Joy came home tonight all upset because some boy on the bus had called her a "piggy boy". Now, you have to understand that she is very serious about what she is called - not necessarily because her feelings are hurt, but because it isn't right. Things must be right, you know. It is important!
So, Ruth caught her before she went into sobs (told her not to cry - that's a whole 'nother post), and asked her if she goes "oink oink". Joy replies "No." Ruth asked her if she was a boy. Joy said, "No! I'm a young lady!" (Now she is in her late teens, we've been telling her that she isn't a little girl anymore - that she's a young lady. Somehow the little has been dropped, and she's always a "young lady"). "Then, " Ruth says, "you can't be a piggy boy. Anyone who says you are is either wrong, or has something wrong in their head."
Joy pipes up and says, "Yes! He gives me a headache!"
But she was still looking sad, so Ruth suggests that if someone is so wrong, they must be a "Loser!", and held up her hand to her forward showing an L. Joy thought that was about the funniest thing she'd heard, so she tried to make the L sign herself, putting her hand next to her head, on top of her head. After some gentle guidance she got it on the forehead. Now she can't wait to go to school tomorrow to tell the boy he's a Loser. Sigh. Guess we'll need to send an e-mail to Joy's teacher to give her a "heads-up" on what is happening and why...
I'm putting an Episode 1 after the title because I just have a feeling that there will be more to this story...
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