I was asked by the American side of this blog what cheeky meant.  On a past blog  post, I listed Ben’s gift of words from his classmates and the majority ruled that Ben was cheeky and they liked it.  It is an Australian term, which is why only the Americans asked what it meant.

Let me now give you a mental picture of cheeky…of Ben.

Our family of five filed into the second row of church this morning, our favorite place to sit.  Our beloved Pastor began giving an introduction to the morning, beautiful and very welcoming.  “We are glad you have chosen to worship with us this morning at Claremont Baptist Church”, he said… 

Mary lead the way into our row, then David, then Ben, then me and last was Dave.    “We hope you feel at home in our midst”, he said, “and we look forward to meeting you”…

We all took our seats.   ”Please do join us for morning tea after the service”, he invited…

Mary decided that she wanted to sit in my lap so she stood up and moved over to me.  As the Pastor continued with his gracious greeting, Ben tossed a small flower bud into my lap that he had picked up on the walk in to church.  It was not yet opened, but some  foliage around it was protruding out, looking like eight long spider legs…and red at that, resembling the dreadful red back spider that I detest down under.    The body of this red back flower, resembled a grass hopper which doesn’t threaten my physical health like the red back spider, but injures my emotional health just the same because of the speed in which they jump and hit me in the face or get caught in my hair.

Right as Mary was sitting, Ben took the opportunity to look at me and say,  ”Mommy I think there is a bug  in your lap”.

It all happened very fast.  Just as he said that, my mind registered that I had seen something in my peripheral vision that looked like a red back grasshopper.  I propelled Mary up to the worship band and made some kind of panicked noise all the while Ben was snickering his little guts out. 

 The Pastor thought that I suddenly had a Pentecostal moment and was moved by the Spirit to wave my hands and speak in tounges.

No…I was just dealing with my life.

Now you know the defination of cheeky…and you know Ben Fielder.

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