IF...sorry...

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Sorry...

What is she sorry for?  She's not stepped on the flowers or broken the window but by the look on her face, she's feeling guilty about something.

This illustration was prompted by a memory of my own.

When I was younger, I used to like to 'spin'...go around in circles till I would fall down in the lawn, all dizzy.  Not sure why this was fun, but it was.  Once, while spinning, I was holding onto a tin coffee can (don't remember why) but it flew out of my hands and into the window behind me.  I felt so guilty, but when asked, I lied about it.  I didn't want to get punished and my dad was a spanker and he had a BIG hand.  So, I lied.  Did I feel guilty?  I would have said no but since this is such a clear memory, I must have.  Anyway, I can now confess to my parents that I broke that window and I am very sorry.  Too little, too late, I assume...

Comments

[Trisha]

Awesome illo, and a somber memory. When I was a little girl, me and a friend of mine used to spin all the way to school. One time, while I was holding my friend's bookbag and spinning, I let go of it, and it ended up down the sewer! I cried and cried all the way to school. This was my ending to spinning.

Again, great illustration, you definitely catched the sorrow and guilt in her face.

[scribblesk]

Sad and beautiful!

[Arlene]

You must have been a very good child because you're still feeling guilty! LOL!

[tracy]

Sweet girl, it's never too late to ask forgiveness. You were a kid and you obviously learned why lying isn't the best thing in the world...the guilt is often worse than the punishment! When my sister was little, we were at the grocery store and she was spinning....slipped on the hard floor and landed on her chin. She had to get stitches and still has the scar! You're lucky it was just a window that broke, can you imagine falling face first onto that tin? yuck! oxox

[carla]

I remember spinning to get dizzy....I never really liked it. I guess you mist have felt bad if you remember this story. I like the illustration... the face seem resolute in its silence and guilt.

[Margaret]

She does look very sad--like she had broken a window, even though the one behind her looks fine. I was a spinner too, but never had anything in my hands. I was a very dizzy blond in those days!

[Abigail]

I tried spinning around like that just recently.

Definitely was NOT as enjoyable as I remember it being as a kid... ;-)

[tinker]

I think spinning was like a rollercoaster ride in your own yard - I remember spinning like crazy as a kid - & now I can't even ride the teacups at Disneyland without getting motion sickness!
Is there a statute of limitations on childhood transgressions or could you still be in big trouble? lol
Nice illo! I love the arbor & windowboxes of flowers. And her expression says it all...