A young girl visited our house yesterday, while her father did some necessary maintenance on our piano. She is a rather sweet-looking, but rather quaint 9-year-old girl. Long brown hair, long skirt, round face, blue eyes...very polite and quiet.
Fiona was utterly enchanted with this girl, and she spent the entire couple of hours trying to charm her. The girl, on the other hand, charmed Fiona with her quiet demeanor, her crochet, and her reading, but, of course, that was by default, as the girl charmed effortlessly! Fiona chatted with her most lively conversation. She brought up nearly everything she could think of to talk about...activities, school, instruments, etc. She brought her two precious dolls downstairs. She even brought a chicken in the house to show her, and she gathered a new warm egg from the coop and showed it to the girl. All for naught...
After the father and daughter left, Fiona began thinking of ways to get together. Could we invite the girl over for a play date? How about her birthday party?
My heart went out to Fiona. I, too, found the quaint girl to be fascinating, but it seemed fairly apparent that the little girl did not share Fiona's desire to befriend. In fact, she rather looked as though she would rather be left alone to read and crochet, though of course she was very polite and sweet.
In discussing the situation with Michael last night, he suggested that perhaps it wasn't disinterest on the girl's part so much as feeling overwhelmed and shy. I, on the other hand, had rather decided that it was just one of those situations that we can't help...the person is no less fascinating or sweet, but they simply aren't that interested in a friendship. Regardless, there's not much more Fiona could have done, from my limited perspective, at least. In fact, I even suggested to the girl's dad that perhaps the girls could have a playdate, to which he replied, "that's so nice of you!", which of course means they'll never get together again... What more can we do? Oh, and yes, I was nearly as enchanted with the young girl as Fiona was!
Fiona was utterly enchanted with this girl, and she spent the entire couple of hours trying to charm her. The girl, on the other hand, charmed Fiona with her quiet demeanor, her crochet, and her reading, but, of course, that was by default, as the girl charmed effortlessly! Fiona chatted with her most lively conversation. She brought up nearly everything she could think of to talk about...activities, school, instruments, etc. She brought her two precious dolls downstairs. She even brought a chicken in the house to show her, and she gathered a new warm egg from the coop and showed it to the girl. All for naught...
After the father and daughter left, Fiona began thinking of ways to get together. Could we invite the girl over for a play date? How about her birthday party?
My heart went out to Fiona. I, too, found the quaint girl to be fascinating, but it seemed fairly apparent that the little girl did not share Fiona's desire to befriend. In fact, she rather looked as though she would rather be left alone to read and crochet, though of course she was very polite and sweet.
In discussing the situation with Michael last night, he suggested that perhaps it wasn't disinterest on the girl's part so much as feeling overwhelmed and shy. I, on the other hand, had rather decided that it was just one of those situations that we can't help...the person is no less fascinating or sweet, but they simply aren't that interested in a friendship. Regardless, there's not much more Fiona could have done, from my limited perspective, at least. In fact, I even suggested to the girl's dad that perhaps the girls could have a playdate, to which he replied, "that's so nice of you!", which of course means they'll never get together again... What more can we do? Oh, and yes, I was nearly as enchanted with the young girl as Fiona was!
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