Jack: "Mamma, are you Grandma's child?"
Me: "Yes, I am."
Jack: "And Dad is Mormor's child?"
Me: "Yes."
Jack: "And TJ and Corey are your babies and Mike and Joel are Dad's babies?"
Me: "Yes, that's right."
Jack: "Who is Auntie K's child?"
Me: "Auntie K doesn't have a child."
Jack: "Why not?"
<pause>
Me: Well ... sometimes life just works out that way. Not everyone has a child. Not everyone wants a child."
Jack: "It's sad that Auntie K doesn't have a child."
Me: "Yes, I guess it is. Auntie K would be a wonderful mother, wouldn't she, Jack?"
<long pause>
Jack: "I Know! Auntie K loves me very much. I'll be Auntie K's child!"
Oh, that's so sweet! I love it when kids have thoughts like this!
ReplyDelete*laugh* me, too -- the birth of empathy is so cool!!
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