A Charlotte Fashion Show

Remember my post a while back about modesty and the short shorts??? It has been heavy on my mind. Since then, something else came up which really knocked me for a loop (what does that actually mean??) Anyway, it prompted me to have a conversation with Charlotte about modesty and behaviors becoming a young lady. In that conversation we discussed many things...all great topics that we both enjoyed sharing our thoughts on. She is a pretty bright little girl.
In that conversation Charlotte brought up clothing. She told me that when she had those shorts on, she had 2 different feelings. "It was weird, Mom. One feeling was bad. I kinda felt like I should not have those on and it was wrong, but I did not want to hurt your feelings." I felt the shame of that statement....poor girl! "The other feeling", she continued, "was good. I felt a pleasure (yes she used that word) when I had them on. I felt like I was 19 or something, and the boys treated me better." Bingo! Berean Wife hit that nail on the head in her comments on the modesty post!!! I asked Charlotte what type of clothing made her feel the most "lady like" and comfortable? She told me without hesitation, "Dresses and skirts". I asked her how she would feel if she were to wear only modest dresses and skirts for a season and see what happened. Niki's comment has rang in my ears since that post also. (Happy Birthday Niki!!) Charlotte was all for it. Problem was, she has grown so in the last few months, that all she had was the dress Linda made her. I would have to sew! Oh Heaven, help me. I went to Joanns, coupons in hand, and got a new pattern, and fabric and elastic to make 1 skirt....that was $30 WITH my coupons!!! Good grief. Well if I could make her 1 a week.....PLUS I remembered I had picked up a couple skirts for her at the Salvation Army when we were trapped in the storm last week. As we came out of Joanns, my friend and I decided to check out Burlington Coat Factory. We hit pay dirt!!!! If you need a skirt go there! (This was womens sizes XS-2X...Charlotte wore the small ladies size) They had dozens of choices....all between $7 and $13! I got Charlotte 4 skirts and paid a little over the cost of the ONE skirt I would have had to make for her. You know I took that Joanns stuff back, right? Yes I did....I am a quilter, not a seamstress.Isn't she darling? One of the biggest lessons for me in all of this is that my daughter is more on the ball than I gave her credit for. I let her know that "voice" that was telling her the shorts (and behavior) were wrong, was the Holy Spirit and that she is FREE to come to me anytime and let me know and my feelings will not be hurt. I apologized to her (and God) for not listening to that voice myself!!! I let her know we all fall short of the glory of God, but that when we turn from the wickedness we are doing (this went along with the "something" I can not mention here) He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and we are back in right standing with Him. Now we must BOTH learn to not make those choices again. It was a good conversation with a blessing, in more ways than one, for an outcome. Sweetheart was concerned that she would be unable to "play" and do the things she could do in capris or shorts.....Charlotte assured him she would be fine and could throw some capris under her skirts if she was to be doing something that required it. She roller bladed in her pink skirt yesterday.....she said she felt very lady like doing it....lady like roller blading??? Ok, Charlotte!! LOL