Thanks to Terrie in Virginia for this great story of her son, now an English professor at a university. Ryan also gave his permission for this to be included in Heart to Heart.
I was reminded of a little "story" about my son, Ryan, regarding a Nativity Scene. When he was about three years old, we made a Plaster of Paris nativity scene and he painted most of the pieces himself. His father built a little stable, etc. to go with it. Ryan chose to paint the sheep some pretty strange colors, but I allowed him to do "whatever"......one was bright red, one was white with black polka dots, one was completely black, and one was orange! He was quite proud of that set and loved playing with it and looking at it.
One day I came by and noticed that all the pieces were turned over and scattered everywhere on the table and quite a mess had been made. I called Ryan in and said, "What happened here, Ryan?" He frowned for a moment (guess he thought he was in trouble) and then said, "Oh, I don't know ... but I think Baby Jesus did it!" I just laughed and laughed and we still get a chuckle out of that story each Christmas. Even today, if something is all messed up and Ryan is around, I'll say, "Um-m-m-m-m ... Baby Jesus must have done it." I don't mean it in a sacrilegious way, just a sweet memory of my grown up son who is now passing those traditions on to his own children.
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