Because Clip-Ons Just Weren't As Cool As She Thought They'd Be.

I never had Maggie's ears pierced as a baby.

I could barely take her to get her vaccinations without feeling like I had betrayed her.

Obviously taking her to get holes punched into her little ears was not high up on my list of things to do.

I suppose I also felt that it should be a decision she should make for herself one day.



As she grew older I would ask her from time to time {usually when walking through a mall} if she would like to get her ears pierced.

Always the same answer. No.

As she moved into these tween years, she began to tell me that she was in fact NEVER getting her ears pierced and that she would in fact proceed to wear clip-ons the rest of her days here on Earth.

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Yes, my daughter is that matter of fact with her opinions on how she wants to do life. Did I mention she is my strong-willed child? And that she has the next 20 years of her life planned out?

Sometimes I wonder if we share the same DNA.

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I'm not sure what happened recently to change her mind but she asked me a couple of weeks ago if I would take her to get her ears pierced.

I believe it was a combination of her growing frustration over the lack of clip-ons available in stores, the pain they caused hanging on to her ear lobes for dear life, and perhaps maybe even a pinch of coming of age.

Probably the latter.

She has been doing a lot of that lately. ::sigh::

This momma's heart can hardly stand it.



I must say though...it looks beautiful on her.


"My every mortal breath, is Grace and nothing less"