My Nonconformist Underachiever
When it was time to tell everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up, the kids walked up to the mic. The typical answers could be heard. “I want to be a doctor…a teacher…a police officer…etc, etc.”
But not Grace! No siree, not my nonconformist. No white collar, prestigious job for her! When she got to the mic she said, “I want to work at Sonic!”
I should have seen it coming. We eat at Sonic often. They have these really yummy, and I think healthy, grilled chicken snack wraps, like the ones at McDonalds. We’d often go there for lunch after gymnastic class. For a while she’s been enthralled with wanting to go inside Sonic. But it’s a drive-in fast food place. There’s no inside to go into, unless you work there. The other day she informed me she was going to work at Sonic when her kids were in school. Guess homeschooling for her is out of the question.
So when I heard the teacher say the kids were going to share what they wanted to be when they grew up, I already knew what Grace would say. I waited and smiled and laughed along with everyone else.
And when they shared their favorite Bible story Grace’s was the boy who shared his lunch! No, Grace sure wasn’t swayed by the popular career or even popular Bible stories (Noah’s Arc, Moses, Jesus’ Birth) but one thing she was was consistent…and probably a little hungry!
