Sunday, May 15, 2011

Same Mistake TWICE

In church every Sunday, Ellie routinely reads the Sacrament Meeting program to see the listings of the upcoming birthdays for the week. With Drew and Joshua's birthdays recently being listed, Ellie has been anxiously awaiting seeing her name in print.

The anticipation this week has been ongoing; "This Sunday my name will be on  'the paper' and they will sing to me in Primary." Ellie has excitedly repeated many, many times.

Well we'll make this story really, really short.
Remember this???
Well it happened again.

Except this time it happened to an almost-seven-year-old girl who has been waiting for weeks for this single event.

I don't know who was trying harder to suppress the tears from falling; me or her.
She was crushed, and I was sad for her, in a way only a mother understands.

And I know, I know, what some of you are thinking!
"What's the big deal?"
Well I'll tell you it is a big deal.  Especially to someone who's birthday is only five days away and who has been counting down the days for close to 364 days.

A birthday is a birthday and if you're going to mention some, you better make sure you mention them all.  It was just the wrong person to have missed.  Skip mine if you have to, but not Ellie's... that's all I'm sayin'.

Happy Birthday Week Ellie!!

5 comments:

  1. Chris aka NanaMay 16, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    Oh that's sad! Next year maybe?! Doesn't help this year though! HaPpY BiRtHdAy WEEK ELLIE!!

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  2. Brad Hyde FamilyMay 16, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Oh that's horrible. My girls do the same thing. Hope she has a great week for her birthday!

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  3. LesleyMay 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    I know I'm not as big on b-days as you, but... I AM TOTALY WITH YOU ON THIS!!!! My daughter LOVES (and every year counts down the weeks) to see her name on the program as well. Last year (mind you she turned 17) she was so disappointed not to see her name on the program. I was a bit unhappy about that, I understand that we were in a new ward, but we had been there 6months. Shawn XXXX moved from your ward a year ago and his name is on the program. I feel so bad for Ellie, I seriously do. BTW did you notice the title on the communique for the RS/priesthood lesson on May22?

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  4. SteckyMay 17, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    I have informed the new membership clerk. He is going to check and see that your records are correct. He was upset that she was overlooked.

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  5. MorganMay 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    After reading Lesley's comment I went back and read the name of the lesson. Hehe. That is pretty ironic.

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