Okay, so I wrote a little while ago about Leia being called and answering to, “Little girl.” She’s really cute about it and anytime my Mom calls me, “Little girl,” (Which is often), she is right there, wagging her tail and then sitting down and waiting for my Mom to tell her what to do. My Mom calls her, “Little girl” and Sean calls her, “Pretty girl.”
I am a 38-year-old woman. I’m totally okay with my Mom calling the dog, “Little girl.” I have no problem sharing the title and it makes me laugh to watch her react to me being called, “Girl” because she thinks that my Mom is talking to her. Last night, when my Mom was getting ready to help me into bed, she called me, “Gorl” and head to add, “Not you” directed to Leia because she was talking to me.
I think that mixup is funny but yesterday morning, I had to share my titles and I don’t think it was so funny. I need to explain a little background before I explain what happened yesterday morning.
Background that any of my brothers can attest to:
Whenever my Dad was directing my brothers to complete some tasks, (Yard work or something) he would give them jobs to do and I would ask him what I could do because I want to do a help as well. His answer was the same every single time, he told me to just, “Sit there and look pretty.” My brothers still make jokes about that, even to this day!
So yesterday morning, my Mom took Leia out and gave her breakfast. She was in the doorway of my room and said, “You just sit there and look pretty, girl.” I was still laying in bed waiting for her help to get out and into my wheelchair. I remember about seven years ago I explainEd what my Dad used to say to my colleagues. I told them about what my Dad used to tell me and what I was going to do at parent teacher conferences because I did not have a classroom or students like that.
I remember my colleagues being amused at what my Dad used to say to me but that memory is very dear to me and when my Mom said it yesterday morning, I just answered, “I will!” because I assumed she was talking to me. Well, turns out, she was NOT. She was talking to the dog!
I am not going to lie that I felt a little bit bruised for a while realizing that I had to share my title I have never had to share that title! I think it’s crazy that I am 38 years old and now, I finally have to! It was it is startling realization I came to yesterday morning but I have come to that realization. I will willingly share my turtles with the dog!
Because she is so cute, I shared this video on Facebook a little while ago and I absolutely love it!
https://www.facebook.com/100007997082061/posts/2700603406882869/?d=n
Sean took this video out in the yard and I have watched it over and over again. I can’t believe that I am, “A Dog Person” now but I am accepting it and I will share my titles with her because she is so darn cute and she is part of my family now!