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Yet another episode of "Thought-Provoking Conversations with Kids"...

me:  Gracie, you really need to lay down now.  Stay in bed this time - no getting up, m'kay?  You need to get your rest so that we can have a tea party when you wake up.

Gracie: (with an ornery, sheepish grin)  Ooookay.

Closing the door...

Gracie:  Anna??  Do you really mean that we're going to have a tea party?

me:  Mhmm.

Gracie:  You really mean it?  Why are we going to have a tea party?

me: (thinking she's just trying to detain me in her room as long as possible.  The usual scenario.)  Gracie, because I like to have fun with you!  Time to go to sleep now...

Gracie:  Weeellll... WHY do you want to have fun with me?

me: (realizing I don't want to just drop the conversation here...)  Because I love you, Gracie!  And I love spending time with you.

Gracie:  (very thoughtfully)

Anna...

why... why do you love me?

me: Because... well, we CAN love each other because God loves us so very much. (giving her a kiss on the forehead, and a playful giggle added...)  Plus, I really really sort of love you and like you for a whole bucketload of reasons.

Gracie: (even more thoughtfully... quizzical but quite serious look on her face now) but.  But WHY does God love us?

me: (How do you condense an answer to a question like that... in a few words... in terms a child can understand?  Sharing the quizzical face now.) You know, Gracie - I don't always understand WHY myself.  I guess because God is soooo very full of perfect love He loves every boy and girl He made.  More incredibly than we can imagine.  even Anna!  And I'm not always very lovable, am I?

Gracie:  (laying down now, simply staring past me... contended.  And then with a quiet little smile finally said)

 Anna...

 I love you too.

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