When McCayla was younger she didn’t understand the concept of lying. It was really baffling to me that she was just so innocent. This is an important part of her personality that probably helps explain that she took everything everyone said for it’s face value. She’s 15 now and is still the same way.

Anyhow, when McCayla was around 6 or 7 years old, she loved playing in the yard and was constantly covered in dirt. She could not stay clean for anything, and she had no problem with that. At some point, she started blowing her nose on the front of  her shirt. One day my dad noticed her doing this and made a completely disgusted face.

“Listen kid, you need to stop blowing your nose on the front of your shirt. People can see that!”

So McCayla stopped blowing her nose on the front of her shirt.  One day, my dad noticed that she had taken his advice, and again, he screamed out in total disgust.

“God, McCayla,  why? Why would you do that? You can’t blow your nose INSIDE your shirt either!”

She looked so surprised and confused. “But…you said!”