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It’s too Cute for Words, Really

October 14, 2006 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

…but since words are all I’ve got, I’ll give it a go.

The moment went something like this:

Stephen: “Mom! Come see what Camille’s doing!”

Oh dread. I’m anticipating the mess of phenomenal portions already.

Sure enough, I found my newly-minted two-year-old on top of the washing machine, carefully scooping up detergent and pouring it into the space behind the wall and the machine.

“You are Trouble, little girl,” I told her, gathering her up into my arms and taking her away from the crime scene.

“Twouble?” she said, and instantly her dimpled hands were folded. “Hae Mae-wee…”

It took me ten seconds and then I got it.

Camille was praying.

A Hail Mary.

Because every time an ambulance goes by, Momma says, “Someone’s in trouble!” and we all say a prayer for that person.

That’s really cute, right? And far more mystical than I could ever fathom.

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  1. Love2Learn Mom says

    October 14, 2006 at 3:55 pm

    That’s awesome!

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  2. Anonymous says

    October 14, 2006 at 11:07 pm

    Awwww…

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  3. JennGM says

    October 15, 2006 at 12:25 am

    Tops the charts on cuteness, but also very beautiful!

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  4. Alice says

    October 15, 2006 at 12:55 am

    That is ridiculously cute! And so moving too. Just lovely.

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  5. Bridget says

    October 15, 2006 at 2:11 am

    This is very sweet. We pray a ‘Hail Mary’ when we hear emergency vehicles too. We learned to do it from a Minnasota family!

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  6. Tina from Tennessee says

    October 15, 2006 at 2:22 am

    I love that! That goes to show you are doing something very right.

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  7. Rebecca says

    October 15, 2006 at 3:10 am

    So sweet and beautiful.

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  8. Anonymous says

    October 15, 2006 at 12:31 pm

    That is so incredibly cute, and sweet, too. I’m sure our Blessed Mother was smiling down on her, keeping her out of further twouble. 😉

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  9. Cay in La. says

    October 15, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    Darling!

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  10. Dawn says

    October 16, 2006 at 11:49 am

    What joy! 🙂

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  11. Mary Ellen Barrett says

    October 18, 2006 at 12:42 am

    Adorable!

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  12. Lynn says

    October 20, 2006 at 6:41 pm

    Can’t you just see Mary smiling? And wanting to smother her with a huge hug?!

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  13. Ann from SLP says

    October 28, 2006 at 11:47 pm

    I love it when you see some small shred of what you have been teaching come through from these little ones. Cecilia came up to me the other day and said “I gave my jeans to Jesus!” After I looked at her like she had gone completely insane, she filled me in. I finally figured it out: She had not wanted to wear her jeans that day, and had offered it up to Jesus as a sacrifice.

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