Break the heart of glass

Every child is a fallen angel, is the most precious gift from God to adults.

It’s a cliche, and many grown-ups know it, but they always carry a hammer with them, always ready to break the crystal heart of an angel, not to break it, but to break it.

Oh, monseigneur was made to fight angels, unknowing devils.

Our four-year-old angel, poor little, crystal clear glass heart was mercilessly broken, happened this morning.

Let’s start with last night’s nail polish.

Yesterday is my school to pick her up, halfway, she suddenly, ‌ ‌ “mom, you drive to the front corner, there is a nail shop, buy a bottle of good to me? ‌ ‌”

‌ ‌ “why ah? ‌ ‌”

‌ ‌ “tintin in our class with nail polish is very good-looking, I also want to apply. ‌ ‌”

She loves beauty so much that I think she should be encouraged as a mother, even though her nail polish is not healthy. There were, of course, several bottles at home, and I gave her a bright pink and painted her five fingernails on her left hand.

Small very happy, very excited, sigh again and again long breath to express satisfaction.

When it was finished, I told her to dry it.

So she spread her hands out on the balcony for a long time, so that she tried to keep her left hand open before going to sleep. The whole family are all happy for her and happy, that night, we call her ‌ ‌ beautiful small princess “nail enamel ‌ ‌”.

Before bed, after finished the story of “Cinderella”, she said to me, ‌ ‌ “mom, dream tonight, there will be a lot of the prince and the angel came to me. ‌ ‌”

‌ ‌ “why? ‌ ‌”

‌ ‌ “because I’m a beautiful princess, the prince will come to see me, he wanted to marry me. ‌ ‌”

‌ ‌ “oh, of course. ‌ ‌”

Early in the morning, she described to me the magnificent wedding ceremony between the prince and her in her dream, and hoped that I could attend her wedding next time.

She also said that when she went to kindergarten, she would show her teacher her beautiful nail polish. The teacher would tell her that she looked like a princess.

‌ ‌ “oh, of course. ‌ ‌”

But I’m going to start with the teacher when I get to kindergarten.

The results came into the classroom door, a little blunt to the teacher, ‌ ‌ “history teacher, you see my hand with nail polish good-looking? ‌ ‌”

I thought to myself, not surprisingly, that has more than 20 years’ experience of excellent teachers turned supercilious, ‌ ‌ “what besmear nail polish children, is not very healthy. ‌ ‌”

The daughter bowed her head and withdrew from the teacher’s side. I stood beside, it is too late, also have no ability, stop the hammer by the high, can only helplessly, watching it to the crystal clear glass heart clattering broken.

I explained to the teacher the beginning and end of the nail painting incident, of course, the teacher was criticized, wipe, am I a vain and uneducated stupid stepmother? Of course I know it’s not good for kids, but, once in a while, and right now, is health the most important thing?

Leaving the teacher behind, I squatted beside her and guided her to show the children around me the beautiful little hands painted with nail polish. The children, of course, said admiringly that they looked pretty.

The teacher glanced at me. She was not happy. I also feel oneself a bit too much, but really can’t bear to leave so small walk. Tears even came to my eyes. The small body in front of me could not protect the crystal clear glass heart, and I could not fight against the hammer that would swing around me at any moment. I’m about to go to work, and she’s going to be here all day with an unapproved nail polish.

My heart is very sad.

Of course, in addition to our own, I can’t ask the whole world to be considerate and careful to take care of my daughter’s crystal clear glass heart, can’t ask the whole world to be full of love, heart to heart to protect my daughter’s dazzling princess dream. We can’t be with her all the time.

Our love cannot confine her to a castle at home, but in the end, it is to let her live in the open world.

Just, when she is an angel, I hope myself, can squat down, small, into her colorful world, appreciate, sigh, praise, here — everywhere is an angel, everywhere is a prince, everywhere is a crystal clear glass heart.