had tried to keep in touch or find them or something. he is grown now, probably with his own family. i still have a picture of him. try not to lose touch…
Oh good, your comments are back. I tried to leave one the other day and it wouldn’t take. These pics are precious! I love the one with the dog pillow, lol. I hope you can still visit her once in awhile. Stay at home mommies always need a break =0)
What a lovely little girl!
Hope you are having a good day!
thanks for the enthusiastic comments on my site. Always nice to find someone who connects to creativity! By the way, this girl is such a cutie! Who wouldn’t love a face like that? I’m sorry you won’t have her around any more. Kids add such a delight to our view of the world around us.