TOO YOUNG TO MARRY
Annie and Ken were four year olds and have been close friends all their lives. Their parents are the closest of friends. Annie and Ken have always assumed they would eventually marry each other. Annie’s grandmother gave her some cast-off confirmation veils for her dress-up box. Then at Christmas time her grandmother gave Annie a lovely long white nightgown. The next time Ken came over, Annie slipped upstairs to her room, put on the night gown and the veils, and came prancing down the steps. As she came to the bottom, she called out, “Ken, here I am.” Ken took one look and burst into tears. He turned to his mother and said, “I don’t want to get married yet. I don’t have a job, and I don’t want to leave home yet.” An actual account from the nursery school of a church I formerly served
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