Day: July 16, 2009

Rainbow hair

“When you were young you had red hair…” mused Leilani. “You looked like Pippi and Ariel?” I answered truthfully “Well not quite. But I did have red hair like they do.”

Leilani sat swinging on the horse swing and obviously was lost in deep thought. Then: “I want rainbow colored hair.” I had kind of expected something like that so I answered: “Once you are grown up, and are at a university and have moved out of or house you can have your hair rainbow colored…”

That changed the topic “But, but, but, I don’t want to move out…” Leilani looked like she wanted to cry. I tried to explain “Only if you want to… I don’t live with Oma either…”, but made it worse. So I picked her up, off the horse swing for a big hug and assured her we’d never make her move out. Come boyfriend, husband, baby…