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Freckles and Frowns
by Tammy Hendrix
There once was a little girl named Jessica. Jessica was always a happy girl. She loved to go outside and play with her friends all day. Day after day. She swung on the swing. She played on the teeter-totter and climbed the jungle gym. This is what she loved to do most, day after day. But at the end of the each day Jessica would go from a smile to a sad little frown when her mommy would call her in.
Now Jessica was a very good girl. She would always do what she knew was the good thing to do. She always did what she knew was the right thing to do. And she always did what she knew was the honest thing to do. So when her mommy told her to come in the house, Jess never fused. She knew it was the good thing to do. When it was bath time, Jessica never complained. She knew it was the right thing to do. And when she had to choose between telling the truth or telling a lie, Jess would always tell the truth, she knew it was the honest thing to do. But there was another thing she also knew. After she did all the things she did not like to do, the sweet girl got to do the things she loved to do.
The next morning Jessica was so excited to go outside and play with her friends that she hurried to wash her face, brush her teeth and her hair, then get dressed and eat breakfast. Off the happy girl went outside to play. Day after day.
Then one night after her bath, Jessica saw something that made her very sad. The next day the once sweet little girl did not go out to play. And she was not so nice anymore. And again, she did not go outside to play with her friends the day after either. Jessica's friends would come over to see her but she would not let them in. The hurt little girl would just make them go away. Always the same mean things she would say then send them away. Day after day. The once sweet little girl started getting mad when ever her mommy asked her to do something. Jessica would cross her arms, stomp her feet and say terrible things. The sad little girl no longer wore a smile. She now always wore a frown.
One day, her mommy, who was so worried about her, asked Jess, " Oh my sweet little angel, I love you so much. It hurts to see you so sad. Why, my precious one, why do you where a frown?" Jessica hurt so much that she just began to cry. Her mommy held her so tight and said, " Please, pretty little Jessica, tell me why you don't go outside and play any more." The poor, sad little girl looked up to her mommy and said, "Look at me mommy . I'm so ugly! I don't want anybody to see me." Mommy was so surprised to hear her sweet little one say such a thing. Her mommy asked her, "Why do you think your ugly dear?" Jessica, so embarrassed and ashamed, still knew she could tell her mommy anything. So she stood up, pointed at her face and cried, "Mommy look at all the freckles all over my face and shoulders. They make me look so ugly." With that, the sad girl threw herself back into her mother's arms and cried and cried. She cried loud and so hard. Just then her mommy placed her hand under Jessica's chin, lifted her face and said, "Oh beautiful one, you are not ugly at all. Do you know why you have those freckles all over your face and shoulders?" "No.", pouted Jessica. Her mommy, so full of love for her lovely Jessica said, "It's because, sweet one, you are always such a good little girl and you have made God so happy that every time you go out to play God smiles down on you a big smile as bright as the sun to show you how much he loves you. And the sun puts those freckles on you so you will never forget that."
Jessica listened so carefully. Suddenly she did not feel so sad anymore. It made her so happy and feel so good to know that God thought she was so special. Then once again Jessica smiled. She was not mean anymore. And her sadness was all gone. Now full of joy, Jessica wiped her eyes, hugged and kissed her mommy and ran right away outside to play. Day after day
To my beautiful Jessica: I could never be so proud of anyone as I am of you. You are my sweet little girl.
With all my love, mom.
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a nice tribute