Calling the priest....

I have learned that the words, "Oh, no, she never does that..." in reference to my daughter is usually viewed as a challenge to her and she promptly does it.  One of the days I will remember this!

I was at my grandparents house today.  The little lady was sitting on the floor playing quietly.  I gave her my phone to play with (she likes to look at the pictures of herself).  She has never called anyone - up until today.  [Side note: some of the pictures are linked to phone numbers so when that person calls I see a picture of my daughter with that person.  It makes me smile every time and is a quick way to see that whoever is calling is someone I know.]  She was scrolling through the pictures of herself and came to a picture of her Godfather (who just happens to be a Catholic priest) holding her from her baptism weekend and she must have hit the "send" button because seconds after saying that she never calls anyone I looked down and saw the timer going and it said 20 seconds and counting and my daughter was chatting away.  I looked at her and said, "What are you doing?"  She laughed, smiled and I quickly picked up the phone.  She had actually made the call and he answered.

I was pretty embarrassed!  I had no reason to call him - and I knew he probably was busy working.  The little lady decided she needed something to tell him that was very important and couldn't wait.  Too bad neither one of us knew what she was telling him because it sounded like babble to the "adults". 

There is a reason why I think she called him.  Other than I gave her something that looked like a fun play toy with buttons.  God thought he could use a smile.  I was unaware that he was having a bad day, but he was.  He enjoyed the fact that she called him and was chatting.  Who can not smile at the sound of a baby chatting anyway?  I believe God used my daughter to make someone's day better - and that is awesome.  After apologizing for interrupting his busy day, he did express a hope that my daughter feels comfortable enough when she is 18 to call him up randomly and chat.  So do I!