rite of passage

jonathan and i took taylor to club libby lu last weekend to get her ears pierced. for weeks there had been several conversations between tay and me about this momentous event in a little girl's life. she was so excited about it! she talked about getting fancy earrings, pretty aurora ones. i had to tell her that the first earrings would be plain ones (or so i thought, wait till you read what happened with that) so that her ears could get used to having earrings in them and that we'd have to wait until later to get fancy earrings. so we get there and the girl instructs us to pick the earrings for tay to get pierced with. when low and behold taylor proves she's her mommy's daughter. she picks the most expensive one in the case-$34! can't really blame her because they were very cute. she chose flower ones with birthstones in them (naturally we chose june's). then it's time to have them done! tay gets up in the fancy chair and is so excited. the girl marks where the holes will go. tay's still so excited. then, as my pal lesli advised, i requested that both ears be done at the same time to minimize trauma. the girl calls another person over and they count to 3 and pierce her ears. the 2nd girl encounters problems with the trigger and her's goes in a beat after the first girl's. tay was stunned after the first and then upset after the 2nd. she realized that they hurt and started to cry. after i about shoved the 2nd girl out of the way to get to my baby girl, tay reaches for me and i comfort her in my mama encompassing hug. although she only cries for a few minutes, i am wiping away some pretty big tears. the 1st girl was wonderful. she immediately tries to distract tay from the pain and excitedly asks her if she's seen her earrings and to look in the mirror. tay recovers and looks in the mirror. a smile sweeps over her face. mama breathes a sigh of relief and we are happy again. and have been ever since. on monday when i picked her up from school the first thing tay told me was, "mama, {she sweeps her hair back from her ears} everyone *loved* my earrings." LOL.

*currently rockin' out to: tomorrow people-ziggy marley & the melody makers