My Girl

New things I've learned and old things I once knew, but perhaps forgot, about my Arlee:

• She loves to do laundry by hand and hang things on a clothesline
• She has a knack with babies and toddler girls
• She doesn’t see different colors of skin
• She is not scared of a malnourished child or a filthy hovel of a home
• She is tough
• She ponders deep things, but rarely speaks on them
• She is brave
• She is gifted in initiating quarrels between her brothers
• She is competitive
• She loves Jesus but is scared to death to be baptized
• She loves to read with a flashlight at night
• She is no longer spoiled
• She never complains about cold showers or lack of electricity
• She is a loyal companion
• She can and will fight for herself
• She is the definition of lovely to me
• She is often the teacher and I, the student.
• She is my precious girl wrapped in a daily surprise