So heres a story for you. I told Tamsyn when she wanted her ears pierced, she could get them done. She's known this since she was three. Over the past month she's started mentioning she would like them pierced, so I said we would do it for her birthday (but not the day of, the day after, so she wouldn't be in pain on her birthday). So yesterday I took her in, and she was SO excited.
Well, I wasn't sure at first, but the lady pierced them unevenly. When we got home and I had a better look, and conferred with Lohn and one of my friends here, it was decided that we needed to take her right back in, take one out and re-pierce it. Tamsyn on hearing this FLIPPED out. She said she didn't care that they were crooked, she didn't want to do that again. She ran to her room, shut the door, and sobbed. I gave her a moment and talked to her and told her she really didn't have a choice, it needed to be done right or it would look funny for the rest of her life. Lohn gave her a fathers blessing (still sobbing) and we loaded back up into the car and went right back. On the way, I explained that she had the Holy Ghost now that she'd been baptized and part of the Holy Spirit's job in addition to warning us and testifying truth to us, is to comfort. I told her she needed to ALLOW the Holy Ghost to comfort her. After that we talked the whole way there about candy flavors and which ones we like. How we never have sugar cereals in our house, but thats ALL Grandma Dahle has in her house. How weird it is that Aunt Whitney doesn't like banana runts. How tootsie pops and gum pops cut our tongues. How grape is a gross flavor. Anyways, we distracted ourselves quite nicely, but I could see she was nervous as we approached the Kiosk in the mall. But I have to say, she was amazing. She was calm, and though it hurt her to get her earring pulled out and pierced again, she held up like a champ. She said it did occur to her to flail her arms and refuse to get it done, but she calmed done and just did it. NO tears. I just want to say, that there is NO WAY she would have been that calm if it wasn't for the Spirit. And I think it is amazing that no problem is too small for Him. I know that He felt as bad for her as I did, more so most likely. And I am grateful He sent her his Spirit to comfort her and strengthen her in her time of need.
2 comments:
Oh Tamsyn! I feel for you. I got my ears pierced once, then they got infected and closed up. I waited several years to do it again because I didn't want to go through that again. It would have been nice to have my dad there to give me a blessing first :) There is nothing too silly to get a blessing for. PS- I love love LOVE your green coat.
What a lucky girl to have parents that can turn a scary experience into a teaching moment(and I agree with the other comment - I love the green coat)!
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