Dinner Conversation

I was talking to my mom just a few minutes ago and telling her about how our dinner conversation went tonight. Why must these things come up when Marc is not around?

I'm at the stove cooking brussel sprouts and fish. The girls are not thrilled. Cerys and Bailey are at the table coloring. Cerys draws something that looks like a goblet and says, "Mummy, look I drew a glass that Jesus drank wine out of!" She's so proud. "Oh, honey that's great, well done." Just for the record, I have no clue where she gets this from. One day I was making a cake and when I got the vegetable oil out of the cabinet Cerys exclaims, "Oh Mummy, that's the wine Jesus drinks!" What? Anyway.

After I congratulate her on her drawing Jesus' wine goblet they ask what is for dinner. I tell them and Bailey shouts "Ewww, gross!" Then Cerys says, "Will my teachers and friends be in heaven Mummy?" Whoa. That's a loaded question. I start by saying that we believe what the Bible, the Word of God says and that it says if we believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths- believe that Jesus is God's son and that we are sinners- then we will be saved and will live with Him forever in heaven. "Ya, so will my teacher be in heaven?" I say, "Well honey, I don't know you could ask her what she believes." Then she goes on to say, "Well can I take my dolls and toys to heaven?" I explain, "No, honey you won't need any of that there." Bailey, who has been attached to a pink stuffed lion since she was 6 months old pipes up, "Uh, what? I HAVE TO TAKE LIONEY." Dang. I feel like I'm just digging a hole deeper and deeper. "Well girls, heaven is just such a wonderful place that you won't even think about your toys and dolls. God has prepared such a wonderful place and you will be so surprised and it will just be so neat!" (Trying to save face here) Bailey says, "But I will cry without Lioney!" I say, "Well, did you know the Bible says there are no tears in heaven- there will be nothing for you to be sad about!" Cerys "Oh Mummy, you are so funny!" I'm not trying to be funny here, just telling her what the Bible says.

Cerys then asks, "So what happens if you don't believe in Jesus, where do you go?" Wow. Why must I have to answer these questions alone?? "Um, well again we believe what the Bible says" and so I gently (they are only 6 and 4 yrs old!) explain what the Bible says hell is like. I just get blank stares from them. I can only imagine that Cerys might show up at school tomorrow telling her teacher she is going to hell if she does not believe. Then Bailey grabs her Lioney and marches over to me with this look on her face and says, "Well, I don't want to go to heaven, and I'm never eating fish or wine, EVER!" And she marches out of the kitchen. Cerys continues to color her wine goblet.

Bailey did eat her fish and they both gagged eating ONE brussel sprout. As Cerys was making gagging noises I made her get up from the table and stand over the trash can (rubbish bin) in case she threw up. I'm feeling like a real winner tonight. Did I mention that Addison started the day off by saying, "Go away!" when I went in to get her this morning? I explained to her that she was so tired from her late night shenanigans of crying and calling out for Daddy and that perhaps after her nap this afternoon she would be happier. And she was.

Goodnight.
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