This morning, St. Rose of Lima, Naomi’s best doll (that’s Naomi’s description of her) lost part of her right eyeball. This has been an extremely tragic event for Naomi. She wept bitter tears, decided St. Rose of Lima needed to be thrown away, and then wept more bitter tears. This lasted a good long time.
Naomi’s girl cousin in town is wearing an eye patch part of the time these days to help strengthen her vision. This proved to be a life-saver for us – or at least for St. Rose of Lima. I had a flash of brilliance that I can only attribute to divine inspiration (thank you, God!) and suggested an eye patch for St. Rose of Lima, just like girl cousin’s.
The idea was initially rejected. St. Rose of Lima seemed doomed to languish in the trash. The weeping continued. Naomi alternated between bemoaning the loss of her best doll and telling us over and over how she couldn’t stay without an eye “and we can’t fix it!”
Michael brought down New Baby, Naomi’s next best doll. He told Naomi that New Baby was concerned about her. “No she’s not, she’s just a DOLL!” Okay, that tactic did not work.
“I’m SO SAD! I’m SO SAD!” It was heart-wrenching!
Michael tried again, “Are you SURE you don’t want Mama to make St. Rose of Lima an eye patch?”
Naomi relented, having decided that her best doll with an eye patch is far better than her second and third best dolls only. She tearfully agreed. St. Rose of Lima was held by her mama until Naomi’s mama got Sim down for his nap, then Naomi was given the choice of several fabrics for St. Rose of Lima’s eye patch. She chose the ladybug fabric, and now St. Rose of Lima is being carefully and gently monitored during the eye patch drying process.
“It’s a beautiful eye patch!” Naomi brightly exclaimed. Meanwhile, we’re all emotionally drained and going to need early bedtimes.
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