The day Kristen has been dreading has arrived. She is being confirmed this morning. What this means to the rest of us is getting up earlier and being showered and dressed and to the church by 9:30. It also means no fishing for Randy. He will deal.
What it means for Kristen other than the obvious-confessing her faith in God, reaffirming her baptism, etc, is confronting one of her biggest fears. She has to read the essay she wrote based on a verse of scripture in front of the congregation. Despite the fact that she knows most of these people and none of them will judge her for any mistakes she makes, this is a huge terrifying ordeal for my little girl. I have tried to reason with her, pointed out to her that God won't give her anything she can not handle, pointed out that she has had much worse trauma(starting at TRMS for example). Nothing worked....until I resorted to bribery. We are going to Olive Garden for lunch(she was told she had to pick something other than McD), and promised her she could get that Chocolate Lasagne desert. She perked right up with that. Chocolate-the supreme motivator.
She has two momentous Sunday's in a row. IN 7 DAYS MY BABY TURNS 13. I can not deal.
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