The Girl with the Curl in the Middle of Her Forehead

Lydia can be very, very good--and sometimes, she can be horrid. Grace has been working hard to earn tokens at the orthodontist's office. She does this by being on time to appointments and brushing and flossing well. Grace has been saving her tokens for over a year now. She had her eye on the walkie talkies at the little "store" where the tokens can be used. On her last visit, Grace was finally able to get the walkie talkies.

The other day, we discovered that Lydia had scribbled all over the walkie talkie instructions. Needless to say, Grace was not pleased. On the way to Bible study, we realized Lydia had put one of the walkie talkies in her back pack. She pulled it out, put it up to her mouth and said, "Paul, do you hear me?" (Paul was sitting right behind her in the van.)

Paul fell and scraped his knee a few days ago. He needed a band aid. A little while later, Lydia came to me with her hand on her forehead. "Mommy, I need band aid." "Why, what's wrong?" "I think I have a spwintur (splinter)." So Lydia has had a band aid on her forehead for the last three days.

As our friend recently said of her, "That Lydia--she's a dandy!"