MIA'S REQUEST

It was 9:30 In morning and I heard a knock on the door, “Honey…it’s your mom” said my wife, Oli.  So I woke up and we had a friendly chat along with some coffee and pan dulce in the livingroom of our apartment.  During our conversation, my 2 year-old granddaughter, Mia woke up and came straddling in from the bedroom wiping her hair from her face and gave my mom a warm hug and sat right next to her on the livingroom couch.  “Oh…look how pretty…hello there beautiful” said my mother.  My wife got up from the sofa and went to the kitchen to cook some breakfast while Mia followed.  As we continued talking, Mia somehow got a picture of a holy saint that was used as a magnet on our refrigerator that was previously given by my mother a few years back, who is also a very devout catholic.  “Mommy…I want Jeezzus” said Mia to my wife (Mia always called my wife “mommy” ever since she was born).  My mom looked at me with a big smile and then said, “Did you hear that Oli…how cute she wants Jesus..por que Oli…have you guys been taking her to church?” My wife, who was equally surprised by the baby’s remark, said in Spanish, “No, but we have a big crucifix in the bedroom that is hung over our heads when we sleep…she must of stared at it or something when she got up and I do pray with her every night.”  “Oh how wonderful!” said my mother, “Oli you should start reading the bible to her ya que esta chiquita so that she could start learning…Mia…do you want Jesus?”  Mia approach closer to my mom, “Uh huh” she said.  My wife temporally stopped cooking and walked into the livingroom.  “Mama…do you want Jesus?” she asked.  “Uh huh” repeated Mia.  So my wife hurried to our bedroom and started searching inside our dresser drawers, “I know we have a small bible in here some place that’s just right for her.”  My mom got up and walked into the hallway toward our bedroom, “Si no…I have one in the car…Oli” she said and went outside to go get it. 

A few minutes had gone by and Mia went up to me, grabbed my finger and pulled me to go with her to the kitchen so here I go dragging my walker along to the kitchen while my wife and mother continued their quest for a holy bible to teach little Mia all about Jesus.  We stopped by the refrigerator and Mia pointed up and said, “Da Da…I want Jeezzus.”  I looked up and there sitting on top of the fridge was a brand new box of Cheezits located next to the boxes of cereals.  “Is this what you been wanting...Mama?”  I asked her giggling inside while I reached above and brought down the box.  “Uh huh” she answered.  A half hour later, my wife and my mother returned back to the livingroom both holding bibles in their hands and saw little Mia sitting next to me as we were busy popping Cheezits into our mouths.  My wife looked at the box of Cheezits between us and then at Mia, “Aww Mia…we thought you wanted Jesus..not Cheezits” she said, “And you made us go look for it…mama..you should of showed me what you wanted!”  Mia then pointed at the television with a big load of Cheezits in her mouth and said, “Mommy…I want toonies.”