Of all the names I call Mariah, I probably say "Sweetie Pie" the most. It's so fitting.
Mariah is a lot like me. She LOVES her girlfriends and all things social. In fact, in first grade a tutor at the school told me, "I think Mariah is finally realizing that we come to school to work. Kinder was all about sociality for her."
Hopefully she got it out of her system in Kinder, because it took until college for me to figure that one out.
Knowing and relating to her love of girlfriends, I was espescially touched one day when I took her out to lunch after a soccer game. We met up with some teammates and as she sat and chatted with her girlies, I sat at a table by myself nearby. Although a social creature myself, I am coming to relish in quiet moments more than ever before in my life.
Halfway through the meal my sweetie pie brought her sandwich and said that she wanted to sit with me. Assuming something had gone wrong with her friends, I started to ask her what was going on. Then quietly with watery eyes she said, "I saw you sitting here by yourself. I don't want you to eat alone."
I was so touched that she would even notice that I was alone in the first place, but then to make the sacrifice to pull away from her fun and come sit with me was such an act of love.
I reassured her that I was just fine and that it brought me just as much joy to see her enjoying her friends, but she had made up her mind and we enjoyed the rest of our meal together.
Thank you Sweetie Pie. You made my day!
