Essay About Story Time And Loving Daddy

God and His Goodness
Essay title: God and His Goodness
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with
her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening
white pearls in a pink foil box. “Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them?
Please, Mommy, please!”
Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then
looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girls upturned
face.
“A dollar ninety-five. Thats almost $2.00. If you really want them,
Ill think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save
enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthdays only a week away
and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma.”
As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17
pennies. After dinner, she did more than her share of chores and she
went to the neighbor and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions
for ten cents.
On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at
last she had enough money to buy the necklace.
Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She
wore them everywhere–Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only
time she took them off was when she went swimming or had a bubble bath.
Mother said if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for
bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a
story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, “Do you
love me?”
“Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you.”
“Then give me your pearls.”
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess–the white horse
from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one
you gave me. Shes my favorite.”
“Thats okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good night.” And he brushed her
cheek with a kiss.
About a week later, after the story time, Jennys daddy asked again, “Do
you love me?”
“Daddy, you know I love you.”
“Then give me your pearls.”