If you wish you can change the name for Elly or Mariellen ( Marie-ellen)

"Elly, come on where going to be late." I called to my daughter, waiting by the door.

"Coming mommy, I just had to find my Dora sneakers. Can you tie them for me mommy?" she looked up at me with her beautiful blue-brown eyes, and her red brown hair, with her pouted lips.

"Now why on earth would I want to tie your sneakers?" I asked kneeling down in front of her, with a smile on my face.

"Because you love me?" she asked hope evident in her voice.

"Where did you hear that?" I asked with mocking horror.

"You mommy, you said you loved me, do you not love me any more?" She looked like she was about to cry.

"How could I not love such a beautiful little princess, who I think needs to get her sneakers tied by her very loving mother." I smiled sweetly at her kissed her on her forehead, "I will always love you, there is nothing on this earth that can stop that." I than started to tickle her sides, she was giggling and trying to break my grip on her, "Ooh your not getting away that easily."

"Mommy...mommy peesssss..." Mariellen cried through her fit of giggles.

I stopped, "Now let do these up and get a move on grampus wont like it if he doesn't get to see his sweet pea." I tied her sneakers, picked her up, walked out the door locking it behind me, "Do you want to stop for ice cream on our way?" I asked carrying her down to the car. ( I opened the back door and placed her in her car seat. "'Ya good Elly?"

"Yes Mommy."

I was taking Elly over to my fathers house, so I could go out and do some Christmas shopping. This year was going to be a hard year on my bank, If I had not need to get the breaks on my car fixed it would be a little different, life as a single mother was hard sometimes, but others it was the best thing you could ever hoped for in life, I only wish, Elly's father had not been such a bad person, I mean when I first got with him he was a nice sweet person, but once I found out he had murdered three people for the sake of killing it was over, and since he has life in prison, I didn't have to think about it to much.