I kissed Navy’s face until she woke up.  I knew we were going to be late for church, and letting her wake up on her own is the best way to get a happy result.  This particular morning, she immediately opened her eyes in wide surprise and said, “I saw my Navy necklace!”  The real gold necklace that said her name and went missing about a week and a half ago.  I’ll be honest…she always surprised me by being so delicate with it, so I am pretty sure it must have been tugged on and snapped.  Who knows.  I told her that she was probably dreaming.  She touched he neck and told me, “No, it is right here!  I saw it on my neck in dat room.”  Then she pointed to Nonnie’s bathroom.  I told her that her mind was working while she was sleeping, and that it was just a dream and it was pretend.  It still took her a minute to realize that her necklace was gone.
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No wonder her scary dreams send her over the edge.  She was completely convinced that dreamland was real.  I love the innocence.
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Background — Navy has worn her “Navy” necklace for over a year.  She is known to be somewhat of a rough and tough girl, so we were all surprised when she wore this dainty necklace without fiddling or tugging on it — EVER!  That being said, we were all bummed when her necklace went missing a few days ago.  We searched high and low, but it was nowhere.  We even kept it in our prayers to be able to find it.
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About a week after the necklace went missing, Scout was riding his scooter along the sidewalk in our cul-de-sac.  All of a sudden, as he looked to his right, he saw the necklace placed on the half wall in front of the Perkowski’s house.  We are pretty sure that Gary (the Perkowski’s uncle, and the community protector) was gardening and found it on Jungle Hill and pu it there for us to retrieve.
Yay — it’s back!