God bless "America"

Oh, forgive me.  Did I say I have four girls?  How silly of me.  I actually have five! (drumroll) Ladies and gents........Meet "America."  She is a very important member of our family.  This is actually the new Amercia.  The old (or original) America was discarded accidentally by the insensitive McDonald's employee several months ago, when we left her on the table. (Hint: Don't ever leave important things at fast food restaurants...they don't save anything even for 24 hours!  We learned the hard way.) Needless to say, "Kicky" was devastated when she lost America. We promised to replace her immediately, and so here she is....the new America! She goes with us at all times.  She washes quite well in the machine and she's the quietest of all the girls by far. She receives blessings at mass from Father Charlie, who even knows to call her by name.  "God bless America" he says as he makes the sign of the cross on her forehead. He knows well that if he doesn't bless her, Kicky will stand in front of him waiting until he does! It was after her first official blessing that I realized with a giggle how Kicky had chosen her name. She obviously made an association with the song "God bless America" that we often sing and probably figured, "Oh, America!  That's a great name for my baby."