they grow into evil women so fast...

at the district convention, my best friends' little girl, isabella (pictured right), sat next to me for part of the session on sunday.

she took out her notebook and colored pencils and, trying to keep her focused on spiritual things, i asked her to draw noah's ark.

she rendered a wonderful illustration with different types of exotic animals peering out of each window.

feeling good about my grown-up skills, i encouraged her to draw some more.

again, focusing on spiritual things, i asked her to draw what her house is going to look like in paradise. "and draw where i'm going to live too!" i whispered.

i was hearing "raindrops keep falling on my head" and i sensed that this was going to be a sweet bonding experience for the both of us.

i watched as she drew two a-frame buildings touching each other.

i was deeply moved. isabella wanted me to live in an adjoining house with her family.

"that's beautiful!" i gushed, "Which one is mine."

"neither." she replied, "that's the garage."

"of course!" i thought.

i had asked a 7-yr-old child of a real estate agent to draw a house. why hadn't i expected her to draw the deluxe model?

still i pressed forward.

"what about my house?" i asked, "do i live nearby?"

she looked at me and smiled. "i'll draw where you're going to live!"

she chose the green pencil from the assortment in my hand and proceeded to fill the entire page up with the one color.

intrigued, i watched closer. was i going to be living in the amazon?

she then selected the brown pencil, drew a giant circle in the middle of the page and filled it in with the same brown.

smiling proudly she held it up to show me.

"you're gonna live in a hole!"

wickedly she giggled to herself.

i'll try to get scans to post later.