This happened some time back.
I have a dress that I like that has a tie-in belt at the waist. The dress has to have the tie-in belt. One day I realized the dress was back from laundry but the tie-in belt was missing. I looked for it briefly. Then concluded it must be little Miss Hannah's fault. She had been playing with the tie-in belt of the dress some time back. Tying different things together in the closet with it. And soon after, I couldn't find the belt anywhere! Coincidence? I thought not.
So I asked the little girl, where did the belt go? That turned out to be a futile exercise, since she just replied matter-of-factly "I don't know"!
I resigned to myself to the fate that I might not wear that dress again afterall. I also bickered at the little girl, that she doesnt keep the things at their right places.
A week or so after that incident, I was looking for something in the closet and was rearranging some of that stuff, and guess what I found? The tie-in belt of my dress. The one that I thought little miss Haana had misplaced! And turns out she's hadn't misplaced it afterall. It was me! I felt so bad. I told her I was sorry and was releaved that she didn't actually remember about my bickering earlier.
Fast forward to yesterday.
We came back from the zoo with a custom penny- one that's engraved with a crocodile and is rolled thinner. I offered my little girl to keep it away safely. But my offer was declined. She preferred to hold on to it in her hand. Do kids not know that's the sure shot, tried and tested, guaranteed way to loose something is to just hold it in your hand? Anyhow. Putting her to bed at night, suddenly miss Haana remembered and asked, 'Where's my penny, mumma? Can you put it for me on the bed side table?'. I reassured her I would and that she can rest assured the penny would sleep close to her. Inside I was panicking! Where is this penny? I hadn't the foggiest idea. I don't think I even saw it at home. Last I saw it, it was in the zoo. So no telling which side of the multiplex it is at this time. Then I wondered, if miss Haana dropped it somewhere, she should've listened to mumma and kept it safely away when I offered. But she did give it to me to hold in my hand at one point at the zoo. So may be I messed up and lost the beloved penny!!!
Since there's no way to be sure which of the two possibilities actually occured, maybe it was me messing up afterall!!!
At this point my only hope was that miss Haana doesn't remember about the little penny the next morning. If she did, I would be looking for some forgiveness!
