Left Behind...

Yesterday the Gebhards' clan could all be seen running around the Sports Complex here in our neck of the woods. We had a great day. Reilly had a basketball game there so we all watched his game, ate some snacks, then ran around on the park for a while. There's something about the park... the little ones can't seem to break away. So Kurt and I decided to try a little "experiment" of sorts. When we decided it was time to go, Macy absolutely refused to come. So I started dialoguing with her.
"Macy, we are all going now. See all the kids? They're all going to the car."
"No!! I no wanna go!!!"
"Macy, we're going home. See? All of the kids are in the car now. Let's get your shoes on. Are you going to come with us?" She's turning her back to me, heading toward the structure. She would not comply. So Kurt and I chatted quietly for a minute.
"Okay Macy, we're leaving now. You wanna stay here? We'll come back later and pick you up."
I headed to the car, where Kurt and the kids were now waiting.
"Bye Macy!"
"Bye!" she replied, waving. No kidding. No flinching, she wanted to stay.
So I got into the car, and we shut all the doors. She had turned her back on us once again, and was climbing on the structure. We backed out of our space, and rolled down the windows as we drove away (shouting and waving) to make sure she saw us.
"Bye Macy!" We all yelled. She turned, waved to us, and turned right back around to the slide. She had made up her mind.
Shall we say, fiercely independent? We drove off and around the entire parking lot (with our eyes still on her). She didn't look back at us once. Wow. She really wanted to stay, and had no concern for being there alone. By the time we got back to her, I had to pry her off of the structure, and she was not happy about going... but we all told her how much we love her and how we could never leave her there. She didn't care. She simply had one thing on her mind.